I already did my big underbuzzed story of the day in an earlier post (the one about Mitt Romney's news conference), but here are a handful of others that caught my eye:
- David Corn over at Mother Jones reminds us of how much Republicans valued certainty for the fate of the economic climate -- certainty on issues that didn't really affect the economic climate. So where is there fetish for certainty now, when Wall Street and the entire global economy craves certainty on the US debt?
- A housing recovery was supposed to pull the rest of the economy out of the ditch. But in some states, it looks like other sectors are beginning to nourish the housing market.
- And if you want to talk about something the government can do to stimulate the economy, how about getting the credit-card companies' hands out of retailers' pockets? Congress just narrowly approved caps on how much the banks can charge retailers for credit-card purchases. So what does the Fed do? After fierce lobbying by the banks, the Fed decides to impose a cap twice as high as it was talking about. Take that, economy.
- Painful new evidence of just how quickly GOP policy turns self-destructive. Alabama is having trouble repairing its tornado damage. (No, this isn't about the fact that Alabama Republicans help block anti-climate change measures). This is about the labor force needed to do the work. Alabama's anti-immigrant laws have chased their workers away. Well played, Alabama.
- And the Republican argument that government regulation stifles business and the economy? Wonder how much money would have been saved if better government regulation had prevented Massey Energy from misleading inspectors about conditions at its mine that blew up, killing 29 people.
- US troops are still dying in Iraq. At the fastest pace in three years.
What else is underbuzzed today? Buzz it up in the comments.
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Forgive me for posting this here, I guess I'm 1 of those "zombies" that smoked too much pot like your old friends you threw under the bus on your Ed show -- Thursday, June 23rd, 2011. Dude, Ed,...you are talking PHYSCO TALK!!!!!!!!!!! I was one of your biggest fans, supporters, and veiwers until you said something so stupid about pot smokers. Here you are pretending to look out for the common man, jobs and such, and you make such a bone headed statement about weed. It is a cash crop incase you have'nt heard. Generates alot of jobs and income for growers, and is medicinal, as well as safe to use recreationally. I bet you never met a 6-pack of beer you didn't like fat boy! I can't stand you anymore. You disgust me with your conservativestance in liberal wool clothing. You're are just a big fat redneck, just like the rich people you pretend not to be. I bet you are a millionaire and enjoy the extra dollars you get to spend as a result of the Bush tax breaks. You lost me and my brothers when you railed against the weed. In this world of legal cigarettes and alcohol -- both proven killers and very addictive, you talk against the one thing that is actually good for people and could be a boom for the U.S. economy. Then I waited after that show to see what you would say on your next show but you have been convenientlyty absent from the show since that day. You need to do your job and investigate the real truths about marijuana. The founding fathers used it, grew, it, and smoked it. Were they "zombies?" Half of your veiwers probably use it ( a lesser number now I bet because no marijuana users will be tuning in to you anymore). You just lost half of your audience with one PHYSCO TALK mistep of your own. You have yourself to blame Ed!
Libercat...except for municipal purposes, I'm not a fan of Mary Jane....but I do like a drink now and then. I think if marijuana is legalized, you should still be a responsible user. Which I am sure you are. I, don't see throwing anyone under the bus unless they are causing harm. A drunk driver should be punished....If you are selling it or buying it for someone under age you are not being responsible...the same goes for your drug of choice....Now if you are going to start talking about legalizing other hard drugs...I don't know,where I would stand. I hear that habit is harder to control. If you have an addictive problem any of the thing you named above are dangerous. I don't plan to use any hard drugs or smoke anything. As for ED, I'm sure he won't miss you, but give him a break, he just can't see it yet. But he is entitled to an opinion just like you.
Not to nit pick mom but after 16 years of a clean and sober life I must say one addiction I haven't been able to over come is cigarettes, I started at 7 smoking dads wedding cigars and by 10 was a 1 pack a day smoker by 16 I was up to 3 packs but since my late 30's I have cut back to 1 or less a pack a day because of breathing problems and coughing fits if I smoke more then 1 pack.
