The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Michele Bachmann Slams Rick Perry: ‘He’s Not a Fiscal Conservative’

Full text of a press release sent by the Bachmann campaign last night: Perry and the Texas Strategy for the Economy Rick Perry’s biggest weakness is on the highest priority issue at stake in 2012: he’s not a fiscal conservative. Rick Perry is not fiscally conservative on spending and debt. 1. During Rick Perry’s tenure […]

Ezra Klein: Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan Shows ‘Lack of Policy Seriousness’

On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the Washington Post’s resident Juice Box Mafioso said he doesn’t think Herman Cain’s phenomenal surge will continue because of the Atlanta businessman’s “lack of policy seriousness.” Klein singled out Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan — 9% personal income tax, 9% national sales tax and 9% corporate tax — by saying “nobody knows […]

Tuning Up the World’s Smallest Violin, Ready to Play ‘My Heart Bleeds for You’

“Little attention is being paid to the way our continuing economic crisis is hitting artists, intellectuals, musicians, and writers, [Scott] Timberg argues. And he suggests that the way those livings are collapsing has put the lie to the idea that the 21st century American economy would be pleasantly post-industrial, an interchange of valuable information by […]

Starting With Bogus Principles Leads To Contradictory Beliefs

by Smitty Crooked Timber is one Lefty blog I have subscribed. “Contradictory beliefs,” by Chris Bertram, lays out four ideas which seem in tension, especially if you don’t believe in the market. Belief 1: As a keen reader of Paul Krugman, Brad DeLong (yes, really), our own John Quiggin and other left-leaning econobloggers, I believe […]

We Already Know They Don’t Teach Economics at Harvard Law School

But you might think they’d require an introductory course in logic, because Dwayne Lester shows how invalid fallacies are the only arguments made in favor of Obama’s “Buffett Rule” requiring tax increases on the rich.

‘How Can the Right Defend Greed?”

MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts said the title quote while discussing President Obama’s speech yesterday: Sister Toldjah is livid: This, of course, is how the debate on taxes, the deficit, the economy, etc will be framed from here on out – all the way up until the November 2012 elections, all in a repeat effort by […]

GM Offers $5,000 ‘Signing Bonus’ as Part of Deal With Union That Owns GM

The details of the $50 billion government bailout are sort of foggy in my memory, but if I recall correctly, GM’s bondholders — the people who had loaned money to the bankrupt automaker — got shafted so that Obama could hand a fat chunk of the company over to the United Auto Workers. OK, so […]

‘Pass This Bill!’ Or … Dont.

Not exactly news from Washington: President Obama launched another wave in his assault on Congress over his jobs bill Saturday, using his weekly radio address to urge Americans contact their representatives in support of the legislation. . . . Obama urged his audience to visit the White House website and read the bill for themselves. […]

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