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Slash Top Federal Salaries - Joel Hirschhorn
Are you ready for another insane aspect of American society? Read this and get angry. People on the right want smaller government. People on the left bemoan high unemployment, economic inequality and the huge amounts of money made by corporate executives and Wall Street fat cats. I strongly... Submitted 128 days 23 hours ago.

Einstein Would Be Proud of Me: Doing the Same thing over and over... - Andrew Kellerman
You know, I've been thinking, I'm a 'down kind of guy'. Up or down, kind of like the glass is half full or half empty kind of thing. Don't get me wrong I'm not a depressed sort. I just like to think of myself as a little bit more analytical than your average Joe. I'm not claiming any sort of... Submitted 135 days 1 hour ago.

Class War Stupidity - Joel Hirschhorn
Much is being said by Republicans about a class war being waged by President Obama and Democrats. In their fantasy world this class war is attacking so called job creators. All this talk is pure nonsense, absolutely false and misleading, intentional political garbage designed to intentionally... Submitted 136 days 5 hours ago.

Rick Perry and the China Conceit - - Walter Rhett
In the early days of US-China diplomacy, Henry Kissinger confessed an improbable admiration for China's Premier, Chou EnLai (Zhou Enlai), an adopted son educated in France who become the legacy link between the Long March and the Maoist communist takeover and the marvel of state-run capitalism... Submitted 163 days 10 hours ago.

Texas and Taxes - - Walter Rhett
Rick Perry runs Texas as America’s largest work farm. His new jobs pay low wages, lack benefits or advancement, and follow the model of post-war Levittown. But his candidacy should not distract from the central, more compelling issue of economic and job growth: the need to raise taxes.... Submitted 179 days 8 hours ago.

Answer the Question, Mr. Boehner - Walter Rhett
July 23 John Boehner told Rolling Stone in a February interview there are jobs and he once handed out lobbyist checks to members on the floor of the House. Daily, he posts on twitter the opposite and dishonest view that "uncertainty" or "deficits" "prevent" "job... Submitted 181 days 6 hours ago.

The Results of Bush's Tax Increase - Jack H. Schick
When the Democratic Congress sent the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act in 1990 to President George H. W. Bush, he signed it. It broke his “read my lips” vow that he would not approve new taxes. As many historians now claim, the failure to keep his word and veto the Act cost Bush... Submitted 183 days 19 hours ago.

Obama Is Making Roosevelt's 1937 Mistake - - Nestor Fantini
When Obama became president, he carefully studied the political and economic decisions taken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. After all, they both entered the White House at a time when the country was in the middle of an economic crisis that threatened its basic foundation. In the first two and a... Submitted 185 days 22 hours ago.

Burning Down the House - Jack H. Schick
The United Kingdom is just one in a series of socialist democracies that has found out the hard way that it actually cost something to give out free stuff. For decades many western nations have been developing a, they claim compassionate, culture of dependency. If a person could not learn enough... Submitted 186 days 5 hours ago.

The Political Blame Game And The S&P’s Downgrade Of U.S. Credit Rating - Joel Hendon
As might be expected, since the loud cursing and berating of one party at the other and the S & P downgrading of our credit rating from AAA to AA, everyone is to blame…in the other’s eyes. But let us look at the real facts behind this mess and the sorry condition it has us in. If... Submitted 187 days 5 hours ago.

The Failure of the Strong and the Weak - - Walter Rhett
It is impossible to understate the disaster that will unfold from the 12th hour agreement reached by two political parties in a bi-cameral legislature and the executive branch of government. The parade of celebrating personalities are unable to inspire anyone to believe that this is a great... Submitted 194 days 4 hours ago.

Some Creative Ways to Manage U.S. Debt Crisis - Gerry Charbonneau
" Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian." --- Dennis Wholey Many times in life doing the right thing, even for the right reason, has its hidden and not so hidden costs. When you are a major world power... Submitted 196 days 1 hour ago.

Grub Stakes - - Walter Rhett
The fights in American politics are no longer over policy. Ideas that don't make sense (a short term debt ceiling vote) and plans that don't add up (the Ryan budget's 20 years of deficits) are proxies and conscripts for the real prizes: power and wealth. The Republicans have changed the stakes.... Submitted 201 days 6 hours ago.