Whom...Sorry, I am lucky, not an addictive personality, but I saw my father-in-law die because of his habit with cigarettes when it use to be stylish, and my son pick it up when he went to Japan...My son did find a method to kick the habit and I will be forever thankful. His grandfathers habit, and seeing him die, did not stop him form forming the habit. This is what I mean, some people start something and become addicted or can't shake the habit. I work with people who are in AA in my church. I think we all know that sometimes the habit are to powerful so I would not back this law for MJ, but I also watched my sister die a painful death from cancer and it would have helped her pain in stead she had to take much stronger prescribed drugs. I was hard to see her die in such a painful way. She and I planed for her to go out drinking Gin and tonic, but it didn't work out.
To Thankful Mom, you underestimate me. I would have alot of friends and collegues come over and watch Ed regularly, we all are not going to watch him anymore, they have friends who have friends who have friends,....I think he will miss me, and my friends in this mass exodus of MSNBC. You said he is entitled to his own opinion, but that opinion about marijuana is sadly misinformed. He just comes across as entitled, period. When he says stupid stuff like all his old friends that used reefer is "zombies" he was talking PHSYCO TALK! The weed that went around in his day was a very poor strand of sativa, the kind that makes people lethargic, but not as zombiefied as alcohol does to people. The weed people use today is from the Indica strain, and gives you enough energy to vacum your entire house twice with enough energy left over to cook a kings meal, and the blessed appitite to enjoy every bite! Get the facts people. Don't step to the weed conversation with weak, unfounded bull@!$%#.
Libercrat, I wasn't trying to be disagreeable but I was saying Ed talks about his views, we don't all agree with all of them. I'm not much interested in marijuana, so I'm may have tuned out him calling you "Zombies", I can see that when refers to something you believe in in a derogatory way you would not like it. Hey, Johnson from the state of New Mexico, didn't get much of a backing when he said he would legalize marijuana in the first Republican debate......I reallydon't care if they do or they don't because I won't be using it. If you want to use it, as a citizen who may be effected by your use, is that you use it responsibly.
This vicious attack on Ed Schultz is just further proof of why we NEED people like Ed Schultz on TV.
The people on the right will not be happy until everyone in this country
has the same Radical, Right Wing Religion,
has the same Radical, Right Wing perspective,
wears the same Right Wing clothes,
walk in the same Right Wing lock step,
wear the same Right Wing blinders,
and hate everyone that isn't White, Right Winger Radicals.
If it were not for Ed Schultz warning us about people like you Libercrat and standing up for the middle class and uncovering the lies that the GOP tells every single day . . . all we would have would be . . .
a Radical, Right Wing, Religious fanatic, fascistic Church State and the real Democratic Republic we are supposed to be we be absolutely gone !!!
While I do not approve of your rant against Ed Libercrat . . . I misidentified you as a Right Winger . . . and I apologize. There are just so many of them trying to keep people left of center out of the political dialogue on air and out of our culture . . . and I won't stand by and let that happen.
What I said about the Right Wingers I meant though.
What I said in defense of Ed Schultz I meant as well.
I am a registered member of the Democratic Party, voted for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, and Barrack Obama. I am pro-choice, pro-marijuana, womens rights, immigration reform, and some would even say I am a socialist because of how far to the left I am, my handle is a combo of 'Liberal + Democrat.' I hate that the rich in the USA get all the breaks and the poor end up paying for it. I can't stand when conservatives (or anyone) shoves thier religion down the peoples throat. I write my local newspapers regulary and try to help inform others about ways to help this country move forward in a positive way. The reason that we on the left can't get much done is because people like you can't even see from the comment I made that we are on the same side. You are preaching to the choir. But I don't think Ed Shultz is one of us. He is a millionaire TV/Radio personality and he has more money than any of us. Easy for him to call marijuana users "zombies" and women "sluts" from the comfort of his studios. He is not a man of the people and his abusive unfounded jargon on these matters shows his ignorence. I have'nt done this much explaining since I was caught playing with matches by my mother in the early 80's, but I felt you needed to know just who you are talking to!
Libercrat I not the only one who thinks this way. Look what he did to Weiner. I would like Al or any one else in his place.
