How can anyone call it class warfare when the case against the rich is being argued by one of the richest men in the world? Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors ever, and yet he makes an iron-clad case that the US is coddling the super-rich. Buffett points out that he pays […]
© Pat Bagley There have been quite a few comics recently about the riots in England. On one side, the rioters are declared to be low-life criminal scum. On the other side, the rioters are reacting to the destruction of their jobs and way of life by the bankers. Are both views correct?
© Jim Morin Have the Republicans actually done anything at all to create jobs? Well, other than their very tired and utterly refuted refrain that cutting taxes will fix our economy and increase jobs? After all, if cutting taxes leads to job creation, then the end of Dubya’s presidency should have seen employment increasing instead […]
© Ed Stein Polls show that Congressional approval is now even lower than back before the last election, when Congressional approval was so low we kicked out a bunch of Congress and elected some newbie freshmen from the Tea Party. Ouch! Ever get the feeling that you’ve been had?
For those of you who still think Obama sold out by compromising with the Republicans (or worse, that he is a Republican), that the politics we are seeing in Washington is not the way our founding fathers intended for our country to function and marks the doom of our democracy. Well, you should read this […]
Earlier this week this blog reported on a mystery corporation that was created, donated a million dollars to help elect Mitt Romney, and then dissolved — all done to keep the donor’s identity secret. That story was somewhat defused when the actual donor decided to reveal himself. But now we find that there are at […]
© Tom Tomorrow I guess the big question is, do you think Obama compromised too easily? Or did he do what he needed to do to save the country from defaulting? Although I have some sympathy for the former position, which is fairly popular with pundits (including Tom Tomorrow), I have to ask them, what […]
Yes, this is actual audio from Michele Bachmann’s latest presidential campaign ad, with added animation by Scott Bateman. Unfortunately, with the animation you don’t get to see the look in her eyes, but here’s the cover of the latest Newsweek magazine to help with that: UPDATE: The Daily Beast (owned by Newsweek) releases outtakes from […]
A mystery corporation was formed in March. Six weeks later it made a $1 million donation to the campaign of Mitt Romney, through Romney’s Super PAC called “Restore Our Future”. The corporation was then dissolved on July 12. There are no public records giving any hint of who owned the corporation. There is no address, […]
Now all countries with a AAA credit rating have universal health care.
© Matt Bors According to information from Intuit, 8 out of the 15 most heavily taxed countries in the world are also among the top 15 countries where people are doing the best. Compare this to countries where government is minimal and people fend for themselves, like Haiti and Somalia.
Is anyone else suspicious about the S&P downgrading the US credit rating (for the first time in modern history)? Their decision is clearly all about politics. They even said that they weren’t downgrading the US government’s debt as much as they were downgrading the US government because they don’t like it. Is this the banking […]
© Matt Davies The Dow dropped over 500 points today, its worst day in three years.
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