President Biden: Don’t Negotiate With Fiscal Terrorists
If Biden gives in, he’ll be as much to blame for a possible recession and spiking economic hardship as McCarthy and his party of extremists will be.
An absurd issue demands an absurd solution: Let’s mint a bazillion-dollar coin to bring the curtain down forever on the Republicans’ farcical debt-ceiling theater
Congressional Republicans don’t want fiscal responsibility. They want to destroy the government’s ability to improve the lives of American citizens.
Four options for Democrats to avert another debt ceiling crisis
The debt ceiling has one use: helping extremists take our seniors, veterans, and kids hostage to political demands. Congress should abolish it now.
New Report: The CEO Campaign to ‘Fix’ the Debt: A Trojan Horse for Massive Corporate Tax Breaks
“The ‘Fix the Debt’ CEOs are trying to pass themselves off as noble leaders who are willing to compromise in order the save America from financial ruin,” says report co-author Scott Klinger. “In reality, the campaign is a Trojan horse concealing massive corporate tax breaks that would make our debt situation much worse.”
Let’s ‘Make Them’ End the Great Recession
We can no longer allow a hopelessly unreasonable minority in a severely corrupted system to dictate the terms of our economy.
High Noon in Washington
Just like in the classic western, Obama stands alone, outnumbered against forces who seek his destruction.
How to Make the Super Congress Open and Accountable
The last thing we need is an all-powerful congressional committee allowed to make crucial spending decisions without the scrutiny of an engaged citizenry and press.
Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?
With the economy foundering like a man overboard in heavy seas, we’ve attempted to rescue it by throwing it an anchor.
What would FDR Do?
We really can have a more equal America. We just need to fight for it.
Playing Chicken in the Capitol
In Washington, adults are playing games that even slow-witted teenagers don’t play anymore.
Raised Ceiling
Will this raised ceiling put a roof over our heads?
Obama’s Approach to Disarmament as Self-Sabotaging as Debt-Ceiling Deal
As with the debt-ceiling deal, there’s no end to the largesse that the Obama administration bestows on the nuclear weapons program.
Budgeting for the Great American Train Wreck
Our economy needs a new stimulus package, not a poison pill.
Blame the No-Way Party for the Debt Ceiling Collision
Commentators who say that the two sides were almost “unable to come to an agreement” in the debt talks are laughable.
America Doesn’t Need a Tax-Dodging Industry
If the companies that offshore their profits and design tax scams paid their fair share, we might not have a budget crisis.