Eight Reasons Why the Bush Tax Cuts to the Wealthiest Should Expire
After 30 years of creating large deficits through tax cut legislation (Starving the Beast), often to the detriment of our economy and jobs growth, Republicans are getting closer to their goal of...
View ArticleFostering a Hostile Environment
I returned home from the grocery market this past Saturday to find my wife on the verge of tears as she relayed to me the news of the horrific shooting in Tucson, AZ that left Congresswoman Giffords...
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Raising the Debt Ceiling: When Ideology Meets Reality
With dialog on Capital Hill being next to impossible, Senate Minority Leader McConnell has put forth a plan to allow the president to raise the debt ceiling to prevent the United States from defaulting...
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Discrimination and Job Creation Just Don’t Mix
In defending their tax policies that largely benefit the wealthiest, Republican leadership claims that it is protecting our ‘job creators’. However, Republican legislators certainly paid no heed to...
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Calling Them Out By Name
With the Tea Party and the Christian Right rapidly losing ground in public opinion, Republican Politicians have a fine line to walk in motivating an important element of their base without alienating...
View ArticleThe Common Denominator of Right Wing Policy: Lost Lives
Looking back at my research and writing on conservative special interest-driven policies, a common denominator emerges – without exception. Regardless of the area (opposing reform of our gun markets...
View ArticleHealthcare and GOP Cognitive Dissonance
My wife is once again fighting for her life following a leukemia relapse. The type of cancer she has can be cured, but the treatments are expensive, the recoveries prolonged and difficult each often...
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Republican Economic Policy: When Facts No Longer Matter
“…there’s remarkable consensus among mainstream economists, including those from the left and right, on most major macroeconomic issues. The debate in Washington about economic policy is phony....
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The Year the GOPs Con Game was Exposed
The GOP’s decision to reinstate tax cut policy in 2001 exposed their hand. It was not about deficit reduction, growing the economy, or job creation. It was about ideology and, no doubt, special...
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Policy and the Economy: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Summary Since 1977 there have been a total of 5 complete Republican presidential terms and 3 complete Democratic presidential terms. All five of the Republican presidential terms employed supply-side...
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