Snarkoleptic
Snarkoleptic's JournalThe Sneaky Way Austerity Got Sold to the Public Like Snake Oil
http://ineteconomics.org/ideas-papers/blog/the-sneaky-way-austerity-got-sold-to-the-public-like-snake-oil--snip--
Even the name of this tool, the cyclically adjusted budget, carries an aura of respect. It diverts our attention. We dont question it. It creates a barrier between the individual and the political realm: it undermines democratic participation itself. This obscure theory validates, with its authority, a big economic mistake that sounds like common sense but is actually snake oil the notion that the federal government budget is like a household budget. Actually, it isnt. Your household doesnt collect taxes. It doesnt print money. It works very differently, yet the nonsense that it should behave exactly like a household budget gets repeated by politicians and policymakers who really just want to squeeze ordinary people.
Proper Xmas Tree Disposal - Hunter S. Thompson Style
GOP Lawmaker Calls For U.S. Immigration Policy Based On ‘Skin Pigmentation’
OFFS!
These regressives are emboldened and increasingly letting their 'inside-the-head-voice' get out.
They also realize the demographics are against them, so they are in full freak-out mode, with Trump at the throttle.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/12/22/gop-lawmaker-calls-for-u-s-immigration-policy-based-on-skin-pigmentation-audio/
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This isnt the first, and will likely not be the last time Brooks makes an unwelcome contribution to the race debate in America. But in an interview with TPM earlier this year, the congressman let slip an even more cynical reason that he doesnt want anymore non-white people floating around his state, or any state.
8 reasons a Bernie Sanders presidency would be great for Trump supporters
My title would have been something more like "How to convince your mouth breathing acquantances that Trump won't help them."
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/20/8_reasons_a_bernie_sanders_presidency_would_be_great_for_trump_supporters_partner/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
The Affordable Care Act of 2010, aka Obamacare, has brought health insurance to at least 16.5 million Americans who were previously uninsured. The remaining Democratic presidential candidates acknowledge that the ACA, in its present form, doesnt go far enough: Sanders would ultimately like to replace it with a single-payer system while Hillary Clinton calls for expanding the law and strengthening its protections. But instead of supporting universal health care, the modern-day GOP has fought it every step of the way. And sadly, there is no shortage of poor, aging whites with diabetes or heart disease who remain uninsured yet vote for the Republicans who would like to keep them that way. Some of the very people who need health care reform the moststruggling working-class whites who remain uninsured at 50 or 55can often be found at Trump and Cruz rallies applauding their desire to abolish Obamacare.
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Many Republicans buy into the notion that the ultra-rich are unfairly taxed in the U.S. and that the poor dont pay enough taxes. But Americas poor pay plenty of taxes, from sales taxes to utility taxes. If Fox viewers knew their history, they would realizeas Sanders points outthat under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the ultra-rich were taxed at rates as high as 91%. According to Sanders, Im not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhower. But we are going to end the absurdity, as Warren Buffet often reminds us, that billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers.
Thanksgiving thread to highlight Obama's success and debunk BS from your Fox Newz watching uncle.
I never start it at Thanksgiving, but I ALWAYS finish it. Please post your success stories and debunks below (with links), show up armed with the facts and leave them sputtering sentence fragments "...but, but Benghazi...Socialism."
Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with everything Obama has done, but many of us are headed into enemy territory tomorrow and it's time to power up.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/02/15/a-long-list-of-president-obamas-accomplishments-with-citations/
Here are just a few from the linked, although somewhat stale article. It's worth reviewing as my wingnuts ruminate over their favorite talking points.
Obama pushed through and signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the stimulus package, despite the fact that not one Republican voted for that bill. In addition, he launched recovery.gov, so that taxpayers could track spending from the Act. http://1.usa.gov/ibiFSs http://1.usa.gov/e3BJMk
In his first year, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created and sustained 2.1 million jobs and stimulated the economy 3.5%. http://reut.rs/i46CEE
(Now more like 12 million jobs)
Obama completed the massive TARP financial and banking rescue plan, and recovered virtually all of its costs. http://1.usa.gov/eA5jVS http://bit.ly/eCNrD6
As a longtime DUer, I've put a lot of thought into this...I am leaving!
...to go shovel the 9" of snow accumulated in this early (for the Chicago area) season storm.
Be back in a little bit to have some hot chocolate and see what you durty librul hippies are up to.
Up next on BBC4...fresh-faced American Singer Songwriter, Neil Young.
With surprisingly good audio...enjoy!
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