Tanking the Economy Won’t Help the GOP
My question to the Speaker is what are you going to do when you ram this through and Senate Republicans can’t carry it anywhere?
Tagged: debt ceiling
Democrats Should Raise The Debt Ceiling Now
The problem of the debt ceiling is one that Democrats will not win. They need to get away from this issue.
The Difference Between “Caving” and “Governing”
No, liberals, John Boeher didn’t “cave” by refusing to needlessly send the country hurtling toward another government shut down. He did his freaking job, just like you’ve been asking him to do for the past six years.
Deal with the devil
Here’s Kevin Drum: There are a few liberal pundits out there who believe that a cuts-only deal like this one isn’t all that bad. Jon Chait is one of the leading proponents of this...
All Deficits and No Jobs Make Homer Something Something
Deficits don’t matter during a recession. We should be running deficits during a recession. We should be running deficits when there is little to no inflation. We should be running deficits when unemployment is...
We wouldn’t be in this mess if John McCain had won in 2008
We’d probably be in all sorts of other messes if McCain had won the presidential election in 2008, but I think in many ways we’d be in a very different pickle than the one...
Debt Limit Grab Bag
~by Koz A Debt Limit Deal Is Not Inevitable We all know the pressures the various actors will be under to find a deal, and we fear the consequences if they don’t. But that’s...
