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A Pox On Both Your Houses!

July 25, 2011

Recent political posturing and game playing by both parties further justifies the necessity for a third, independent political party; one not aligned with the present choices (or lack thereof), but committed to revamping a system that if not totally broke, is in need of serious resuscitation. The present crisis by a duopoly and duplicitous political [...]

Tagged as: 2012 Elections, August 2 2011, bipartisanship, Boehner, corporate greed, deficit, Democrats, entitlement cuts, Eric Cantor, failure of leadership, incumbents, Obama, political compromise, raising debt limit, raising revenue, Reformed Liberal, Republicans, Taxes, Tea Party, Third Party, WhiteHouse v. Congress

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It’s Jobs, Stupid!

February 16, 2011

Republicans have already forgotten the major issue that created their victory in the November Election, regaining the U.S. House of Representatives with the help of the Tea Party, and have returned to  promoting their partisan agenda. The lame duck session and their inflationary tax breaks were passed not in the name of curbing the national debt, but in the name of [...]

Tagged as: A U.S. Regime Change?, Boehner, Deficit Cutting, Democrats, Economy, GOP, Jobs, Jobs v. Deficit, Lame Duck Session 2010, Main Street, Obama 2011 Budget, Republicans, Taxes, Tea Party, Wall Street

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Increased Consumer Confidence or Hype?

November 28, 2010

The mainstream media is reporting that consumer confidence has increased based upon the sales on Black Friday.  However, although sales are up it is rather naive to suggest that this marks an increase in consumer confidence. Thanksgiving was first instituted by Lincoln and finalized as an official holiday by FDR in 1941.  The business community [...]

Tagged as: Black Friday, Black Friday hype, Consumer, consumer confidence, Economy, Foreclosures, Inflation, retailers, Taxes, unemployment

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The Problem With Reassuring That The Recovery Is In Full Swing Is…

April 29, 2010

The media blitz is going full throttle with ads of GMC’s CEO Ed Whitacre walking through a plant pronouncing that GMC has paid back its’ loan part of the bailout, namely $6.7 billion, however the taxpayer is still on the hook for $43 billion in stock options; the reporting of the minor dip in shares [...]

Tagged as: bailout, butasforme.com, economic recovery, Financial Institutions, Financial Reform Bill, GM CEO Ed Whitacre, GM's loan payback, Goldman-Sachs, lobbyists, Obama's Policy of Reassurance, Reformed Liberal, Spin, Spin Doctors Go To Work, State of the Economy, States Impoverished, States Revenues, Taxes, Timothy Geithner

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Death Without Mourning

November 12, 2009

Tagged as: ARRA, Change To Believe In, Economic crisis, Economy, Health Care Reform, Main Street, Obama Administration, Reformed Liberal, Stimulus Package, Taxes, unemployment, Wall Street

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90 Days Until Christmas…

September 25, 2009

Television shopping networks are promoting the Holiday season as a way to recover from a lackluster Fall season, which was promoted early to recover from a disappointing Back-To-School promos, which were advertised in early summer to boost poor Summer Sales.  Recovery?  Maybe for the big wigs sitting behind their corporate desks while patting their lobbyists [...]

Tagged as: bailouts, butasforme.com, Christmas, Congress, economic recovery, FDIC, Geithner, Goldman-Sachs, higher education, Holiday Season, Obama, Reformed Liberal, sales, Small Businesses, state revenues, Taxes, unemployment

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