Editorial Cartoon: Obamanomics
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Gas prices and history
Facebook tells me gas is selling for $2.88 a gallon on the Georgia coast. Where I live it’s currently at $3.19 a gallon down from $3.38 when I filled up last week. It’s expected to continue to drop for everyone to under $3.00 this summer. Which is way less than we were paying in the … Continue Reading →
Romney willing to be one term president
Rob Portman is said to be on the short list for a Romney VP pick. He may have dropped in the rankings though after he let this little nugget slip during a media availability. This is your future under a President Romney: (Reuters) – Republican Mitt Romney would tackle tough debt and deficit problems if … Continue Reading →
How wages suffer when unions decline
Responding to comments at my previous post about what unions do for you, here’s a chart that shows the correlation between the decline of unions and workers wages. And no, it has nothing to do with productivity. Workers have never been more productive. Our corporate overlords have forced the workers to take on ever increasing … Continue Reading →
A truth about fracking
As the oil industry pushes to expand fracking all across our country, they tell you it will lead to energy independence and create jobs and so forth. What they don’t mention is the permanent damage it leaves behind. Think about this: There are many alternatives to fuel. There are no alternatives for clean water and … Continue Reading →
Nuns on the bus hit the road
My conservative friends insist that Paul Ryan’s Roadmap that was passed by the Republican controlled Congress is the answer to what ails our economy and will ensure a rosy future for our children and grandchilren. A position that Mitt Romney also promotes. Big Media reports their rhetoric uncritically, without analysis or context. However, the reality … Continue Reading →
Sabotaging the economy was GOP's plan from day one
You won’t see this mentioned on the nightly news or the Sunday bobblehead shows, but the GOP’s plot to sabotage the economic recovery, is not just a liberal talking point, as conservatives would have you believe. There are witnesses who testify this was literally the Republican’s plan from day one of President Obama’s term in … Continue Reading →
Yes, it's still Bush's deficit
Conservatives keep asking me how long I’m going to blame George W. Bush for our current economic woes. The answer is — forever. The historical record doesn’t change just because time passes. A hundred years from now, it will still be true. Let’s review one more time. Former policy wonk to Reagan and Papa Bush, … Continue Reading →
We're living in a GOP economy
Republicans are basing their entire re-election strategy on pinning the blame for the residual effects of their own failed policies on President Obama. They repeatedly claim that President Obama’s economic policies have failed, but the fact is, Obama’s policies weren’t ever really enacted. Thanks to the GOP’s strategy of sustained hostage taking over nearly every … Continue Reading →
Rand Paul's budget
Foreshadowing future legislative gridlock, tea party caucus leader Rand Paul declared any compromise is off the table. But you have to give him credit, he has proposed his own budget that would immediately cut spending enough to avoid raising taxes, and indeed proposes cutting them further. And to his greater credit, he’s honest about where … Continue Reading →