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Category Archives: Economy
LTTE Plus A Debt Ceiling Mislead
Here is another good Letter to the Editor by friend of BFIA Don Paulson: Republican U.S. Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks is still part of the problem and not the solution. Congress needs to raise the debt ceiling as soon as possible … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 election, debt ceiling, Economy, Republican Policy, tax cuts for the wealthy, Veterans
Tagged Miller-Meeks
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One More Thought On The Debt Ceiling
Few have the credibility that Professor Robert Reich has on the economy (3 minutes): We need to add some thoughts about what has gotten us into this media frenzied Republican exploited so called “debt crisis.” No matter how anyone looks … Continue reading
Posted in debt ceiling, Economy, Republican hypocrisy, Republican mythology, Republican Policy
Tagged budget process, Democrats fiscally sound, raise taxes on the rich, Republicans fiscally unsound
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Now We Are What They Said We Were
(3 minutes) Those of us who have lived in Iowa all or most of their lives know that Iowa has been the butt of many comments on how the state is backward, the populous dumb and way out of step … Continue reading
A Graph Can Speak Volumes
US federal deficit by president. Makes it clear which is the party of fiscal responsibility. And it ain’t the radical Republican right. pic.twitter.com/sHGMQ4E109 — Michael Okuda (@MikeOkuda) October 23, 2022 That trend line is more than self explanatory. Were we … Continue reading
Posted in debt limit, Economy, Republican Policy
Tagged debt ceiling, default, Democratic deficits, National debt, Republican deficits
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Are The Walls Closing In?
Somehow you can just feel it. I don’t want to get too optimistic, but as we see the extreme radical right continuing to overstep the bounds of democracy we are also seeing a backlash especially among the young folks who … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, economic inequality, Economy, gun control, Republican Policy
Tagged autocracy, Elections
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Poverty By America
Matthew Desmond interviewed on a Barnes and Noble video (55 minutes): Matthew Desmond has been making the interview rounds the past couple weeks as his new book “Poverty By America” debuts. While I have not had a chance to read … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, poverty
Tagged can we end poverty, Matthew Desmond, Poverty By America
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David Cay Johnston On Bitcoin And Bank Failures
David Cay Johnston on SVB failure and bitcoin (24 minutes) One of the people who really cuts through the BS in the economic field. In an article at his DC Report, Johnston takes a critical view of “magic money”: The collapse … Continue reading
Posted in Economy
Tagged bank failures, bitcoin, David Cay Johnston, magic money
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Biden Puts Up Great Accomplishments; Americans Can’t See It
(2 minutes) It is simply amazing how easily the American people can be manipulated into voting against their own interests. In two years President Biden has led an administration that has put policies in place that have dramatically slowed a … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 election, Biden-Harris, Economy, good jobs, Health Care & Medicare, Labor, President Biden, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy, right wing media ownership
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Major Storm Coming?
This is a kind of stream of consciousness that has been floating in my mind all morning. Feels like the only way I can get rid of it is to put it down on paper. It is finally looking like … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2022 Election campaign, Climate Change, Economy
Tagged Putin, Russian draft, Trump, Ukraine
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Will Republicans Accept Their Losses This Fall?
Just doing a little musing. We still have a former president and I hope future inmate running around all over the country trying to get his picks elected to congress. In elections, his main claim is that elections are rigged. … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2022 Election campaign, Economy, Republican hypocrisy, Republican mythology, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged Issues
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