The Falling Dollar: 4 Economic Myths - - Walter Rhett
The dollar is falling. Daily, C-SPAN callers, commentators, comment writers, columnists point to a falling dollar as evidence of America's decline. But put your fears aside. A lower dollar is good for America. A cheaper dollar makes American goods cheaper and increases exports. If a Euro is... Submitted 202 days 6 hours ago.

Semantic Propaganda Feeds Stupidity - Joel Hirschhorn
We would already have had a much needed American revolution in response to the tyranny of the money-fed two-party plutocracy that is destroying the middle class except for one big problem: so much of the American population is just plain stupid. Too stupid to behave like angry Greeks and rise up... Submitted 203 days 7 hours ago.

It Bears Repeating - - Walter Rhett
Through bad times or good, the inconsistent GOP message has had a single consistent goal: defend and growth income and wealth for the rich. Most of the wealthy are no longer tied to production and job growth: they are no Henry Fords. They churn their wealth across international lines, using... Submitted 203 days 23 hours ago.

Riches and Ashes - - Walter Rhett
Charles Dickens captured the modern paradox of a double tier society: the best of times, the worst of times. Agreed, Dickens phrase has a global meaning, given modern context. At worst, the world is at risk because politicians and policy makers are exploiting economic paradoxes as slickly nestled... Submitted 204 days 8 hours ago.

The Grand Bargain Is No Shared Sacrifice - - Walter Rhett
Every Grand Bargain has a set of underlying assumptions, a paradigm by which it measures compromise against its core principles. Negotiations require agreement on end actions, but successful negotiations begin with an understanding of each side's paradig m. I see long, hard evidence of a very... Submitted 204 days 8 hours ago.

How the House of Representatives Voted on Cut, Cap and Balance Act - Joel Hendon
On Tuesday, July 19, 2011, the House of Representatives voted and passed HR 2560 at 8:23 P.M. after a day of heated exchange on the floor of the House. As you can see below it passed 229 to 181 along party lines. The GOP, for the past two years have been ridiculed and been referred to as the... Submitted 204 days 22 hours ago.

Cut, Cap & Balance: Making the Maxim of the Rich Getting Richer a Constitutional Right - Edward Rhymes
Yes, I know this is political theater; and yes, I know that this bill, as popular as it might be with the Tea-Party faction of House Republicans, has absolutely no chance of passing in the Senate. Yet, I believe it behooves us to take a look at the details of this plan that has now been thrust... Submitted 205 days 15 hours ago.

Worrying About The Water Bill When The House Is On Fire: Deficit Talk Nonsense - Edward Rhymes
Introduction OK, it’s like this: Our house is on fire. The flames are beginning to engulf our belongings, family mementos, etc. (you get the picture). Finally, the fire department arrives. They begin to attach the hose to the fire hydrant situated on our property and Submitted 207 days 1 hour ago.

The Economic Models of Government - - Walter Rhett
What I learned: states are not necessarily facing a liquidity trap or bound by national macro-trends. As independent polities, under certain conditions, states can have countervailing economic patterns. What I want to share: A Model of Olgarchy, Designed Around State Political Economy. If... Submitted 207 days 5 hours ago.

Feints and Fables - Walter Rhett
There is no "missed opportunity" by the Republicans in the discussions over reducing the federal deficit despite what some columnists and reporters are saying. Straight forward, undeniable evidence demonstrates that deficit reduction was never their goal. Why so much talk over the deficit?... Submitted 207 days 5 hours ago.

Tit for Tat - - Walter Rhett
Here is a classic response that represents those who argue the government has no role in the economy and that its current role requires money, big money, largely wasted. The response is angry and logical, but its assumptions are full of errors, holes, enflammed rhetoric and missing pieces. Submitted 216 days 9 hours ago.

To Hell With Lazarus: The Canonizing of American Oligarchy, The Demonization of the Poor - Edward Rhymes
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) Introduction As a child, I remember hearing in church the story of Lazarus and the rich man. I recall cringing at the idea that someone could be that insensitive to the suffering of another; that an individual could turn away from human p Submitted 216 days 16 hours ago.