Tag Archives: National Debt

Real Time With Bill Maher: Bill Maher as a Teabagger

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:Real Time With Bill Maher Bill Maher had me almost all the way, until he put the entire focus on the defense budget, which represents about twenty-percent of the budget. Gutting defense and corporate welfare alone won’t eliminate the debt … Continue reading →

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Chiu Na-Ying: The Newsroom: Debt Ceiling Debate

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. I swear that and I probably believed this when, but in early 2011 when House Republicans just took control of the House of Representatives, that their so-called Tea Party Caucus didn’t know a damn thing about economics. At least … Continue reading →

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The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson: Ronald Reagan Talks About Balancing the Budget (1975)

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Rik Schneider

  Source:The New Democrat  I like and respect Ronald Reagan a lot, I’ve always had even though I’m a Liberal Democrat. Which might be like hearing how much a Boston Red Sox fan loves a player for the New York … Continue reading →

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FORA-TV: PJ O’Rourke- ‘Conservatives and Fiscal Responsibility’

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:FORA-TV– Political satirist P.J. O’Rourke, at the National Press Club in Washington, talking about the lack of fiscal responsibility in the Republican Party. Source:Real Life Journal  “Political satirist P.J. O’Rourke criticizes the fiscal irresponsibility of recent conservative legislators. He says … Continue reading →

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The New Republic: Danny Vinik: President Obama’s Promise to Not Raise Taxes on the Middle Class Makes Governing Harder

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m just going to be real here and say that Socialists have this belief that if government especially the federal government or central government (depending on the country) is not doing something or running something that is … Continue reading →

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Andrew Sullivan: Why Rand Paul Matters

Posted on May 6, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  For me, though, these clips make Paul’s candidacy more appealing, not less. What the GOP needs is an honest, stringent account of how it has ended up where it is – a party that has piled on … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post: Robert J. Samuelson: The Debate That Wasn’t

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Robert Samuelson that Washington really hasn’t been debating the size of government. But avoiding tough decisions and when they find things they actually want to do that is both parties they either borrow the … Continue reading →

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The Globalist: Bill Hunphrey: The Problem With Billionaires

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Derik Schneider

The Globalist: Opinion: Bill Humphrey: The Problem With Billionaires The New Democrat This idea that what America needs to do is just tax the hell out of millionaires and billionaires and use that money to spend more on War on … Continue reading →

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Jack Hunter: Downgrading Liberalism?

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Rik Schneider

Source:The FreeState I blame the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress’s of the early 2000s with their two-trillion in tax cuts, that weren’t paid for and their two unpaid for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and their Medicare expansion. Their … Continue reading →

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Real Time With Bill Maher: The Paul Ryan Budget (2011)

Posted on April 19, 2013 by kireschneider

Source:Real Time With Bill Maher– former Governor of New York Elliot Spitzer. Source:The Daily Times “Andrew Sullivan Schools Maher and Spitzer on Paul Ryan and Budget. Very surprising.” From Only Vaxing I disagree with Andrew Sullivan on one point. Paul Ryan … Continue reading →

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