July 14, 2011
Reasonable, Unreasonable
It is altogether reasonable to have grave concerns about our national debt. It is unreasonable to have grave concerns about our debt, and then refuse to do anything about it. It is reasonable to vote against an increase in the...
July 13, 2011
The McConnell Gambit
So what exactly is Mitch McConnell up to? McConnell offered a solution to the debt limit imbroglio that has been described as cynical, stupid, worthless, traitorous and worse. It may be all of those things. But it is also brilliant....
July 13, 2011
Class Warfare
It was Karl Marx who first wrote about class warfare in The Communist Manifesto. Marx believed that the exploited proletariat would eventually rise up against bourgeoisie, overthrow them and then seize their property. In the Marxist view, only communal ownership...
July 12, 2011
The Pelosi-Bachmann Axis
Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, must be very happy with her colleague Michele Bachmann. Bachmann (R-Minn.) has stated repeatedly that she will never vote to increase the debt limit. And her position is winning converts among some House Republicans,...
July 11, 2011
Shared Sacrifice
In the context of the debt limit, Democrats have been pushing for tax increases because they want to punish the rich. They believe that because the so-called rich pay only 80 percent of the tax burden that they should be...