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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on Jan 9, 2013
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Democracy Now!
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Phony-baloney tax cuts, a delay in spending reductions, an increase in the deficit and lots more work to be done—Heidi Moore at The Guardian details the fiscal cliff solution that isn’t.
Posted on Jan 2, 2013
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Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE —
Posted on Jan 1, 2013
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Peter Broelman, Cagle Cartoons, Australia —
Posted on Dec 28, 2012
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Dec 28, 2012
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Dec 28, 2012
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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on Dec 20, 2012
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on Dec 20, 2012
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Dec 16, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — Are you as sick of the “fiscal cliff” as I am? Actually, that’s a trick question. You couldn’t possibly be.
Posted on Dec 13, 2012
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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on Dec 13, 2012
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Nick Anderson —
Posted on Dec 7, 2012
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on Dec 7, 2012
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on Dec 7, 2012
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Dec 6, 2012
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Dec 5, 2012
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White House / Pete Souza
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By Robert Reich — By signaling its willingness not to raise top rates as high as they were under President Clinton and to cut some $400 billion from projected increases in Medicare and other entitlement spending, the White House has ceded important ground.
Posted on Nov 29, 2012
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By Sen. Bernie Sanders —
Now is the time to hold Democrats accountable and ensure that we do deficit reduction in a way that is fair, while also protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Posted on Nov 28, 2012
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By Robert Reich — What’s the best way to pressure Republicans into agreeing to extend the Bush tax cuts for the middle class while ending them for the wealthy?
Posted on Nov 28, 2012
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on Nov 25, 2012
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Ralph Nader —
Congress is still talking about a “Grand Bargain” that “balances” far more spending cuts than tax increases. That is another way of saying that you – the consumer of Medicare and Medicaid services, the recipient of Social Security, and the average taxpayer — will take the brunt of the spending cuts.
Posted on Nov 14, 2012
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By Robert Reich — The game of chicken isn’t about how much or when we cut the budget deficit. Or even whether the upcoming “fiscal cliff” poses a danger to the economy.
Posted on Nov 10, 2012
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By Robert Reich — When the applause among Democrats and recriminations among Republicans begin to quiet down the president will have to make some big decisions. The biggest is on the economy.
Posted on Nov 7, 2012
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John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri —
Posted on Oct 20, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Romney budget specifics and why the 2012 Congress could be one of the worst ever.
Posted on Aug 15, 2012
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on Apr 16, 2012
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By Joe Conason — When George W. Bush made his first public appearance in many months to discuss economic policy in New York on Tuesday, his utterances may have revealed more than he intended.
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on Dec 10, 2011
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Talks between congressional leaders charged with coming up with a plan by Wednesday to cut the national deficit by $1.2 trillion have descended into squabbling and finger-pointing, suggesting that automatic cuts to domestic programs, Medicare and defense spending—rather than a mix of cuts and tax increases—are inevitable. (more)
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Oct 8, 2011
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White House / Pete Souza
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By Peter Z. Scheer — By far the most stirring line in the president’s jobs speech Thursday was his acknowledgment that “the next election is 14 months away and the people who sent us here—the people who hired us to work for them—they don’t have the luxury of waiting 14 months.”
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Flickr / Office of Governor Patrick
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In this era of shrinking budgets, an increasing number of American public schools are closing their doors on Fridays. Besides stripping American children of one-fifth of their time available to learn, the shift is forcing working parents to seek expensive childcare while school employees see their pay reduced—or their jobs eliminated. (more)
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Flickr / asterix611
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Still foggy on the basics of this week’s debt and deficit deal? The Guardian has published a no-nonsense guide explaining the meaning and function of the congressional “super committee,” the “trigger,” the “balanced budget amendment” and more, including the deal’s potential future.
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on Jul 4, 2011
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Flickr / Funky Tee
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With the American corporations in Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index holding a record $960 billion in hard cash and taxes on corporate profits the lowest they have been since the 1950s, the Obama administration appears ready to give them even more in the way of economic breaks. (more)
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
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AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley
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By Joe Conason — Indeed, in the guise of saving future generations from excessive federal debt, themes of national decay, egotistical greed and irresponsibility pervade the Ryan plan.
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Apr 18, 2011
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, The St. Louis Post Dispatch —
Posted on Apr 16, 2011
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AP / Cliff Owen
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Yes, Democrats scored some big legislative victories in Congress over the last two years and, as President Obama noted earlier in the week, the Dems were able to overcome “gridlock” (in no small part because they commanded the majority of the House and Senate) ...
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Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons, The Denver Post —
Posted on Dec 20, 2010
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AP / David J. Phillip
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Former President Bill Clinton, the Democrat who brought you such miracles as welfare reform, NAFTA and “don’t ask, don’t tell,” has jumped into the fray over the tax cut deal, adding his support to the compromise worked out by President Obama with the Republicans. “I don’t believe there is a better deal out there,” Clinton said.
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Democrats in the House passed a resolution Thursday telling the president not to bother bringing his compromise extension of tax cuts for the wealthy to their chamber. Nancy Pelosi said Democrats would continue to work with the White House and, if history is our guide, the White House will continue to work with Republicans to get the bill passed.
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By Ruth Marcus — President Obama’s tax deal offers him a relatively painless way to wriggle out of his most irresponsible campaign promise: to permanently extend the so-called middle-class tax cuts, the middle in this case amounting to 98 percent of households.
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Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 6, 2010
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