While outright rejecting the American Jobs Act, Republicans claim to have jobs bills of their own–bills which they complain are stuck in the Senate. So […]
Year: 2013
The Deficit/Debt Problem & Federal Revenue – Obama vs Bush
Updates: U.S. Budget Deficit Narrows in First Nine Months of Fiscal Year Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? Would You Believe It’s Barack […]
Obama Jobs Plan vs Romney Jobs Plan
Mitt Romney recently claimed that Obama had no jobs plan, and added “Now I know we’re getting close to an election so he’ll come out with one […]
Robert Reich: Several Myths about Taxes and Economics
Robert Reich on the 7 biggest lies on taxes, the economy and more. Below is an expansion of what Robert Reich so effectively stated and illustrated in […]
Fannie & Freddie Mac & CRA didn’t cause the Mortgage Crisis
The busting of the housing bubble has been met with much finger-pointing. Advocates of smaller government and an unfettered free market have been quick to […]
Republican Gridlock & Obstructionism – Fact or Myth?
Update: Poll: Voters Increasingly Believe GOP Sabotaging Economy Like I keep saying, the GOP’s main priority is helping Americans regain their jobs doing what they can […]
Energy Dependence: Can The Free Market Solve It?
One of the current debates taking place in Congress (and has been for some time) is how to solve our energy crisis (both in relation […]
Health Care / Obamacare
Health Care: The Math vs Myths Accoring the CBO, the recently passed health care law would produce a net reduction in federal deficits of $143 billion […]
Human Evolution Timeline
SPECIES TIME PERIOD Ardipithecus ramidus 5 to 4 million years ago Australopithecus anamensis 4.2 to 3.9 million years ago Australopithecus afarensis 4 to 2.7 million […]
Selectively quoting Bloomberg’s “we should infringe on your freedom”
Recently mayor Bloomberg made the following remark: I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom, and that is, for example, […]