Why hasn’t Obama fixed the economy, ended the war in Iraq, caught Osama, given us all healthcare, etc.? That’s the sense you get when listening to these talking heads on TV. But on a more serious note, since when is government jobs not jobs? I am really tired of hearing these Republicans say “this bill […]
Your weekly radio address from President Obama via the YouTube. This week – you guessed it! The economy stupid!
That has been the constant message from Republicans over the past several days when it comes to the stimulus package. Digby even picked up on it: Can someone explain to me why I’m seeing Republican after Republican on television advising Americans on the right way to run the economy? Is there any reason why we […]
Every single Republican in the House votes against the stimulus bill. You got to hand it to them – they stick together no matter how far off the cliff the leadership is driving them. What gets me though is that the Democrats kept making concessions to the Republicans on this, and like a bunch of […]
The chatter around the blogosphere right now is about this: Greg Sargent, blogging from his new digs, notes this: Update: NRCC spokesperson Ken Spain sends over a response: “The site is currently under construction. We are looking forward to relaunching the site and fostering a discussion on how Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues’ proposal […]
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Paul Krugman has some advice for Barack Obama: Whatever the new administration does, we’re in for months, perhaps even a year, of economic hell. After that, things should get better, as President Obama’s stimulus plan — O.K., I’m told that the politically correct term is now “economic recovery plan” — begins to gain traction. Late […]
It just amazes me hearing Republicans, like Bob Corker, say that Bush caused our economic troubles. So much has helped lead to it and Bush is at fault on most of it, but so our the Republicans. For example, the Republicans couldn’t spend a whopping $14 billion on the auto industry, yet the Pentagon has […]
I’m sure everyone has heard about this by now: On the chilly factory floor of the Republic Windows and Doors plant, Apolinar Cabrera and a couple hundred workers have decided to make their stand. Their jobs evaporated Friday when this Chicago company unexpectedly closed its doors, blaming lender Bank of America for cutting off its […]
He is continuing to lay out his plans for getting our economy back on track. That’s much more than Bush is doing – blaming everyone else.