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Category Archives: Jobs
Paul Ryan — Expected VP Nominee
Paul Ryan is the expected VP nominee from Mitt Romney. At least the campaign will now be about radically different views of the economic future of the US. Republicans: Austerity has worked so well for Greece, let’s do it here. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Greece, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan
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Romney — Are his proposals so bad no one believes them?
Too many people have become so disbelieving of political proposals (or is it promises) that it seems that now people listen to Romney, nod their heads and say well he may be proposing to cut taxes, increase defense spending and … Continue reading
Is it a cultural difference or a govermental difference?
Romney (while making a very serious error in stating the economic difference) claimed that, like the US and Mexico the economic differences between Israel and Palestine (whatever that is since it is not a country or even something with firm … Continue reading
Romney flips, then flops
Last summer Romney supported the Republicans who pushed for the automatic cuts in the budget in a trade for raising the debt limit. Today Romney assigns those very cuts that he supported to Obama. Romney can’t even get his own … Continue reading
R is for Republican which is for Rich
Once again the Republicans in the Senate have defended the rich against the middle class. They oppose tax cuts (really continuing Bush tax cuts) for the middle class and only support them for the rich. One problem with taxes and … Continue reading
Arizona Immigration Ruling
If you only heard various reactions and looked headlines you would be very confused about what the Supreme Court ruled. It either essentially overturned the Arizona law or it left the core intact. Choose one. (Unless the health care ruling … Continue reading
Another domino has fallen in Europe
It took a while but the acronym has been completed with Spain joining Portugal, Ireland, and Greece in receiving bailouts in some form from the EU. This completes the PIGS (though there is one more I in the full name: … Continue reading
Poor results in Jobs report
The US added a few jobs last month — key word is a few — when we really need a lot. The Republican reaction is very simple: Hip Hip Hooray! In other words, by refusing every proposal to improve job … Continue reading
Trump crawls out of the swamp once again
Just when you thought Donald Trump had gone back to firing people he came back to the political realm by promoting his birther hoax. He seems to feel that the location of birth is a matter of opinion, not fact, … Continue reading
Romney, Bain Capital, and Capitalism
The short version is that of course Bain Capital should be discussed in this election, it is the primary argument made by Romney for why he should be President. Bain Capital had one purpose, to make a lot of money … Continue reading