Gee, Save I said that all along...."Mr. W. did it to Himself!" I was one of the few who did agree with Ed on this.....I'm a leftists, who had this statement over the board in my class room for 27 years "Only Your are responsible for you own actions." I have always believed it to be true. So stop lumping all of us here on this post in you lump, and see us as independent thinkers. Stop blaming us, because we think differently than you. Until then don't expect any respect when you try to make us feel inferior to you.
Underbuzzed? How about those Kansas requirements for places doing abortions? I'm not a fan of abortions, but we all know there will be abortions - legal or illegal. By their impossible requirements and deadline they have ensured that those performing illegal abortions will flourish, and likely many young woman will suffer at their hands.
Carol, some people have forgotten, or were not alive, when illegal was the only choice women had. Instead of a kind, well trained doctor in a clinic that cares about you, you will be in the hands of some butcher. If I had a daughter, I would not wish that on her. It will be happening.
I think the right to lifers believe that if abortion is made illeagal, there will be none. They were here prior to Roe v Wade and will always be here. It's just as you said, back to the back alley butcher. Women maimed or worse.
Save it's to bad that your can't used the brain your have. Right Wing misinfomation again their is no tax dollor for a abortion. People like your love to tell the lied so have fun with it.
Ever heard of the 'Hyde Amendment' mikey?
I don't suppose save ever had an unwanted pregnancy, so he can't be speaking from experience.
I am a hard working, taxpaying responsible American. I use marijuana as often as I can in many forms on my own time and dime. I have family in the western states that are legal growers for medicinal patients who suffer from AIDS and other health problems. I also know many all across America that responsibly use pot for recreational use, yet they are demonized and called "zombies" by people like Ed Shultz. Every night on the news there are plenty of "zombies' drunk driving,...where is his rage about that? What a joke! MSNBC is becoming the laughing stock of the mainstream media. I never thought I would say this but there is more truth and logic coming from FOX News from people like Geraldo Rivera who actually know a thing or two about pot. MSNBC is the newtwork that just called the US President a "DICK" on air. I will be watching Keith Overman on CURRENT TV from now on, and even some FOX news. And I know they will not miss me, but they will mis the 34 million pot users that used to beileive in Ed before he PHYSCO TALKED his way out of the conversation!!!!! Screw MSNBC and the high horse they rode in on. This network is a joke!
My family and I love Ed Schulz and we miss him. He fights for the middle class and he has so many facts which are correct. When is he coming back?
We love Ed Schulz and watch him every night. Where is he? He is for the middle class and he has his facts. We miss him and hope he is back soon. We also trying to get current TV so we can watch Keith Olberman again. Ed, keep up your great work and come back. We do love msnbc and most people who are giving us so many true facts. Everyone should watch msnbc they would stay in formed. H.B.
Ed called another journalist a "slut" on his radio show. He got suspended. Shoulda got fired!
The fact that so many Faux News Trolls are showing up here to spew their, ignorant, racist hate speech ( which at least on MSNBC the are free to do ) is proof that some really good work is being done here by Ed, Rachel, Lawrence, Chenk, Chris, and many more.
They would not be here if there wasn't a real impact being made on society . . .
So let them spew . . . not only are their rants hilarious . . .
It helps the rest of make our points about their love of America but hatred for Americans.
How many jobs bills did the rabid right filibuster PW? How many jobs have the reichwingnuts produced in the house PW? How many have they even introduced?...The answer is STILL '0'
sorry boyz there is no such thing as a jobs bill. Jobs are created by making it easy for the creators of jobs to create them. Business revolves around a person or group of persons willing to take on risk. When the climate of regulation,taxes and uncertainty cause those risk assessments to be negative, who but a moron would start a new business in that environment since it could mean losing everything. When the road is cleared of progressive debris then business men will be willing to take risks again. They are not waiting on "jobs bill " since there is no such thing try again men.think of what would cause you to take your savings and invest it in say a restaurant or store??? Why don't you solve the problem with your savings? Start a business!!!
Just so long as you ignore the years 1940 until 1970 run on Democratic tax and regulate. From 1970 until 2009 under republican cut and charge polices the country has been suffering the worst economies as well deficits.
