By Mark | February 20, 2011
Our old friend George Lakoff has a brilliant essay on the Common Dreams website today. Here’s a clip. I’d encourage those of you with time to follow the last link and read the whole thing, though. ….The central issue in our political life is not being discussed. At stake is the moral basis of American […]
Posted in Other, Politics | Also tagged anti-immigrant, anti-science, class warfare, collective bargaining, deficit, empathy, food safety, framing, fucking Democrats, George Lakoff, individual responsibility, linguistics, Obama, prenatal care, public broadcasting, public employee unions, Republican framing, Rockridge Institute, state employees, strict father, the conservative agenda, the growing gap between rich and poor, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class, union busting, Wisconsin is open for business, women's rights |
By Mark | February 15, 2011
So, did what he said change anyone’s mind, or are you all still of the opinion that this budget illustrates the complete and total abandonment of Democratic ideals? If you haven’t yet read the budget proposed by the administration, you can find the whole thing here.
Posted in Media, Other, Politics | Also tagged 2012 federal budget, budget cuts, deficit, Deficit Elimination Plan, democracy protests, Egypt, foreign relations, Medicare, Obama, press conference, social security |
By Mark | February 14, 2011
Obama shared his budget with Congress today. For the most part, he didn’t address the big problem, which is our ever increasing spending on entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security, choosing instead to nibble around the more politically expedient edges, cutting things like summer Pell grant programs for college students and home heating initiatives […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2012 federal budget, budget cuts, deficit, Deficit Elimination Plan, Jacob Lew, John Cornyn, means testing, Medicare, NPR, Obama, Patriot Act, PBS, Pell grants, public education, social security, tea party |
By Mark | November 13, 2010
Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, the co-chairs of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform issued a 50-page draft proposal a few days ago, outlining what they’d recommend that we do to reign in government spending and significantly cut the nation’s deficit. They maintain that their proposal, which cuts military spending, reforms the […]
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