Chris Christie refused to let Fox News save him from himself as he doubled down on his misinformed opinion that the country doesn't need a debate about the minimum wage.
Chris Christie Doubles Down on Koch Fueled Cluelessness About The Minimum Wage
Business and Wall Street Agree: Republicans Are Killing the Economy
Now, after over five years of economists' warnings, banks, Wall Street, and the preponderance of retailers have joined Democrats in calling for quick and complete implementation of President Obama's economic policies to save America.
Who Is Lazier, The Welfare Recipient Or The Rich Guy?
The right-wing negativity critical of those individuals receiving food stamps and other welfare benefits irritates me. The recipients are always characterized by the political extremists as "lazy."
Former Reagan Adviser Art Laffer Laughably States That Stimulus Caused The Recession
In what had to be one of the dumbest segments in television history, Laffer tried to make the case that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, otherwise known as the stimulus, actually CAUSED the Great Recesssion.
Work Ethic Challenged Republicans Now Claim the ACA Threatens America’s Work Ethic
Now that their Obamacare kills jobs lie was discredited by the CBO's report and again in testimony to Congress, Republicans in the House of Representatives are seeking another way to call "you people" lazy freeloaders.
Republican Denialism and the Ugly Truth About Income Inequality
"The widening divide in incomes between the poor and rich poses the most likely threat to the global economy over the next decade" according to the World Economic Forum
Liberals Have Fought Alone Since the War on Poverty Ended in 1980
The snide satisfaction conservatives gloat in their declaration that the War on Poverty failed is apropos given how they sabotaged it
A Trickle Down Republican Assault Is Forcing Americans To Work Themselves to Death
Now that Republicans have most Americans working for poverty wages, they can turn their full attention to those nearing their retirement age, and forcing every American to work until they drop dead.
Wealthy Americans Prove Pope Francis’ Point by Threatening Economic Blackmail
Home Depot founder Ken Langone complained that the Pope is being mean to rich Americans because unlike rich people in other countries, American rich people are benefactors.
Republicans Go Mad As Pope Francis and President Obama Deliver The Same Economic Message
Republican evangelicals have gone mad with rage as Pope Francis and President Obama are delivering the same rejection of their selfish economic ideology.
Bill O’Reilly Asks Fox News Viewers to Pray for Every Wealthy Person In America
Bill O'Reilly has asked his viewers to pray for people he feels are in imminent danger; every affluent person in America.
Republicans Are Making Sure That the Economic Recovery Only Benefits the Rich
If Americans have learned only one thing about the economic recovery, it is that Republicans will make sure the only beneficiaries of good economic reports are Wall Street and corporations .
Southern Republicans Drag the Rest of the Nation Down by Doing the Kochs’ Bidding
The real tragedy is that as stupid Southern voters do the Kochs' bidding by keeping Republicans in power, at least in their states, they are dragging the rest of the nation down to their level
Republican Attempts To Sabotage the Obama Economy Fail as Good News Pours In
Despite Republicans' best efforts to sabotage the economy, there were three or four suspiciously unreported pieces of good economic news over the past three days.
Stop Complaining Republicans, the Minimum Wage Should be $22.62 an Hour
Republicans who are wont to claim they speak for all Americans say the people oppose higher wages, but if the minimum wage kept pace with the top 1%, it would be $22.62 an hour.
Mike Huckabee Renews Assault on Sanity of a Living Wage
Huckabee complains that it is easy to spend somebody else's money; it is apparently far easier from his perspective to starve somebody else
Have Decades of GOP Deregulation & Safety Net Gutting Made Depression the New Normal?
Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is never afraid to ask the tough questions. Though his Times blog bears the name "The Conscience of Liberal," the title is sort of an unfortunate misnomer.
Natural Born Job Killers: Republicans Are Set to Kill 1 Million More Jobs in 2014
Republicans will be killing 1 million more jobs in 2014, and a new report found that their austerity madness is doing immense long term damage to the US economy.
Steve King Says if You’re not a Capitalist You Don’t Love America
"They don't like the constitution, they don't love this country, they don't appreciate the greatness of America, they don't think of this country the way I do"
Republicans Who Refused to Do Their Jobs Are Complaining About Getting Nothing Out of Shutdown
Republican members of Congress and their conservative talking heads are angrily complaining that they did not get anything for shutting down the government shutdown