Americans are hurting. Shhhhh. “An economic recovery has begun,” cheered President Obama at his January 21 inaugural speech. Or not. Just two weeks later came the grim news that the U.S. economy – struggling through its worst recovery since WWII – had shrunk by 0.1 percent in 2012’s fourth quarter. The news was all but … Continue Reading →
Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow champions herself as a friend of the working class – but when it came to the fiscal cliff, she was saving her Big Business pals first. Stabenow was first in line at the trough as the White House and Senate loaded the cliff bill with corporate goodies. “Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow … Continue Reading →
D.C. is looking a lot like Detroit. How dysfunctional is Barack Obama’s Washington? The president (and the GOP Congress) set an artificial deadline to take the country over the cliff a year ago, then did nothing to avert his man-made disaster until the 11th hour, and now claims victory for saving America’s middle class from … Continue Reading →
Merriam-Webster defines terrorism as “the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion.” As we approach the edge of the fiscal cliff it has become apparent that one party has moved away from the give and take of political negotiations and is operating much more like a terrorist group. The pattern has repeated … Continue Reading →
