Did you think it was just an accident that conservatives seem so good at singing from the same hymnal on the issue du jour, whether it's privatizing social security, blaming the Dodd-Frank bill for Bank of America's (now cancelled) $5 debit card fee or defending Hermann Cain from sexual harassment charges? Well, it's not an accident. Whether it's El Rushbo, John Boehner or … [Read more...]
Debt downer: Thank you, sir, may I have another?
It's hard to know what we're supposed to think, know or feel in reaction to the news that deadlocked Washington may be on the precipice of a debt ceiling deal designed to avoid certain default. What we do know is that in order to get all parties to agree, apparently only spending cuts were on the table, with billionaires, jet owners, jet setters and Bush-tax-cut recipients … [Read more...]