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• 22 trillion debt for what?!
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• Trumps ignorance of everything.
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• CBO projects debt to skyrocket
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• Sen Brian Schatz: Don't play the "pay-for" game
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• Obama the Deficit Terrorist recants?
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• Truth about taxes.
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• Stopping the increasing National Debt , and somebody will.
  Nov 22, 2015 11:40 AM

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• Debt ceiling/ Government budget etc.
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• The last 3 GOP POTUS's added more than $12 trillion to the national debt
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• Is the Republican Party beyond redemption?
  May 09, 2012 09:46 AM

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• Trans-Pacific Partnership: Is Trade Good for America?

  May 12 2015

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  The question, “Is trade good for America?” may seem a little trite to some, but in watching and listening to the heated rhetoric on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement, it is a question that one might ask to gauge how much the public has become so polarized on this issue.
• Ted Cruz Reflects Confusing GOP Attitude Toward Acronyms

  May 05 2015

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  So Ted Cruz is running for President, and wants to abolish the IRS.Back in the wake of the “IRS Scandal”—that is, when the public became aware that the IRS was selectively targeting nominally conservative or Tea Party-associated groups for tax audits, Cruz’s solution was to eliminate the federal body altogether.
• The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Why I support President Obama

  Apr 29 2015

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  "If you want to go face to face with me President Obama, I'm ready to go because I have the facts!" – Ed Schultz responding to President Obama for calling out MSNBC for its opposition to the TPP.
• Obama Moves to Cement His Legacy With a Rallying Cry to Lift up the Middle Class

  Jan 19 2015

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  Don't ever think of telling President Obama he is a lame duck. He has too many things he still wants to accomplish before he leaves and beginning the process of lifting up the middle class is at the top of his list.
• From a Promised Utopia to Catastrophe: Welcome to Sam Brownback's Kansas

  Sep 26 2014

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  If you ever want to see a 'real life experiment' on how to turn Ayn Rand's philosophy into a state wide policy, then look no further than Kansas. Governor Brownback coasted to election four years ago on his promise to make Kansas a bastion of conservative orthodoxy.
• Corporations Are Paying Historically Low Tax Rates

  Aug 28 2014

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  The corporate tax rate is a heavily debated topic in this country. And many on the far right and those on the side of big business sight that upwards of a 35% corporate tax rate is far too high a premium to pay in taxes, just to do business in the United States.
• Tax Preparation Industry is the Wild West of the 21st Century

  Jul 12 2014

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  The tax preparation industry is one of those industries that everyone loves to hate. Since the average American doesn't understand the tax code, these organizations step in and promise to take care of everything for you. All you need to do is give them a hefty fee and voila, your taxes are now done. If you're lucky, you'll get some money back.
• Washington State Is Selling Legal Weed Now

  Jul 09 2014

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  Several months behind Colorado, but still only the second state in our union to do so, Washington state has begun to officially sell recreational marijuana. Sales began on July 8th. As with Colorado, the first day of sales was largely celebratory and more historic in nature, than anything else.

• Heritage Foundation Scholar Attacks Nonprofit Employee

  

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  Ed Haislmaier, a scholar for the conservative Heritage Foundation, attacked a non profit employee during a Campaign to Fix the Debt event. Haislmaier followed Burke Stansbury, of the Seattle-based nonprofit Campaign for Community Change, out of the conference room and started shouting at him. Haislmaier then reached for Standbury's camera and swatted it to the ground. Security guards eventually arrived and restrained Haislmaier.

• Trump promised to shrink the trade deficit. Instead, it exploded.Trump promised to shrink the trade deficit. Instead, it exploded.
  	Wed Mar 06, 2019 | washingtonpost.com The Commerce Department said Wednesday that — despite more than two years of President Trump’s “America First” policies — the United States last year posted a $891.2...

• Congress negotiators near deal on budget, debt limit: sourcesCongress negotiators near deal on budget, debt limit: sources
  	Mon Oct 26, 2015 | reuters.com U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and other congressional leaders raced to finalize a sweeping two-year budget deal and an extension of the federal debt ceiling until March...

• Congressional Negotiators Close In on Budget DealCongressional Negotiators Close In on Budget Deal
  	Mon Oct 26, 2015 | theatlantic.com John Boehner might get to “clean the barn up” before he leaves, after all. The departing speaker and Democratic negotiators are closing in on a fiscal agreement that...

• Republicans Are Responsible for Heightened Fiscal UncertaintyRepublicans Are Responsible for Heightened Fiscal Uncertainty
  	Fri Dec 05, 2014 | newrepublic.com On Wednesday in the New York Times, Jonathan Weisman offered a gloomy forecast for the year ahead in Washington and its potential effects on the economy. “[A] dark cloud is...

• Where Was Republicans' Concern for "Political Norms" When They Took the De...Where Was Republicans' Concern for "Political Norms" When They Took the De...
  	Tue Nov 25, 2014 | newrepublic.com Elsewhere on this site, Eric Posner argues that conservatives should celebrate President Obama’s immigration actions because they “may modify political norms that control...

• Senate blocks aid to IsraelSenate blocks aid to Israel
  	Thu Jul 31, 2014 | politico.com A last-ditch effort to deliver aid to Israel during its war with Hamas died on the Senate floor, as Republicans blocked the proposal over concerns that it would increase...

• GOP leaders get their just deserts: How the debt limit fight blew up in th...GOP leaders get their just deserts: How the debt limit fight blew up in th...
  	Thu Feb 13, 2014 | salon.com Nobody expected Senate Republicans would kill a House-passed bill to unconditionally extend the debt limit through 2014 and, as predicted, it overcame a filibuster...

• Paul Ryan Fact-Checks Republicans On Obamacare Job 'Costs'Paul Ryan Fact-Checks Republicans On Obamacare Job 'Costs'
  	Wed Feb 05, 2014 | talkingpointsmemo.com At least one Republican is setting the record straight on what the Congressional Budget Office actually said this week about Obamacare and its effect on jobs. House Budget...

• Oops: GOP's Obamacare 'Bailout' Fix Would Increase The DeficitOops: GOP's Obamacare 'Bailout' Fix Would Increase The Deficit
  	Tue Feb 04, 2014 | talkingpointsmemo.com The GOP's latest attempt to mess with Obamacare just took a huge hit. Republicans have been coalescing around legislation to scrap a program in Obamacare known as risk...

• Occupy Wall Street's debt buying strikes at the heart of capitalismOccupy Wall Street's debt buying strikes at the heart of capitalism
  	Wed Nov 13, 2013 | theguardian.com Across the United States, 2,693 people have received a letter in the last few months, which identified a debt and read: "You are no longer under any obligation to settle...

• McConnell admits to holding the Debt Ceiling Issue hostage and that it's "worth ransoming"

  

  Mitch McConnell

  Aug 03 2011

  “I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this — it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.”

• Bachmann will not vote to increase debt ceiling even though it would be devastating to the economy.

  

  Michele Bachmann

  Jul 12 2011

  "I will not vote to increase the debt ceiling"

• Stop freaking out about the debtStop freaking out about the debt
  	Wed Mar 26, 2014 Why the national debt isn't as scary as you think, in under two minutes.

• Government shutdown loomsGovernment shutdown looms
  	Fri Sep 20, 2013 As the government inches closer to a shutdown, CNN's Margaret Conley shows us what could be affected.

• Bill Clinton: I Raised Corporate Taxes to Get D...Bill Clinton: I Raised Corporate Taxes to Get D...
  	Fri Jun 14, 2013 Former President Bill Clinton discusses the debt and taxes with Trish Reagan at the Clinton Global...