Finally more people are waking up to the fact the deficit, which has been the Republicans' biggest alarmist talking point and excuse to cut social programs, has been falling dramatically. So now they're trying to distract everyone with the whole Benghazi sideshow to try and make political gains in 2014 while at the sam...more

Love all the pessimism in postings these days, could be a good sign.

The economy has been in gradual recovery mode for some time now, although weak in some important areas such as job growth, despite not having had all the cuts Mirhaydari would like to see. Now, with the sequester, there have been some, and we might be starting to feel some effects from it. It wouldn't be surprising to ...more

The bailouts were one of Obama's early policies? Hmmm.. I thought they belonged to Bush.

Obamacare! Obamacare!  I'll bet I could make you believe Obamacare had something to do with 9/11 too. Drill the meme into the parrot heads.

Yep, shows how many idiots there are in this country, except all the idiots will be in for a nasty surprise once they start realizing Obamacare isn't going to be all the horrible things they're imagining or have been told, and turns out to be a very good thing for everyone & the country overall. At least some of us are...more

I'm not worried about it. Any major progressive change to overhaul a sick system will always have some bumps along the way, and it's critics who are afraid of change. This is a very corporate and capitalist-friendly bill, by the way. The criticisms I've heard many people say about Obamacare for the most part are misinf...more

Sounds like you're describing the Bush administration. Those things you mention are down under Obama. Except of course for a modest raise on taxes for the wealthiest earners, who haven't payed their fair share and enjoyed the lowest rates historically for some years now as the economy went to hell & most Americans got ...more

Blah blah blah another welfare & foodstamps-obsessed rightwing dumb-talk propaganda lapdog. Guess what people wrecked the economy and caused an increase of those desperately needy people, who are all but destitute, after just going through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression? Another classic example ...more