Elections
Republicans Planning for Full Control Of Congress Accelerated Tax Cuts, Tort Reform on the Agenda
White House officials and Republicans on Capitol Hill are so optimistic about winning control of both chambers of Congress in next month's elections that they have begun mapping how they would use their new power, including the possibility of speeding up tax cuts that were to take effect gradually. [more]
THE PARTY OF FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY Republican Deficits and Republican Lies
Whenever a friend, acquaintance, colleague, co-worker, or even a perfect stranger tells me he is a Republican and quickly follows that admission by adding, “I’m a liberal on social issues, but I’m a conservative on fiscal and economic policy,” I laugh. Well, actually I laugh, but I cry a little too. [more] |