Long-term, we’re still in trouble due to a variety of factors, and neither our government nor our media seem to know how to actually look at the federal deficit.
Governor Rick Perry of Texas is privy to pay of $240,000 per year. That is your tax dollars going to the small government preacher, Governor Rick Perry.
The majority of Americans disagree with Republicans on today’s hot-button issues, and all the gerrymandering and voter suppression in the world can’t change that.
John Boehner sat down to rattle off the latest Republican talking points, saying he’s against raising their taxes by even a few percentage points and would rather make cuts to social programs.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN) sounded almost like a Democrat (or at least a heal the sick sort of Christian) for nearly a minute and 20 seconds.
‘In one case after another, you look at his principles, you look at his vision, and they’re a nightmare for America.’
Okay, we already know the GOP doesn’t care about women, the young, minorities, or LGBT people. Now they’re telling the elderly they’re acting ‘entitled?’
The President has fallen into the Republican trap: a false narrative that the biggest crises facing America are our national debt and our budget deficits.
The findings may give the president political leverage to get some of his demands met by Congress, and puts pressure on Congressional Republicans to actually do something real about the sequester.
President Obama has often said that one way to achieve significant savings, even within so-called ‘entitlement’ programs like Medicare, is to crack down on fraud.
Senator Rubio’s SOTU response shows that nothing has really changed in the GOP since last year’s electoral defeat.
In Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech, viewers had a peek into the President’s psyche. He spoke of a country whose greatness is not a relic of the past.
WE’RE ALL GOING TO GET OLD. At least, those of us lucky enough to not die young. So this issue should be a salient one for everyone; not just those who are already there.
This unexpected slowing of the growth of healthcare costs is not going to address the entire deficit either.
House Democrats reintroduce the Public Option, only this time a a budget deficit reduction measure, putting the GOP into a bad spot.
The theory is that Medicare is a socialist plot to control everyone. The reality is that it keeps the elderly from destitution.
As the New Year approached and 2012 came to a close, so did the negotiations for a fiscal cliff deal … or so we thought.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more and more Americans will be covered and that is good for all of us.
When you hear a Republican say that someone else is doing unethical or crooked, you can bet that it is something they that are really guilty of (whatever it may be).
This is a direct transfer of wealth from the middle class to the owners of private insurance companies for paying a medical bill.
