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Republicans have been dysfunctional and admit it
Republicans have been dysfunctional and admit it Boehner and Cantor have squabbled over the spoils of House Leadership? What is it? Competition? I don’t know. Saying it is over doesn’t make it so. " ... Keystone in exchange for Social Security payroll tax holiday
Going down That’s what the Republicans want to trade. Guess what; the SS payroll tax holiday at a time when SS needs cash is a bad idea. Go ahead, make my day. Take it away Republicans and take your pipe and... Obama talks to the middle, Boehner rallies the right
President Obama made clear tonight that the debate over the debt ceiling is not left vs. right. It’s center vs. right. There was nothing remotely “left” in this speech, unless you count higher taxes for corporate jet owners and a few other populist bits. He summarized... America in reverse
Time to clean house How bad is it? Is it like 1979 when America momentarily defaulted and took administrative actions to recover, or is this time worse? I say, much worse. This is the worst economic calamity since... Design and production of Made in the USA products is key
The job of government and the President is to maximize return on national resources that is manifest in increasing gross domestic product and realized by optimizing government enterprise performance. That is a... US economy held hostage
US economy held hostage Without honest negotiation that appeared to be possible last week and less so today, the American people are on the brink of economic disaster once again without a viable way ahead. We need... Can’t argue with the Republican approach
Take in the front and back 9 President Obama and John Boehner need to head off for a round of golf together and then I nice discussion during an evening meal. " “In a speech before a Wall Street crowd... Up the annie
“You want I should raise the debt ceiling? OK, I raise spending reduction to $2 million,” Boehner says something like that. I bet that sounds about right to most Americans. On the eve of an election it may... The butcher is carving under the paper
Stop crying now, Mr. Speaker, you are all grown up. The boy from Middletown Ohio transformed from poor to a successful lawyer-politician and humility may be a part of the good chemistry. Welcome to the BBQ.... Governing without a budget is failed governance
Needy will just have to wait When Congress and the President fail to produce and pass a budget, government can’t operate. Critical services like Social Security come to a halt for new claimants. It isn’t fair... A plea for leadership on entitelements
Begging for leadership Just address the subject. Put entitlements on the table so that people can plan their lives. Hiding the problem and not knowing the issues and alternatives doesn’t help anyone. " “House... Reid the tactician; Boehner the blunderbuss
Senator Reid wants to buy time; will Speaker Boehner honor that or fire a shot across the bow?
You see the problem is 89 representatives are crying shoot, shoot, because they want to see a government shutdown.... The War on Logic
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Paul Krugman My wife and I were thinking of going out for an inexpensive dinner tonight. But John Boehner, the speaker of the House, says that no matter how cheap the meal may seem, it will cost thousands of dollars... Read between the lines – Boehner leans moderate
With the prospect that John Boehner will assume the House Speaker responsibility, this article indicates that he will be leaning back to moderate, a position that has kept him in office, even though government has... Let’s visit Minority Leader John Boehner’s district
By seniority default, John Boehner is the Minority Leader. He is taking shots at the Obama economic team and it is well deserved – not so much for what they have done, but what they didn’t do. They did not... NowPublic on Facebook
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