Thoughtful conservative, thank you for stating the obvious. Bills are brought up for businesses to create jobs, therefor they are called 'jobs bills'. The reichwingnut traitors filibustered a 30 billion 'jobs bill' that would have given small banks money to loan for new businesses or expanding but the rabid right would have none of that unless the dems agreed to eliminate the estate tax. Another classic example of who the neocon traitors support. It amazes me how people like mikey are too damn stupid to see it.
This is why Ed is not on the air this week. He called another women a "slut" on air in his radio show! What a jerk! So, according to Ed, Pot heads are "zombies" and conservative women are "sluts" What a bully and an egotistical joke he and msnbc are becoming. I am watching a decent network collapse before my very eyes, stoned as I may be, I am not a "zombie" and I don't call women "sluts" no matter what. This network just called the president of the USA a "DICK" What the heck is going on here? BOYCOTT MSNBC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are a joke. They have the same show on in 6 different formats. Ed, Rachel, Laurence, Chris, Cenk,.....seen one, seen 'em all. CNN and FOX are much better and more respectful to thier audience. And yes, FOX is stepping thier game up. Bret Beir asked the toughest hardest hitting questions in the 1st Republican debate, very impressice to this liberal, and they just got rid of Beck so they are making changes. I really like the way Chris Wallace goes after the tough questions to people like M. Bachman. And my fav is Geraldo, a fellow who knows that geting high on weed is not going to make you a "zombie."
You all are idiots. My advice read a book by one of the Nobel Economics prizewinners. You pick one. Hayek, Friedman, Stieglitz, Akerlof ,Spence or Solow. You pick one providing you can read. You are right about one thing Ed plows around in his private jet and is about as much a blue collar guy as Trump.
Inappropriate and well handled by MSNBC.
gee I got up this morning and took a poll if I should go to the bathroom. Still waiting on the results so i will know what to do. I just do not understand why people professing to be smart want to be dependent on faceless bureaucrats. Do you really think those people are better at deciding what to do with your money than you are? If rich people are made poor we will all work for the Govt. The previously rich people will not die they will gain power due to their drive and become bureaucrats and they they will decide what you do, where you go, what you are allowed to think and since in liberal world only people with power have boats limos and mansions you will still be a broke puke answering to someone else. Which leader do you want. One who only wants to run a successful business or one who craves political power? I know which one I want because one has police power also.
That's an interesting spin.
You understood that nonsense? It sounded like one of Reagan's speech's when his dementia was in control. Wait, is that a Reagan speech copied and pasted?
Or one of Sarah Palins speeches on one of her better days.
Don't need to copy and paste. The poll results came in so now I know what to think.
Or maybe, unlike you, we have lives.
then why are you here? I am an old retired guy with nothing better to do what is your excuse???
Just dropped in for a laugh, old dude, keep em coming!!!!
You certainly have a full life
LMAO
More bad behavior from the lunatic right!
High-Income Returns Reporting No Taxes Almost Doubled in 2008, IRS Says
By Richard Rubin and Andrew Zajac -
Jun 15, 2011 7:54 AM PT
Under an "expanded income" concept that adds items such as tax-exempt interest that are not included in adjusted gross income, 27,399 people had annual incomes of $200,000 or more without paying U.S. taxes. Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The number of people who reported incomes of at least $200,000 and paid no U.S. income taxes jumped 79.5 percent in 2008 from 2007, according to an Internal Revenue Service study.
In all, 18,783 people filed U.S. tax returns with adjusted gross incomes of at least $200,000 and used legal deductions, exemptions and credits to avoid owing any U.S. income taxes. That represents 0.43 percent of high-income taxpayers, the biggest percentage of non-payers in an IRS study released yesterday that includes data going back to 1977.
Even with the dollar threshold being held constant for inflation, the 2008 totals and percentages were the highest on record. The percentage of non-payers in 2008 almost doubled from the 0.23 percent of filers who reported no income tax liability in 2007, before a recession-fueled decline in tax revenue.
“That is further evidence of how broken this system is,” said Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who has called for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code. “What else can you say but ‘Congress, get going and fix this’?”
