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Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Extremism, Republican Party, GOP, Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Obstructionism, Poll
Amazingly, it seems the Republicans really are planning to fight against raising the debt ceiling, which, if they succeed in their obstructionist aims, would have catastrophic consequences. And there appear to be no adults in charge of the GOP to talk them out of doing grievous harm to the nation. The ...
Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Extremism, Republican Party, GOP, Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Obstructionism, Lindsay Graham
On Face the Nation, here's a glimpse of what the new Tea-flavored GOP will be up to when they take charge of the House. First item on the agenda: refusing to raise the debt ceiling and shutting down the government. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Mars) explains why this would be a good ...
Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Extremism, Republican Party, GOP, Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Obstructionism
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the American public is starting to get a mite worried about Obama’s astronomical budget deficit: Poll: Public concerned about size of deficit. Buried at the bottom of the piece, though, is even worse news for the Republican Party — an all-time low ...
Pathetic. Standing before television cameras, Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and other members — including the top Republican on the Budget Committee Paul Ryan (Wis.) — couldn’t answer specific questions about their spending plan. After weeks of promising a comprehensive alternative to ...
Economy, Finance, Business, Financial Crisis, Deficit, GOP, Budget
Here’s The Republican Road to Recovery in PDF form. What do you think? It’s hard not to notice that there are no actual numbers therein.
The Washington Post published a graph that speaks volumes about the incredible debt this country is preparing to assume: Projected Deficit. (Hat tip: Athos.)
A very interesting report from the Treasury Department shows that the deficit is down by almost 33% compared to last year. (Hat tip: Geepers.)