Showing posts with label deficit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deficit. Show all posts
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Donald Trump bragged in a speech to fundraisers about lying right to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's face.

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Courtesy of WaPo :   President Trump boasted in a fundraising speech Wednesday that he made up information in a meeting with the leader ...
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Friday, October 13, 2017

Just a reminder as to who to blame for the skyrocketing healthcare costs that are about to hit the American people.

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per CBO: Trump ending subsidies increases premiums 20% by 2018 and 25% by 2020. Deficit goes up $6b by 2018 and $21b by 2020, — Sam Stein...
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Saturday, April 29, 2017

Exactly!

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And the same holds true for jobs numbers, criminal activity within the administration, and demonstrating patriotism. He's white, a...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Alaska Senate passes bill to cap Permanent Fund at $1,000.

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Courtesy of KTUU :   A steady stream of state government revenue instead of relying exclusively on volatile oil markets, and $1,000 divi...
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Friday, February 12, 2016

Government has a fifty five billion dollar surplus. Gee, thanks Obama!

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You're welcome America. Courtesy of Reuters :   The U.S. government posted a $55 billion budget surplus in January, up from an $18...
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Friday, October 16, 2015

Conservatives keep lying about the deficit under the Obama administration. Here's the truth.

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Courtesy of MSNBC : Keep in mind, in the Obama era, the deficit has shrunk by $1 trillion. That’s “trillion,” with a “t.” As a percentag...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

CBO predicts deficit will shrink to lowest level since President Obama took office.

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Courtesy of AP :   Solid economic growth will help the federal budget deficit shrink this year to its lowest level since President Barac...
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Friday, November 07, 2014

Newly elected Oklahoma Senator says that he will utilize a "Biblical worldview" to bring down national debt. Because when dealing with modern day problems why not rely on a book written over three thousand years ago?

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Courtesy of Raw Story :   Oklahoma Senator-elect James Lankford says his “biblical worldview” will guide his actions in the upper chambe...
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Monday, September 01, 2014

I thought this might be a little good news start to our Labor Day.

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Actually by the end of 2014 it is projected that the deficit will only represent 2.9% pf the GDP . Gee imagine how much better it would ...
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Saturday, January 04, 2014

If everyone in the U.S. was on Medicare, the savings would move the federal budget from deficit to surplus.

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Courtesy of Newsweek :   We don't have a free market for health-care services. If we did, we would see a narrow range of prices for...
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

CBO issues list of provisions for lowering the deficit. A big one is to offer a public option for health care.

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Courtesy of FDL :   The CBO found that a public option based on Medicare would reduce the deficit by $158 billion through reduced spen...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

As Republicans continue to claim that Obama policies are driving up the deficit, new report shows it has fallen to half of what it was when he took office.

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"You're welcome America." Courtesy of Politico :   Administration officials reported on Wednesday that the deficit has f...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Bernie Sanders is talking tough and taking no goddamn prisoners these days!

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This is from the website of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders:   How did we go from healthy surpluses to terrible deficits? It's not ...
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Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Top ten infuriating things you may or may not know about this government shutdown.

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Cartoon courtesy of the LA Times . Courtesy of Mother Jones : 1. Democrats have already agreed to fund the government at Republican le...
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Monday, September 30, 2013

Conservative logic.

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Imagine how the Republicans would react if Obama's first term was anything like Bush's first term. I doubt they would have stopped with simple impeachment.

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Courtesy of Forward Progressives : Just imagine if during President Obama’s first term:  His very first election, he’s “elected” Pres...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

In the category of more information the GOP is trying to distract you from, the deficit is falling faster than at any time since World War ll.

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 Courtesy of USA Today : A continued decline in the federal budget deficit this year is resulting in a better than expected fiscal forec...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013

New study finds that "The legacy of decisions taken during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will dominate future federal budgets for decades to come."

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George W. Bush: President, murderer, and traitor to his country. Courtesy of the Harvard Kennedy School : The Iraq and Afghanistan con...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Sean Hannity gets spanked on his show by Rep. Keith Ellison and finally ends the interview early in frustration. Gotta love it!

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Courtesy of Mediaite :  Right at the top of the interview, Ellison told Hannity, “You are the worst excuse for a journalist I’ve ever se...
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Rachel Maddow offers you the perfect rejoinder in response to that annoying conservative relative this Thanksgiving day.

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy  Here are the charts that Rachel mentions in this segment. ...
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