Epstein Secrets

f allowing the sequester to take effect could be less damaging than the consequences of going back on his promise not to allow any new tax revenues Boehner has now dug himself into a corner, refusing to even discuss an increase in revenue and insisting in his typical colorful language that it was time f

n if you believe Samuelson's numbers. the US's economy is not nearly as bad as most other countries. EFTA00692529 The week in The Huffngton Post, Robert Reich wrote — Why Obama Must Meet the Republican Lies Directly — that he believes that the White House is wrong believing that the best way to strengthen

hn Boehner's failure to persuade rank-and-file House Republicans to raise taxes even on millionaires fits the fanatic's strategy exactly. It allowed Boehner to credibly claim he has no choice in the matter -- Republican fanatics in the House tied his hands and manacled his feet -- so the only way to avoi

bad (and fundamentally dishonest) politics. We're looking not so much at a Grand Bargain, as much as the Big Scam being continued. That's why like Robert Reich, recommend going over the cliff and forcing the Republicans' hand. It's a risky strategy but it would at least expose the Republican tactic and put

local governments need this funding." Voices of GOP pragmatists such as Rogers and Capito had been drowned out largely since early in the year when Boehner scheduled a succession of votes on bills advancing Democrats' priorities and raising tea partyers' hackles — a $600 billion-plus tax increase on the

re telling the moving company to drive twice the speed limit for the next 48 hours straight, or you're accepting your disenfranchisement. This week Robert Reich wrote and op-ed — Why the Anger? — in the Huffington Post, posing the question, why is the nation more bitterly divided today than it's been in 8o y