Tag: Debt Ceiling

• The coming shit show

  Rabid orthodoxy can make you clueless. In a normal political party, where in the 2022 elections you barely squeak by with a House majority, lose a Senate seat, and Democrats take total control of two state legislatures (Michigan and Pennsylvania) and add governorships (Maryland, Massachusetts and Arizona) to your party’s one governorship pickup (Nevada) while…

  Mark

  January 23, 2023

  Politics 2023

  Debt Ceiling, Joe Biden, Republicans, Trillion dollar coin

• Calling their bluff and Obama’s trump card

  The temperature hit a record 105 degrees Friday at Washington Dulles International Airport, a new record. The temperature must have been at least as hot at the White House. There President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner were engaged in their latest discussion regarding raising the nation’s debt ceiling. Apparently tempers flared, Boehner left, and…

  Mark

  July 24, 2011

  Politics 2011

  Barack Obama, Debt Ceiling, Grover Norquist, Republicans, Taxes, Tea Baggers

• If I was the president

  Gah! The amount of disinformation going on about the debt ceiling, the budget deficit and the economy continues to astound me. That so much of it is sticking goes to prove that money can buy pretty much anything. The oligarchy is clearly in charge, which is why closing loopholes for people who own private jets…

  Mark

  July 9, 2011

  Politics 2011

  Debt Ceiling, Fiscal Conservatism, Health Care Reform

• Playing Public Debt Poker

  Predictably, Republicans walked away yesterday from negotiations on extending the federal debt ceiling. It was predictable but it was also childish. Led by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Republicans attending the talks led by Vice President Joe Biden said there was no point in continuing negotiations unless all tax increases were taken off the table.…

  Mark

  June 24, 2011

  Politics 2011

  Debt Ceiling, Federal Debt, Grover Norquist, Republicans, Statesmanship