Obama makes economic case online

From Newsmax: Obama Makes Economic Case at Online SummitPresident Barack Obama defended his economic policies during an impromptu appearance at this week's White House summit of key advisers and editors of influential online news sites.“First of all, I think it’s just...

Needs overtake Congress; Defense acts without them

Base closures are essential cost reductions Just as the President has found ways to move around an incompetent and recalcitrant Congress, now the Department of Defense must do the same. You see Congress doesn’t...

$15 Trillion Super Bowl Bet Would Wipe Out The National Debt

Indianapolis -- Congress Is gambling that a determined group of Patriots can again save the United States from collapse. The lawmakers are betting $15 trillion that the New England Patriots will defeat the New York...

Donald Trump Creates A New Political Party -- The Trumpets

New York -- Just days after turning in his Republican membership card and secret decoder ring, real estate developer Donald Trump has launched his own personal political party. “It’s called the Trumpets,...

Keynesian Economics, GDP and Debt

The failure of Keynesian economics can be traced to a single error. GDP is seen as the singular measure of economic strength and well-being, which it is not. GDP measures consumption; and it's no secret that consumption can be made to rise through all sorts of unsound and...

Why Debt Matters and Who Is Its Source

During the Bush administration, when America accumulated $6 trillion in debt, with a Republican Congress and White House, at a time that there was absolutely no need for it and before the baby boomers had even started to retire, a Republican commentator stated that Reagan had...

Debt Super Committee needs a hero? I'll be your Huckleberry

Well the deadline has come and gone for the Debt Super Committee?  The Stock Market is roiled and America risks having its credit rating down graded. What should be done? This morning this author took his...

Republicans zero in on Obama deficit problem

Zero they are. It isn’t Obama’s deficit problem, it belongs to Republicans too. It’s our problem. Cost of Government = Cost of Legacy Programs + Cost of Current Needs and Obligations + Emergency Reserves...

Mathematically speaking: Take away, give away

Debit, Credit Look, I understand the situation. It is straightforward. The Bush tax breaks to the wealthy were unaffordable at a time when Bush war policy was too aggressive. We could not afford it and finances got...

Buffett is right: Raise taxes on the wealthy

By William G. Gale, Special to CNN(CNN) -- In Sunday's New York Times, Warren Buffett discusses the need to raise taxes on the wealthy. He's absolutely right. Tax increases, in general -- as well as tax...

Bushonomics: True Reason for Meltdown

http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/83-83/6936-bushonomics-the-meltdowns-true-villain Michael Tomasky The Boston Globe ran a chart last Sunday that I’d buy billboard space to reproduce in every decent-size city in America, if I were running the...

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...

Achieve growth and fiscal sanity. Restore Clintonomics.

All around the country, Republican candidates are running on the platform of cutting taxes. One often repeated claim is that cutting taxes has always created prosperity. That is the biggest lie. The last time the taxes were cut was under Bush. The Bush tax cuts for highest...

Suggested Common Sense Resolution to Federal & MN Budget Impasse

This is a teaser intro for an article i wrote on Examiner.com " First of all, you may ask, who am I to even propose a solution to what all of my state and federal elected officials cannot figure out how to resolve...

MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TERRORISM AND BULL ROAR!

This is a teaser for an article I wrote on Examiner.com: "WE THE PEOPLE of Minnesota have this to say about our State Government’s latest proposed Government shutdown hit list. Hey you tyrannical #Minnesota...

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