-
Recent Posts
Archives
- December 2016
- May 2015
- October 2014
- August 2014
- May 2014
- February 2014
- October 2013
- July 2013
- April 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- April 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
Categories
Tag Archives: deficit
Whose Debt?
Republicans keep telling us the budget deficit is bad for future generations who will be saddled with the debt. According to them, our national debt was caused by Democrats’ profligate spending on things like Head Start, infant nutrition programs, food … Continue reading
Don’t Look Behind the Curtain
I miss Tricky Dick – Nixon – not Cheney. Nixon was the last Republican President to reduce the national debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP: the total market value of goods and services produced by a country). … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged deficit, Eisenhower, Nixon, Roosevelt, tax increases, us debt to gdp
1 Comment
Hostage Crisis #2 and Counting…
So this is how it’s going to be. The Know-Nothing Crackpot Guido Party is going to extort budget cuts in exchange for their votes on any significant issue that comes before Congress. Next showdown: raising the debt ceiling. Every sane … Continue reading