“We have a plan. It’s called Medicare.” ~ Nancy Pelosi
Greg Sargent interviewed Nancy Pelosi today, and she clarified what some understood to be her position that Medicare should be “on the table” for deficit reduction (emphasis mine): Pelosi insisted that...
View ArticleAttention media: don’t even TRY to blame both sides for supercommittee failure
“Putting aside whether the supercommittee failure matters at all, it’s plainly true that one side was willing to concede far more than the other to make a deal possible. And anyone who pretends...
View ArticleThe GOP’s debt ceiling retreat probably means there will be a government...
Jonathan Chait says the jig is up, the debt ceiling hostage crisis is over: It’s over. House Republicans, following a literal and metaphorical retreat, have announced they plan to lift the debt ceiling...
View ArticleThe GOP has been successful at cutting deficits to obstruct economic recovery
Brian Beutler says the GOP’s obsession with the deficit has HURT the economy: Here’s the buried lede from the Congressional Budget Office, which on Tuesday released its Budget and Economic Outlook for...
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