Can't Save the System by Smashing It

Seeded on Mon Aug 1, 2011 2:17 PM EDT (CNN)

Frum points out everything that is wrong the the stance the right has made in the manufacture debt "crises." I believe he has also pointed to why the Republicans stand to lose big in 2012. Republicans in Congress have not just turned a deaf ear to America, they aren't even li …

congress, politics, debt-fight

Tax Breaks Do Not Create Jobs, Ever

Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:40 PM EDT

I constantly hear from the right that we can't raise taxes on "job-creators" during this economic climate. My response is always "Why?" How many jobs have been created with tax rates where they are currently? None, because tax breaks don't create jobs dema …

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My Problem with the Tea Party

Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:22 AM EDT

Way back in the 1700's a group of unhappy colonist boarded a ship in Boston harbor and dumped tea into the harbor in protest over unfair taxation. To be more specific taxation without representation.

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Perplexed about the fight over health care

Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:19 AM EDT

My understanding of the debate over health care is that there are some that think that 1 trillion dollars over 10 years for a public option is too much. So lets break that down, thats 100 billion per year.

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Economy has not hit bottom....who's to blame.

Tue Mar 3, 2009 1:45 PM EST

I think something important is being left out of the national media recently. All of the back and forth has overshadowed the fact that there have been people saying for months that this would happen. I can't name them directly but I know I heard it.

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