Steve Rattner showed this chart this morning on Morning Joe. It is very telling about Obama’s jobs record. Is the private sector doing fine? Yes, except if you are in the construction or finance industries. The drag on jobs comes from the...
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Category Archives: Debt Ceiling/Limit
Message to Washington Republicans – STOP BEING IDIOTS! Not raising the debt ceiling is about to start costing money. I’m not sure what more it is going to take to convince Republicans. In the last few weeks, Republicans have had some of the best economists...
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Note to Washington – the debt ceiling should not be treated like it is a sick episode of a family reality TV show. Look at one of the latest snippets from yesterday’s talks between the President and Congressional leaders courtesy of the Washington...
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In the wake of the U.S. debt ceiling drama Mitch McConnell and other “conservative republicans” claim that the U.S. looks a lot like Greece. If this is true (the data says it is not) why aren’t McConnell and other Republicans, willing to...
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As Republicans demanded, Obama has gotten involved. Meetings were held on Monday with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Harry Reid. He met with the Speaker of the House John Boehner last week. Yesterday, Obama took the discussion to the American...
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UPDATE – Monday Meetings with Obama - Separate meetings are scheduled with Speaker of the House Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Reid. Makes me nervous that they have to have separate meetings. Can’t this preliminary stuff that needs to be done individually...
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I’ve been writing about the pending debt ceiling crisis since March. To even the most casual observer of the US Federal Government it won’t be shocking to find there is no real progress. Right now Republicans have stated that they will only...
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Congress purchased a two week extension in the battle over the 2011 budget on March 2nd. Hopefully Congress and the White House will be able to work out their deep differences and avoid a shutdown of the Federal Government before the clock runs out on March 18th.. ...
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