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Hurricane Relief

Hurricane Sandy relief money was approved by the House today. Why mention it? Because the law was passed so long after the event. No other recent hurricane disaster received such a slow response. Because 180 Republicans voted against it. An almost unprecedented opposition to disaster relief. Because even at the last moment extreme right wingers […]

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Say No To Jack Lew

Someone asked what I thought of Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary. The King is dead, long live the King. That about covers it. Lew is a Wall Street guy. Lew is a proponent of the failed banking deregulation. Lew ran one part of Citigroup – a part loaded with toxic assets. Lew wrote budget cutting […]

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Debt Ceiling Dodgeball

The Obama administration wants us to think it’s playing hardball. Maybe it is. Maybe. This debt ceiling showdown is a farce much like the fiscal cliff. Both exist because the Republican party says so. Without the urging of the far right neither would have consumed so much of our time. Because of the legislation passed […]

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