GAMBLING: As the Legislature gets ready for its August break, the T&G and Republican look to the coming gambling debate set for the fall. DEBT: Kerry: the U.S. House debt bill is "a waste of time." (WBUR) Brown: U.S. House failure … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Debate over the Debt Ceiling
Debate over raising the debt ceiling continues and August 2nd, the day the US will reach its credit limit, is days away. If we don’t take action, the federal government simply won’t have enough money to meet all of its obligations. I have … [Read more...]
On Running Your Own Government, Or, Why Pay The Military?
I have not been talking about the insanity around the debt ceiling and debt and deficit and the efforts of Republicans to drive us all off the cliff, but I am today – and I’m going to do it by allowing you to grab ahold of this problem and … [Read more...]
Treasury preparing to put banks ahead of nation?
A revealing leak from the Treasury Department reported by Bloomberg "U.S. Contingency Plan Gives Bondholders Priority:" The U.S. Treasury will give priority to making interest payments to holders of government bonds when due if lawmakers … [Read more...]
Next for the Darwin Awards: the USA.
You know, the sheer, rock-headed, mind-boggling stupidity of today's GOP in this debate is truly historic ... big-scale historic. Our Senator John Kerry (you know, the good one) has described it pretty aptly, most recently tonight on … [Read more...]
Khazei: “If we default, Scott Brown is personally responsible.”
Charley and I sat down for about an hour and a half with Alan Khazei today. We covered a lot of ground about the Senate campaign, and we'll write up the whole conversation in due course. But his answer to one question was particularly … [Read more...]
Scott Brown has a Choice: Medicaid or Millionaires?
Tuesday, August 2 marks a critical deadline for the United States economy: for the first time in our nation’s history, the government may default on its debts. And should that happen, the ripple effects will be felt by every American … [Read more...]
Statement on the Debt Ceiling Crisis
Statement on the Debt Ceiling Crisis By Tom Conroy State Representative and Candidate for U.S. Senate Lift the debt ceiling! I wonder what it will take for Congressional Republicans to stop playing chicken with the … [Read more...]
Pretty sure default will happen.
Listening to influential Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) this am on NPR, I'm losing hope that this will get done. Chaffetz is not voting for Boehner's plan because it's not crazy enough. [NPR's Steve INSKEEP:] Do you agree, congressman, that if … [Read more...]
Scott Brown’s dumbest move yet: “Cut/Cap/Balance”
Oh my. He didn't really, did he? Yes, he did. Our junior senator voted for the insane Cut, Cap, and Balance Act (which mercifully failed to get a vote in the Senate), and then used his vote to raise money. How crazy is this thing? Well, … [Read more...]
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