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Category Archives: Economic Policy

The Plan to Cut Budgets by Robbing Public Pensions

December 27, 2013 Conservative Economics Inequality Partisan Fighting Poverty Privatization Republicans Taxation 4 Comments

The GOP’s 2013 Christmas Gifts to the Poor

December 24, 2013 Conservative Corporatism Economics extremism Inequality Republicans 3 Comments

Will Corporations have Limited Liability, 1st Amendment Personhood, and Nation-State Statuses?

December 9, 2013 Constitution Corporatism Corruption Democrats International Relations Republicans Supreme Court Trade Trans-Pacific Partnership Transparency 4 Comments

New Videos: The Pope, Drones, Military Waste, Hidden Guns, and Droughts

December 5, 2013 Budget Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Defense Policy Democrats Economics Environment extremism Foreign Policy Gun Control Inequality International Relations Law and Order Libertarian Military military waste Pope Francis Religion in Politics Republicans Terrorism War 7 Comments

Bread, Circus, and the Complacency Before the Collapse

November 21, 2013 Campaigns Conservative Corporatism Corruption Democrats Deregulation Economics Environment extremism Inequality Money in Politics Policy Progressive Regulation Republicans Taxation Voting 10 Comments

Our Mixed Economic System

November 18, 2013 capitalism Conservative Democrats Economics extremism mixed economy Partisan Fighting Policy politics Poverty Progressive Republicans Social Security socialism Taxation Welfare 2 Comments

The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Secrecy, Corporatism, and Multi-National Monopolies

November 15, 2013 Corporatism Corruption Environment Government Secrets Health Policy International Relations Money in Politics Trade Trans-Pacific Partnership 4 Comments

Partisan Differences in the Definition of “Big Government”

November 6, 2013 Civil Rights Conservative Democrats Libertarian Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive Regulation Religion in Politics Republicans Tea Party 5 Comments

The Great Social Security Heist

October 21, 2013 Economics Entitlements Grand Bargain Inequality Medicare Partisan Fighting Social Security Leave a comment

The Price of Extremism

October 18, 2013 brinksmanship Debt Debt Ceiling Economic Crisis Economics extremism Government Shutdown Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Republicans Tea Party 2 Comments

Video: The GOP Debt Limit Insanity and a Proposed 14th Amendment Solution for Obama

October 15, 2013 Economics extremism Insane Republicans Obama ObamaCare Republicans Tea Party 3 Comments

The Debt Limit Deadfall

October 7, 2013 Conservative Debt Debt Ceiling Economic Crisis Economics extremism Government Shutdown Insane Republicans Republicans Tea Party 3 Comments

Student Loan Debt and the Sticky Bubble

October 4, 2013 Debt Economic Bubble Economic Crisis Economics student loans Leave a comment

The Republican Plan: Shutdown and Nullify

October 2, 2013 Conservative Constitution Current Events Economics extremism Government Shutdown Health Policy Insane Republicans Legislature Obama ObamaCare Partisan Fighting politics Republicans Tea Party 4 Comments

Video: The GOP Shuts Down the Government

October 1, 2013 Budget Conservative extremism Government Shutdown Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting 1 Comment

Videos: The DOJ is Using Drones and the GOP is Holding Hostages

September 27, 2013 Criminal Justice Debt Debt Ceiling Domestic Surveillance Drones Economics extremism spying Leave a comment

The Flaw in Conservative Anti-Welfare Arguments

September 25, 2013 Budget Conservative Corporate Welfare Economics Food Stamps Inequality Poverty Republicans SNAP Welfare 2 Comments

The Debt Ceiling Fight and The Big Lebowski

September 18, 2013 Debt Debt Ceiling Democrats Humor Legislature Media Obama ObamaCare Partisan Fighting Republicans Leave a comment

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