Posts filed under “Debt”
“Science Fiction” on This Week
Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Austan Goolsbee was giving an entirely on-point commentary about Obama’s chances for reelection as a result of the economy. Then, he was about to be interrupted and decided to swing his ideological sword. “The one thing I’d say is, the argument that its all about the growth of government, the numbers [...]
Failure Is An Option
So apparently it’s okay if the Super Committee fails to reach an agreement on deficit reduction. According to John McCain, the automatic “triggers” that were put in place to force congress to negotiate a deficit reduction plan don’t really matter: If there is a failure on the part of the super committee, we will be [...]
Constituent Backlash
Town halls have just not been the same since the fiery Republican talking-points inspired health care rage summer of 2009. Instead of mostly calm civic discourse, they now are predominately characterized by wild screams, hoots, and hollers regardless of the elected officials’ political orientation. Lately, the tides been turning against Republican Congressmembers who, according to [...]
The Solvency Deficit
After the first initial of weeks of talks everyone became a little unsettled by the very nature of what we were negotiating over. Washington insiders quickly realized everything had been put on the line, and that the possibility for default was a real one. The politics were big enough to destroy careers and the “drop [...]
Gender, Sexuality and the Debt Ceiling Debate
In this post, I would like to explore the sexual underpinnings that have framed the debt-ceiling debate. I think it’s fairly evident that sexuality, although always present in politics, has been largely suppressed and underreported on by the media in their discourse during the past few weeks. In an attempt to understand what this debate [...]
It’s Time to Face Accountability to your Republican Congress Member
Yesterday during a roundtable discussion on Meet the Press, former Senate Republican Chuck Hagel premised his understanding of the debt-ceiling standoff in Washington as merely a representation of the divided political views of the country at large. In his words: Well, I think where you start is with this fact, at least I believe this, [...]
Let’s make a deal
In separate press conferences, President Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner announced that talks over the aptly called “big deal” had completely broken down. It is hard to know what this actually means because virtually all of the negotiations are happening behind closed doors in private meetings. We do not even know the [...]