We Americans have an ideal in mind, about a fair distribution of wealth. We know it isn’t reality, and have an idea about what that reality is like. We don’t, however, have an accurate perception of that reality. The video below uses animated infographics to reveal a by-the-numbers look at, as the Occupy movement popularized [...]
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In Not Shocking News From “Sequestered” DC Electeds
Where to put the emphasis? On Republican efforts to “avoid a showdown”? Obama’s efforts to “resolve fiscal fights” by calling the “opposition”? Or Dems abandoning “strong opposition” to the “GOP spending bill”? Can anyone even pretend to be surprised at any of this? Obama being Obama. Republicans being Republicans. Democrats being Democrats. We the People [...]
Is Sequester a Good Thing?
Ian Welsh offers this short, to the point, analysis: The Sequester is a Good Thing … because it’s about time people understood what government does. This was agreed to by both parties, there are other options Obama could use to get out of it, he has chosen not to. This is bipartisan, and Americans need [...]
“It’s Good to be a Banker” (VIDEO)
That’s the analysis of Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital: “It’s good to be a banker.” With the DC self-created financial crisis of the moment, it seemed like a good time to consider a bit of the context of the Super Sequestration sequel to Fiscal Cliff, Grand Bargain, etc. The video below is of [...]
Today in Lesser Evildom: The Super Sequestration, Now Playing Live in DC
Obama is clearly winning in the current version of the Duopoly battles. That includes, but isn’t limited to, the Super Sequestration Deficit Cliff Grand Bargain production, brought to us, unfortunately, by DC Electeds on behalf of those for whom they actually work. In this act of the Obama Years segment of the ongoing theatre that [...]
Is Obama Overconfident in the Sequestration Battle?
At Politico, Carrie Budoff and Jake Sherman ask: Is President Obama overplaying sequestration hand? What do you think? I’ve seen this same general point made by different people, in two basic versions. First, as Budoff and Sherman argue, that Obama is “overplaying” his “tough guy” card. Two, that he’s once again convinced that his (behind [...]
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