Zombie Politics

Paul Krugman's recent piece on where Trump gets his support is sheer brilliance. The part I especially enjoyed was this. The Trump so...

Fannie Mae has paid back the United States government all of the $116.1 billion dollars it borrowed after posting an eighth straight quarte...

The next time you here someone blow a bowel over federal debt, show them this. More than 900,000 separate real assets covering more than 3...

Martin Bashir has resigned from MSNBC after taking Sarah Palin to the mat over her ridiculously awful comparison our debt to slavery. Not on...

For the most part, I think it's best to not use comparisons to slavery in this day and age. But if you are Sarah Palin and want to get a...

From Paul Krugman As some of us have tried to explain, debt, while it can pose problems, doesn’t make the nation poorer, because it’s mone...

Perhaps I was too hasty in poo-pooing comparisons of our nation's economy to an individual's economy. Certainly, there are plenty of...

There are many myths about our nation's debt and most our being pushed by the Right. "We can't keep spending like this!" t...

Quite a bit to talk about today as we enter the last 48 hours before we default on our debt so let's get to it... It looks as though...

I wonder if Republicans will look back on this week and note that this was the beginning of the end of their party. It is truly something to...

Through the first eight months of the budget year, the deficit has totaled $509.8 billion, according to the Treasury Department. That's ...

Uh, that would be a no...no, they didn't. It's not _______ when we do it!!!

I've heard so many "voices in my head" of late. What are they saying these days? “The numbers — at some point it’s got to ca...

I've been trying to figure out exactly WTF the House Republicans have been thinking these last few days and I got nothing. I like John B...

Warren Buffett's recent opinion piece seen in many papers and online over the last few days is a fine example of how completely ridicul...

...then the person you should be supporting is Ron Paul. After that, it's Barack Obama. A recent report by the non partisan U.S. Budge...

First of all, David, I don’t think you’ll ever find me talking about an age of austerity. I don’t think that’s the right solution. I am a pr...

Krugman's recent piece on debt is a true gem and, more or less, torpedoes much of the doom and gloom we hear from conservatives and libe...