The data are estimates based on sampling conducted by the IRS and are subject to sampling error. The numbers vary depending on the measure of income and the measure of tax the IRS uses.
No Tax Owed
Under an “expanded income” concept that adds items such as tax-exempt municipal bond interest not included in adjusted gross income, 27,399 people had annual incomes of $200,000 or more in 2008 without paying any U.S. taxes.
U.S. citizens who earn income outside the country can receive U.S. tax credits for foreign taxes paid, so they can eliminate their U.S. tax liability and still pay significant taxes elsewhere.
Others paid no income taxes anywhere in the world. Using the AGI definition and an analysis that examines taxes paid worldwide, 10,824 returns in the high-income group owed no tax to any country. Both of those figures, on an absolute and a percentage basis, hit records in the years covered by the study.
“It’s kind of a surprise to me. I don’t know what the reason for that would be,” said Alan Viard, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington policy research group that supports low taxes and market-driven policies.
Losses and Deductions
The reasons why high earners can legally pay no taxes include partnership losses and deductions for charitable contributions, medical expenses, investment interest expenses and casualty and theft losses, the report said. Typically, people in this group avoid taxes because of a combination of deductions and other provisions and income sources that differ from those of the typical taxpayer.
“Nontaxable returns under the expanded income concept were much more likely to have tax-exempt interest than were taxable returns, and, when they did have it, the average amount was much higher,” said the study by IRS economist Justin Bryan. “Similarly, nontaxable returns were much less likely to have any income from salaries and wages.”
These taxpayers are able to avoid paying the alternative minimum tax, which was created in 1969 following reports that 155 high-income taxpayers had paid no taxes. The AMT was rewritten in 1986 and operates as a parallel tax system with a structure that tends to affect people with high state and local taxes or with large families. Many tax deductions, including those for charitable contributions, can be applied to the regular income tax and to the AMT.
Almost half of U.S. households don’t pay any federal income taxes. Most of the non-payers are at the lower end of the income scale, where tax credits intended to encourage work and cover the costs of raising children help to eliminate tax liability.
Adjusted Gross Income
About 3.1 percent of taxpayers reported adjusted gross income of at least $200,000 in 2008. They reported earning 29.8 percent of the AGI of all taxpayers and paying 52 percent of all federal individual income taxes, according to IRS figures.
Eric Toder, co-director of the Washington-based Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution that provides research and analysis on tax policies, said the number of filers earning more than $200,000 dropped from 2007, suggesting that there were dips in income even for people who managed to exceed that income level. That trend and the effect of the recession could have pushed people who would otherwise have had some tax liabilities into the no-tax category.
IRS figures show that the number of filers earning more than $200,000 dipped from 4.53 million in 2007 to 4.37 million in 2008.
“My guess is that the average income in that group went down quite a bit,” Toder said.
To contact the reporters on this story: Richard Rubin in Washington at rrubin12@bloomberg.net Andrew Zajac in Washington at azajac@bloomberg.net
Please join 3 Chics Politico in calling John Boehner’s office to ask where the jobs are: (513) 779-5400 (202) 225-6205 (937) 339-1524 (202) 225-4000
Thanks fired up! I'll give them a call right now.
Press 4 for them moron reps. Don't forget they setup a separate phone line just for the lunatic right, just trying to help you out!
1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending
2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices
3. Instituted enforcement for equal pay for women
4. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
5. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB
6 Ended media blackout on war casualties; reporting full information
7. Ended media blackout on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldier’s family
8. The White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information Act
9. Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible
10. Limits on lobbyist’s access to the White House
11. Limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration
12. Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date
13. Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems, which weren’t even used or needed in Iraq/Afghanistan
14. Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research
15. Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research
16. New federal funding for science and research labs
17. States are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards
18. Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect
19. Funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access to K-12 schools
20. New funds for school construction
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Have been successful. I know you think you know it all, but some of us are charitable to the underprivileged and are not always just thinking of themselves. We also think of our children's and grandchildren's future. And we don't want the reps to ruin it for them. Why do you think I chose the name Thankful Mom?
