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We Don't Have A Spending Problem, We Have A Fraud Problem

Seeded on Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:07 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Conservatives seem to have a knack for changing the subject whenever their backs are up against the wall.

taxes, fraud, conservatives, politics, gop, banks, republicans, john-boehner, revenues, deficits

Standard And Poor's Attempt To Influence The Political Debate

Seeded on Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:10 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

In what appears to be an attempt to influence the political debate in Washington over federal government deficits, Standards & Poor's rating firm downgraded U.S. debt to negative from stable.

markets, congress, ben-bernanke, us-news, deficits, s-p, debt-limit, defaults, federal-gov, financial-ratings

Modern Snake Oil: "We Have No Revenue Problem"

Seeded on Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:43 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

OK, this is the day everyone hates. You have to pay your taxes. Who wants to write that check? Nobody, probably.

taxes, gop, low-income, spending, us-news, tax-revenue, wealthy, tax-day, bush-tax-cuts, paul-ryan

Mitt! Mitt! Mitt!: It's A Bad Sign When One Of Your Errors Is Your Book Title

Seeded on Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:32 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

This was the week we've been waiting for! Decades into the future, you will be able to tell your grandchildren where you were when Mitt Romney announced that he had formed a presidential exploratory committee.

elections, clinton, mitt-romney, obama, us-news, mormons, presidential-exploratory-committee, teaparty, salt-lake-olympics

Pragmatic Policy vs Ideological Philosophy

Seeded on Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:44 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

For some time now, Democrats and Republicans alike have been yearning for a great philosophical clash between the two parties. No more of this five percent of 12 percent of the federal budget stuff.

medicare, democrats, republicans, medicaid, obama, vision, us-news, philosophy, fiscal-policy, values

The Long Game In The Budget Battles: Advantage Obama

Seeded on Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:34 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Late last year, when President Obama overhauled his economic team, some people complained that the departure of Larry Summers and Christina Romer left the White House short of first-rate economists.

economy, taxes, politics, gop, spending, obama, right-wing, deficits, economists, paul-ryan

A Vision Of Optimism And Equal Opportunity: What It Means To Be A Democrat

Seeded on Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:28 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

I'm glad I waited for President Obama's heralded budget speech Wednesday before criticizing it (such a novel idea); there was much to praise in it and little to challenge.

medicare, low-income, democracy, medicaid, spending, obama, us-news, tax-cuts, values, wealthy

Wisconsin Supreme Court Election: Every Vote Must Be Counted

Seeded on Sat Apr 9, 2011 5:59 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Many voters went to sleep in Wisconsin and thought they woke up in Florida on Friday after a "Republican activist" county clerk announced that she discovered an extra 14,315 votes in a hotly contested Supreme Court race.

elections, wisconsin, us-news, scott-walker, wisconsin-supreme-court, bush-vs-gore, joanne-kloppenburg, david-prosser, kathy-nickolaus

With Truants And Teabaggers In Congress, How Do We Stop The Next Shutdown Threat?

Seeded on Sat Apr 9, 2011 5:12 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

How did we get to the brink? And what lessons can we apply from the past to ensure this scenario doesn't arise again?

congress, conservatives, democrats, republicans, us-news, john-boehner, president-obama, teaparty, gov-shutdown, continuing-resolutions

Cutting Through The Medicare Charade

Seeded on Tue Apr 5, 2011 11:35 AM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

In his Wall Street Journal op-ed today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the Republican budget plan is focused on "saving Medicare."

medicare, conservatives, seniors, gop, vouchers, us-news, insurance-companies, privitization, paul-ryan, affordable-care-act

When Lies Don't Work, Try "Bait And Switch": What Paul Ryan's Budget Actually Does

Seeded on Tue Apr 5, 2011 10:26 AM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Paul Ryan's plan for Medicare and Paul Ryan's plan for Medicaid rely on the same bait-and-switch: They use a reform to disguise a cut.

medicare, conservatives, seniors, gop, medicaid, us-news, privitization, paul-ryan, beneficiaries, block-grants

KSM Decision: Place The Blame Where Blame Is Due

Seeded on Mon Apr 4, 2011 5:50 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Holder told reporters this afternoon that his original decision was still the right one, but blamed Congress for "tying our hands."

media, congress, democrats, gop, republicans, us-news, gitmo, doj, ksm, eric-holder

Republican Balanced Budget Amendment: The Worst Idea In Washington

Seeded on Mon Apr 4, 2011 11:23 AM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Bruce Bartlett takes a look at the Balanced Budget Amendment all 47 Republicans signed their names to and pronounces it "quite possibly the stupidest constitutional amendment I think I have ever seen.

