Michael JF Matheron, March 4. 2015 With their iconic elephant in the lead, the debt limit carnival is upon us, as in again and again. We’ll hold our collective breath as we await news...
During the second Presidential Debate in mid-October recall this incredibly revealing exchange about Mitt’s deficit reduction promises: CROWLEY: . . . If somehow when you get in there, there isn’t enough tax revenue coming...
About supercommittee hysteria . . . I wonder how that happened . . . DUH . . . It’s commonplace now, but still astonishing, the sense of panic consistently created by our news outlets,...
Tonight, The Hill reports that the new GOP deficit reduction plan presented to the Democratic Supercommittee members is as popular as a hippie at a square dance, or less. To say that Democrats were...
Here you go! Left, right, middle, or unassigned, read it and jump for joy, wail and gnash your teeth, yawn your best yawn, say “tsk-tsk” a lot, or realize you’d rather catch up on...
Among commentators almost everywhere, this July was a month of growing worry about the likelihood of raising the debt ceiling. The Treasury bond market, often a bellwether of investor nervousness, basked in overall confidence, however....
“They all step back and say — ‘The president needs to get this done.’ At a certain point they need to do their job.’” President Barack Obama, press conference, 06-29-2011 For many years people...