Thank you Fired up you just made my day. Tax looopholes (business loss is not a loophole) sholuld be eliminated, the upper tax rate lowered ( You proved no one smart pays it) and broaden the base. This will incentive businessmen to get into gear as thsy will no longer be able to sit they will have to produce. and they will know that their tax rate is permanent and not good only til the next election uncertanity is what holds back capital investment. Stop punishing capital with capital gains tax so people will take a chance on success if there is gold at the end but if there is only the potential for losses but not for gain people will sideline thenseleves. Reagan with Tip O'neil was able to actually do this and it put all the tax sheloter guys out of business and caused real development. I know it put me out of work for a while but it was still the right thing to do. Congress can not help it though they started right up adding breaks and shelters after Regan let office and we are back where we were in 1980 Remember this simple math quiz 25% paid is better than 38% unpaid. Get it???.
21 The prison at Guantanamo Bay is being phased out
22. US Auto industry rescue plan
23. Housing rescue plan
24. $789 billion economic stimulus plan
25. The public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (the new plan can be completed in one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying
26. US financial and banking rescue plan
27. The secret detention facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere are being closed
28. Ended the previous policy; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with theGeneva Convention standards
29. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops
30. The missile defense program is being cut by $1.4 billion in 2010
31. Restarted the nuclear nonproliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols
32. Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic
33. Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions
34. Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office
35. Successful release of US captain held bySomali pirates; authorized the SEALS to do their job
36. US Navy increasing patrols off Somali coast
37. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles
38. Cash for clunkers program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulated auto sales
39. Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government
40. Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children
President Obama Accomplishments 41-60:
41. Signed national service legislation; expandednational youth service program
42. Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return home to visit loved ones
43. Ended the previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions
44. Expanding vaccination programs
45. Immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters
46. Closed offshore tax safe havens
47. Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals
48. Ended the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back
49.. Ended the previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry’s predatory practices
50. Energy producing plants must begin preparing to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources
51. Lower drug costs for seniors
52. Ended the previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings
53. Increasing pay and benefits for military personnel
54. Improved housing for military personnel
55. Initiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses
56. Improved conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other military hospitals
57 Increasing student loans
58. Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program
59. Sent envoys to Middle East and other parts of the world that had been neglected for years; reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy
60. Established a new cyber security office
just wondering did any of this stuff cost new money???? Like I told my kids you can have any car you want all you have to do is pay for it with your own money not mine.
ilp finaly someone who has actually read a book. by the way just what is Cantor job. I thought it was representing those who voted for him not the ones who did not
Apparently he thinks his job is to go on vacation while the deadline to either raise the debt ceiling or default on our debt looms.
I didn't know Cantor was campaigning. I thought he was in vegas taking bets on when the economy will collapse
61. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force; this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.
62. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts
63. Ordered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparedness
64. Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient
65. Students struggling to make college loan payments can have their loans refinanced
66. Improving benefits for veterans
67. Many more press conferences and town halls and much more media access than previous administration
68. Instituted a new focus on mortgage fraud
69. The FDA is now regulating tobacco
70. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules
71. Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports
72. Authorized discussions with North Korea and private mission by Pres. Bill Clinton to secure the release of two Americans held in prisons
73. Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captive
74. Making more loans available to small businesses
75. Established independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of Medicare
76. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court
77. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans
78. Limited salaries of senior White House aides; cut to $100,000
79. Renewed loan guarantees for Israel
80. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan
I Love, I think you might be the BS here, but of course now, that would be too much for you to admit. I think we were trying to talk about solving problems here, and you, just like the gop, are trying to block any true efforts.
So go post on the @!$%#ter.
I thought that was what we all did. This has been quite an education for me. I am trying to encourage dialogue because actually some of the lefts discourse seems to me to be more from frustration rather than from understanding how business works, or the motivations of cons. Part of the problem I believe is the Social cons who are one subject voters like abortion etc which is fine but deals with no real problems and only fires up that part of the left who who only care about abortions, etc. I know there are people on the left who have actual pphilosophical differences but I believe much of that is borne oout of distrust of motives. Real cons are libertarian in their social philosophy ie live and let live. But many of us are motivated by what we have learned through experience rather than theory.