Debt Ceiling Debate

The Four Great Hypocrisies of the Debt Deal

current.com — We have, in this deal, declared that we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all political incumbents are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are renomination, reelection, and the pursuit of hypocrisy. We have, in this deal, gone from the Four Freedoms to the Four Great Hypocrisies. Where is the outrage to come from? From you!

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Robert Borosage's picture

Capitulation

The raw deal on the budget ceiling has been cut. The Tea Party terrorists – the extremist faction willing to hold the economy hostage to get their way – have won. The Republic, common sense and decency have been trampled. more »

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Sam Pizzigati's picture

Doing Debt Ceiling Battle the FDR Way

At times of national fiscal crisis, President Franklin Roosevelt ever so firmly believed, you don't give the awesomely affluent a free pass. You pound them — and then you pound them some more.

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Dave Johnson's picture

The People's Budget Balances The Budget -- Why Isn't It Part Of These "Deficit" Talks?

The Congress is fighting over how to cut the 10-year deficit, and this fight is at the edge of putting the country into default. more »

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Robert Borosage's picture

Congress Should Wake Up. We Have a Jobs Crisis, Not a Debt Crisis.

Get out the togas; Congress is fiddling while Rome burns.

As the grim economic numbers show, this economy is barely moving, crippled by government cutbacks that once more cost jobs. 25 million people are in need of full time work, a number that is growing as the economy is failing to generate enough jobs even to employ those coming into the labor market for the first time. more »

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Terrance Heath's picture

Saturday Morning Civics Lesson For The Tea Party

I didn't think it was possible, but I found something more pathetic than John Boehner scrambling for GOP support for his debt limit bill, only to end up postponing the vote indefinitely. More pathetic even than Boehner telling is caucus to "get their asses in line" and vote for his bill, only to tell his caucus the next day to "get their asses in line" for a big kiss — if it'll get them to vote for his bill.

What could be more pathetic? They may have brought Boehner to his knees, but the tea partiers literally don't know what they're doing in the legislative process.

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Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Resistance Against The Dream Killers: Hundreds At Capitol Rally

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Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Thursday Call To Action: Resist The Dream-Killers On The Capitol Steps

The clock is ticking toward a likely economic Armageddon, and House Speaker John Boehner is wasting time trying to score political points rather than address the need to raise the nation's debt ceiling and work toward a balanced solution to the nation's long-term debt problem. more »

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Keith Ellison's picture

This Is Our Moment

Rep. Keith Ellison is the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and will be a featured speaker at the Take Back the American Dream conference, being held in Washington, DC from October 3 to 5. more »

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Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Grassroots Resistance Against The Dream-Killers

Thousands of citizens fanned out to congressional offices across the country this afternoon to tell their members of Congress to not pay the ransom being demanded by congressional conservatives—deep cuts in economic security programs for seniors, the sick and the economically struggling while protecting the tax breaks of millionaires and billionaires—in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. more »

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