Ezra Klein writes, “‘We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem,’ Republicans say. If the federal government defaults on Aug. 2, that sentence will be to blame. What a shame, then, that the sentence is entirely, obviously, wrong. ‘I’m an ‘and’ guy, not an ‘or’ guy,’ says Donald Marron, who served as an economist [...]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is proposing a law that would give Obama the authority to raise the debt limit for the remainder of his first term. Under current law only Congress has the ability to raise the debt limit so the country can continue to borrow money to pay off any debt already [...]
States with higher percentages of people without degrees tend to be more conservatives. It makes sense why conservatives don’t value education – it would eliminate them. View the interactive map with degree statistics here.
“While polls show Americans remain sharply divided over the Democrats’ landmark legislation, they aren’t clamoring for its repeal.” [Read More]
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the stimulus provided jobs to between 1.2 million and 2.8 million people during the first three months of this year. The stimulus also raised GDP by as much as 4.2%. Raised the level of real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) by between 1.7 percent and 4.2 percent Lowered the unemployment [...]
“Teams of American special forces have been authorised to conduct spying missions intended to pave the way for a military strike on Iran in case President Obama orders one, US government sources have confirmed. The military units would penetrate Iranian territory to reconnoitre potential nuclear targets and make contact with friendly dissident groups, according to [...]
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg expressed outrage over a federal loophole that allows people on the FBI terrorist watch list to legally purchase guns and explosives. Being “known or reasonably suspected of being involved in terrorist activity” is currently not a reason for someone to be denied purchasing weapons or chemicals that could make [...]
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The U.S. would most likely not repeat our counterinsurgency strategy in any new situation that we used in Iraq and Afghanistan. The new counterinsurgency strategy will focus on having less U.S. forces in the area, more training of local forces, air-strikes, and special forces. [Read More]
Republican voters are now not as excited about the upcoming election as they were. [Read More]
