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    Politics, and the maneuvering in politics that so many of our citizens despise, has a way of muddying the waters and clouding the truth. The combatants in politics, aided by the shallowness of media coverage, engage in tussles that leave the voters scratching their heads. The average, normal person thinks: “Wait, my basic values […]

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   In the last two days, I’ve written about the phony deficit/debt "crisis" here and here, using excerpts from my new e-book, "It’s Not Raining, We’re Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis". Today, as the Catfood Commission unveiled its final report, I’ll continue by looking at some of the people behind pushing […]

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Yesterday, I kicked off a series of posts about the phony deficit/debt "crisis" with an excerpt from the introduction to my new book, "It’s Not Raining, We’re Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis". Today, I’ll continue with a part from the first chapter called, "Stupid Statements".   In honor of the mind-boggling […]

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The government’s deficit and debt are not a big crisis. It’s not even a little crisis. It’s not a crisis at all. What is most disturbing is how many liberals/progressives have thrown in the towel and are basically taking the line "there is a crisis but we have a better way of dealing with it". […]

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This coming week, the drumbeat will get louder with the rhetoric about the phony government debt/deficit "crisis". I’ll be writing more about this in conjunction with my new book, "It’s Not Raining, We’re Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis". Today, I thought I’d focus on this specific point: debt is not a […]

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   Nice to know that, even though we are suffering through massive unemployment and economic despair, the very people who caused that despair are having a good time: Two years after the onset of the financial crisis, the stock market is recovering and Wall Street’s moneyed elite are breathing easier again. And this means in […]

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I have a new book out today: It’s Not Raining, We’re Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis. You can get it here at the site or get a really cool version on Kindle or Nook–click the image over there on the right for more details.  {attachment id=162 size=medium}    The upshot can […]

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   Glad this is out, from the Congressional Budget Office: By contrast, policies that would temporarily increase the aftertax income of people with relatively high income, such as an across-the-board reduction in income taxes or an increase in the exemption amount for the AMT, would have smaller effects because such tax cuts would probably not […]

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The swamp has not been drained. Throw them all in jail. The Wall Street Journal today: Federal authorities, capping a three-year investigation, are preparing insider-trading charges that could ensnare consultants, investment bankers, hedge-fund and mutual-fund traders and analysts across the nation, according to people familiar with the matter. The criminal and civil probes, which authorities […]

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   Pollster extraordinare Celinda Lake has these results: Opposition to cutting Social Security benefits in order to reduce the deficit • Overall: 82% oppose cuts, 15% support cuts • By Party: Democrats (83% to 15%), Independents (78% to 17%), Republicans (82% to 15%), Tea Party Supporters (74% to 13%) Opposition to cutting Social Security to […]

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