Mark Maynard | debt ceiling

Playing chicken with the Republicans over the Debt Ceiling

By Mark | July 25, 2011

It looks as though President Obama has endorsed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s debt-ceiling proposal, which, according to the White House, would cut government spending by $2.7 trillion and increase the federal borrowing limit through 2012. It would seem that Democrats, in spite of the fact that they control the White House and Senate, have […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged America is a low tax country, Bernie Sanders, Bush tax cuts, corporate welfare, fiscal responsibility, Harry Reid, impeachment, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, money as free speech, national debt, Obama, Steve King, tax policy, tax the rich, taxes, threats to the middle class | 27 Comments

The Gang of Six are serving their corporate masters, who don’t, by the way, create jobs

By Mark | July 21, 2011

I’m tired, and the sweat is running off of me in tiny rivers. The house we live in, built over 150 years ago, does not have air conditioning. It’s never bothered me before, but, tonight, as I lay here in bed, with a red-hot laptop balanced across my mountainous belly, and my sweat pooling in […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Rants | Also tagged Bernie Sanders, corporate profits, corporatocracy, deadly pet snacks, Extreme Makeup Hoarders, Fortune 500, Gang of Six, Goldman Sachs, Good Morning America, job creation, lobbying, Matt Taibbi, Paris Hilton, pet killing, pet snacks, sarcasm, State of the News Media, tax holiday, tax policy, tax repatriation, tax the rich, the sad state of journalism | 24 Comments

The time to revolt draws near, my friends….

By Mark | July 10, 2011

On Friday, it was announced that the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to support a $649 billion defense spending bill. According to the Associated Press, this represents a $17 billion increase over last year’s appropriation. This, as the AP article points out, is particularly noteworthy, given that drastic government cuts are being demanded elsewhere. […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2012 federal budget, A National Strategic Narrative, Bill Maher, budget, budget cuts, budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, class warfare, compromise, defense spending, entitlements, Ezra Klein, grand bargain, Joint Economic Committee, Mark Mykleby, Medicaid, Medicare, military industrial complex, military spending, Mitch McConnell, Mr. Y, Obama, Paul Revere, priorities, Robert Pear, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich, theology of tax cuts, unemployment, Wayne Porter | 52 Comments

Bernie Sanders demands that Obama ‘Stand with the American people’‎

By Mark | June 28, 2011

I don’t donate a lot of money to political candidates. While I put in quite a few hours working for the Kerry and Obama campaigns, I didn’t give either of them very much in the way of cash. The only people that I can think of that I gave more than ten or twenty dollars […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Mark's Life, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2012 federal budget, Bernie Sanders, budget cuts, budget deficit, class warfare, federal budget, Medicaid, Medicare, military spending, Obama, political contributions, poverty, rich get richer, shared sacrifice, socialist, the growing gap between rich and poor, threats to the middle class, unemployment, Wall Street | 18 Comments

Tag Archives: debt ceiling

Playing chicken with the Republicans over the Debt Ceiling

The Gang of Six are serving their corporate masters, who don’t, by the way, create jobs

The time to revolt draws near, my friends….

Bernie Sanders demands that Obama ‘Stand with the American people’‎

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