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Economics / economic policy, fiscal cliff, government spending, Republicans /

Trench Warfare, Or Something

December 6, 2012

The word monotony speaks to dullness, but it does fit the modern Republican party rather well. It is anything but dull. Were the Republicans developing military strategy they would have a constant response to any situation: What should we do about the enemy troops storming down the hill? Dig trenches! What about those grenades they’re […]

Politics / economic policy, Federal deficit, fiscal cliff, Simpson-Bowles /

Ignorance is Bliss

December 6, 2012

With economics and politics always closely intertwined one way of understanding how policy making for the economy will play out is to take the political temperature. At the moment that means taking a look at the state of the Republican Party as it tries to figure out how to move forward. Assuming, that is, that […]

Economics / austerity, defense spending, economic policy, entitlements, fiscal cliff, government spending, medicare, Obama, Republicans, Social Security /

Cliff Walking

December 4, 2012

This is really irksome. For most of this phony war, as the key players strut their stuff for public eyes but not for serious negotiation, the Republicans have been oddly coy about what their plan would be. They released no details, gave no hints, and merely repeated their continuing objection to the horror of a […]