http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 23 May 2013 10:32:23 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:32:23 [div class="excerpt"]Elizabeth Warren responds to Crossroads ad: Sorry, not backing down
By Greg Sargent

It looks like both sides have now laid their bets in Massachusetts on the true signficance of Occupy Wall Street, on the direction of the public mood, and on what resurgent populism really wi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/430 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:23:07 The Republicans keep repeating these lies (NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg, shame on you, too) and the media--including the CNBC moderators, who surely know better--keep letting them get away with it. Thank you, New York Times, for setting the record straight. More fact checking at link below, as well... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/429 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:14:45 The moderators for the Bloomberg debate last night sat there and let Michele Bachmann and then New Gingrich spew their 'Fannie and Freddie' lies while also blaming the Community Reinvestment Act for the housing crisis. Both [i]not true.[/i] And, now Joe Scarborough is repeating the lie this mornin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/427 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:20:19 [div class="excerpt"]refinance their homes, even if they are somewhat under water.'

Tim Geithner today in a hearing before the House of Representatives. C-Span3 video below. This response can be found at 1 hour, 29 minutes into the video.

http://www.c-span.org/Events/Geithner-Testifies-Abou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/428 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:09:07 http://img.wpdigital.net/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/10/04/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/toles10052011.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/423 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:18:21 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wealth-and-income-concentration-non-branded.jpg

http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/you-ask-i-answer-2/... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/422 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:30:46 Emphasis mine
[div class="excerpt"]Greg Sargent's Morning Plumline:

* Fact check of the day: [link:money.cnn.com/2011/10/03/news/economy/jobs_taxes/index.htm|CNN takes apart the ubiquitous GOP claim that tax hikes on the rich would be damaging to small businesses and the nation’s “job creators”:... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/421 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:00:05 http://img.wpdigital.net/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/09/30/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/toles10032011.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/420 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:43:02 http://www.creators.com/editorial_cartoons/1/20978_thumb.gif... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/419 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:33:39 [div class="excerpt"]September 23, 2011

The Phony Solyndra Scandal
By JOE NOCERA

If Brian Harrison and W. G. Stover, the two Solyndra executives who took the Fifth Amendment at a Congressional hearing on Friday, ever spend a day in jail, I’ll stand on my head in Times Square.

It’s not goin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/417 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:11:54 [div class="excerpt"]Is the EPA regulating ozone after all?

Posted by Brad Plumer at 04:56 PM ET, 09/23/2011

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Remember in early September, when there was that big uproar ov... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/418 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:41:32 Note to the NYT: The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, signed by President Obama on 12/17/10, changed the estate tax thresholds to $5 million for individuals and $10 million for joint filers beginning in 2011 with a top tax of 35% for 2011 and 2012. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/416 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:36:43 They link to the CPBB article I [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x776651|posted] earlier today.
[div class="excerpt"]September 19, 2011
[link:www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/opinion/a-call-for-fairness.html?ref=opinion|A Call for Fairness]

This time, P... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/415 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:49:06 [div class="excerpt"]Supporters of various tax benefits for high- income households often claim that failure to maintain them would have an undue effect on many small businesses. But even assuming a broad definition of “small business,” such claims are often exaggerated or false.

First, critics ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/414 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:08:52 Hint: They are represented in the top right square in the big block--the top 1% to the top 1/100th of one per cent--.01%.
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http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/413 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:28:46 (I do believe the cap would have to be lifted entirely to solve Social Security's shortfall. Have no problem with that. As for Friedman, his idea of 'entitlement reform' appears to be the 'grand bargain' whereby entitlement benefits are cut, not [i]strengthened[/i] (the word President Obama used o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/412 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:35:38 [div class="excerpt"]Obama still wants to refinance your mortgage. Can that work?
By Brad Plumer

The bulk of President Obama’s new economic plan is subject to the not-so-tender mercies of Congress. If Republicans don’t feel like voting for the American Jobs Act, then there won’t be an American J... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/411 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:14:58 [div class="excerpt"]Enact Entitlement Reform

Any serious attempt to rein in spending will have to include entitlement reform. This issue is among the most complex facing policymakers, but some basic principles guide Mitt Romney’s position. First, we must keep the promises made to our current ret... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/410 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:26:32 Wow! And, the 'Norquist' owned Republican party won't even accept Obama's offer.
[div class="excerpt"]The budget deals of Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama, in one chart
By Ezra Klein

There are two ways to read the current stalemate in the debt-ceiling negotiations. There’s David Brooks’s take, ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/409 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:03:48 Schumer's right, of course.
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[div class="excerpt"]“If the president wants to talk loopholes, we’ll be glad to talk loopholes,” Cantor said at his weekly roundtable with reporters. “We’ve said all along that preferences in the code aren’t something that helps economic growth ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/408 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:52:23 Former president Bill Clinton was interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on June 30th. He seemed genuinely excited about the possibility of cleaning up the bank books and helping keep people in their homes. Just caught the interview on a rerun of The Situation Room today. This excerpt came from the posted ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/407 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:01:56 [div class="excerpt"]July 02, 2011
When a party refuses to consider bipartisanship
By Steve Benen

As recently as 2008, it was very common for Republican officials at a variety of levels to support cap-and-trade, an individual health care mandate, the DREAM Act, comprehensive immigration reform... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/406 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:43:51 After watching the heart wrenching 60 Minutes clip posted by Cali_Democrat on child poverty, this from Jared Bernstein seems especially relevant.
[div class="excerpt"]The Budget Debate, and What Should Be Obvious

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Jared... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/405 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:37:29 [div class="excerpt"]but drivers will. This comes at the end of the video below.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7371176n&tag=contentMain;contentBody... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/404 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:55:50 What arrogance! What wilful ignorance! Mr. 'Ayn Rand' devotee, check out where your Republican tax cut proposals lie on Moody's Mark Zandi's [i]Bang for the Buck[/i] chart. At, or near the bottom!

[div class="excerpt"]Paul Ryan: Payroll tax cuts nothing but 'sugar high'

By Bernie Becker ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/flpoljunkie/403 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:19:06