Don't Forget
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The instant we had surpluses, they were used to justify the tax cuts. For
one major party it's the solution for everything, and the other major party
somet...
Why the Budget Will Never Be Balanced
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To review some recent political history, after Ronald Reagan’s election in
1980, conservatives enacted budgetary measures that led to large and growing
def...
2000s a ‘lost decade’ for U.S. economy, workers.
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The decade that just ended has been the worst for the U.S. economy in modern
times by a wide range of data, with zero net job growth and the slowest rise
i...
Midday Open Thread
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- driftglass offers some expressions to be:
* "Aspirational"* -- Semantically identical to, "I won't come in your
mouth"... *"Center/righ...
Saturday Roundup
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* I’m back. A hearty thank you to Avi Zenilman for his excellent
guest-blogging in this space. I hope to have him back soon. Thanks to you
readers for bein...
Obama Says Suspect Tied to al Qaeda
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Rarely does President Obama break news in his weekly Saturday morning
address, but he reports this morning that the Nigerian suspect in the
Christmas Day a...
Happy New Year and Decade
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OK, I know that decades technically begin in years ending with ones, not
zeroes. But the convention is so widely accepted now that decades start in
years e...