Written by Larry Elder
This is not our first partial government shutdown. Somehow, someway, from 1976 through 2017, the nation has survived 18 shutdowns, the longest lasting 21 days. In this case, President Donald Trump insists that the next budget deal contain $5 billion to construct a wall on part of our southern border with Mexico.
Trump, say the Democrats, is “unwilling to compromise.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Build the Wall, Cash for Clunkers, Chuck Schumer, Congressional Budget Office, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Donald Trump, George Herbert Walker Bush, government shutdown, immigration, James Carville, Lyndon Johnson, Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Lieu, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Vanity Fair, War on Poverty
Political | David E. Smith | 
January 5, 2019 7:33 AM | 
Comments Off on Government Shutdown: Money, Money Everywhere, But Not a Drop for a Wall
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Republicans have already given away the farm.
Imagine a teenager goes on a shopping spree with his dad’s credit card one month and unalterably charges the card with hundreds of thousands in expenditures. Then, the next day at the supper table, he passes his dad a note saying he is willing to help balance the family’s budget.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Budget Control Act, Congressional Budget Office, Donald Trump, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Medicaid, Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell, Omnibus Spending Bill, Paul Ryan, Republican Party
Federal Issues | David E. Smith | April 11, 2018 11:00 AM | Comments Off on The Stupidity of the GOP
Written by Daniel Horowitz
What happens when Republicans pursue a half-baked repeal of Obamacare and sell it to the public as full repeal of Obamacare? Premiums go up because of the core Obamacare provisions left behind, yet that increase will be blamed on the false pretense that Obamacare was indeed repealed.
Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a budgetary and economic score of the presumptive GOP plan to “replace” Obamacare.… Continue Reading