bush, constitution, taxes, conservatives, gop, republicans, senate-republicans, us-news, reagan-clinton

Don't Try This At Home But, How You Can Pull A General Electric On Taxes

Seeded on Mon Apr 4, 2011 10:31 AM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

There's been a firestorm this week over the news that General Electric will pay no tax—at least, no federal corporate income tax—on last year's profits. But if you're like a lot of people, your first reaction was probably: "Hmmm. How can I get that kind of deal?"

taxes, general-electric, us-news, businesses, income, corporations, self-employed, business-expenses, tax-loopholes, tax-liabilities

Women And "Husband Issues": We Work Hard, But Who's Complaining?

Seeded on Sun Apr 3, 2011 9:26 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

In the current storm over public employee unions rattling the Midwest, this issue of gender is usually overlooked. Women, working as state clerks, teachers and nurses, dominate the organized public sector.

media, women, labor, wisconsin, republicans, unions, us-news, scott-walker, activists, public-employees

Lawmakers And Lobbyist: Cutting Out the Middleman

Seeded on Sun Apr 3, 2011 2:21 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

For six years, Doug Stafford was a lobbyist for the National Right to Work Committee, an anti-labor group financed by business and conservative interests.

congress, politics, gop, republicans, ethics, unions, lobbyists, john-boehner, special-interests, anti-labor

"An Inherent Relationship": A Primer on Class Struggle

Seeded on Sun Apr 3, 2011 1:23 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

When we study Marx in my graduate social theory course, it never fails that at least one student will say (approximately), "Class struggle didn't escalate in the way Marx expected. In modern capitalist societies class struggle has disappeared.

ohio, taxes, labor, workers, wisconsin, unions, us-news, corporations, marxism, class-struggle

Mad Men and Mad Women: Republicans And Social Engineering

Seeded on Sat Apr 2, 2011 7:14 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Republicans hate social engineering, unless they're doing it.

pentagon, conservatives, politics, gop, house-republicans, voters, independents, dadt, social-engineering, madmen

Republican Policies Don't Care About Poor People

Seeded on Sat Apr 2, 2011 6:27 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

I'm not saying that congressional Republicans don't care about poor people. But they really care about rich people.

pentagon, gop, republicans, social-security, medicaid, spending, us-news, poor, deficits, wic

Teaparty, More Dumb Than Clever

Seeded on Fri Apr 1, 2011 8:11 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Although I'm not part of the Tea Party movement and I don't share its values, I usually understand what its followers are trying to do. But their latest gambit on health care has me genuinely baffled.

constitution, politics, states, state-legislatures, health-reform, scott-brown, teaparty, federal-takeover, ppaca, health-exchanges

Tip Offs That Karl Rove Is A Perpetual Liar

Seeded on Fri Apr 1, 2011 7:29 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

There are certain tip-offs that suggest when somebody is misleadingly describing a politicians' position.

bush, iraq, rice, politics, gop, wall-street-journal, republicans, karl-rove, obama, freedom-agenda

Driving Ms. Bachmann: The Most Embarrassing Republican Presidential Candidates Of The Modern Era

Seeded on Fri Apr 1, 2011 5:32 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

For respectable Republicans, the embarrassment potential may be at an all-time high. The party is a year away from picking its next presidential candidate and never in the modern era has it faced a vacuum like this.

conservatives, politics, gop, republicans, pat-buchanan, alan-keyes, michele-bachmann, rep-phil-crane, pat-roberson, rep-robert-dornan

GOP Wants To Pay For Health Care After All

Seeded on Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:05 PM EDT ()

A bill that Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) introduced in January would provide federal funds for the purchase of sonogram machines at organizations that counsel women against having an abortion (the American Independent reported on this bill last week).

women, jobs, abortion, politics, republicans, planned-parenthood, womens-rights, socialism, hcr, informed-choice-act

Beware Condemning Barack Obama For A Low Bully Pulpit Profile

Seeded on Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:44 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Peppered with complaints about his relative silence and flagging leadership, the president urges his friends and allies to be patient.

media, democrats, politics, gop, jfk, obama, public, psychology, bully-pulpit, fdr

The Revolution Isn't Over: Freedom's Painful Price

Seeded on Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:22 PM EDT (mykeystrokes.com)

Before she was arrested, tortured, stripped and subjected to a "virginity exam" — all for her pro-democracy activities — Salwa al-Housiny Gouda admired the Egyptian Army.

human-rights, egypt, women, world-news, mubarak, pro-democracy, egyptian-army, tahrir-square, salwa-al-housiny-gouda

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