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Deficit Hysteria

Applebee's Obamacare Rant Reveals the Lies of the Deficit Hysteria

William K. Black | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics
Read More: Deficit, Zane Tankel, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Fiscal Cliff, Deficit Hysteria, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Applebee's, Politics News
William K. Black

Businesses criticizing Obamacare have made two contradictory arguments about the impact of the employer mandate, and projections of a purported U.S. financial crisis arising from the safety net are baseless.

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Weekly Audit: Are Handouts For Billionaires More Important Than Feeding Children?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Democracy Now!, The American Prospect, Wells Fargo, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Annie Lowrey, The Nation, Overdrafts, Juan Gonzalez, Aid to States, Deficit Hysteria, Alternet, Bush Tax Cuts, Washington Independent, Deficit, Cra, Unemployment, Zach Carter, Overdraft Fees, Tim Fernholz, Amy Goodman, Subprime, Economy, Home News
The Media Consortium

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger The crazy conservative assault on government spending has become one of the most irrational economic policy d...

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Weekly Audit: Silencing Conservative Deficit Hawks

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Suzy Khimm, The Washington Monthly, Deflation, Jobs, The Nation, Citizens United, Deficit Hysteria, Eric Cantor, Alternet, Best Buy, Bush Tax Cuts, Deficit, Steve Benen, Target, William Greider, Mother Jones, Zach Carter, In These Times, David Moberg, Economy, Politics News
The Media Consortium

The same conservatives who spent the past year senselessly screaming about the U.S. budget deficit are now demanding an extension of the Bush tax cuts for the rich.

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USA Today, Gallup Can't Read Their Own Social Security Poll

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Deficit Hawks, Social Security, Deficit-Hysteria, Media News
Bill Scher

A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds the most Americans do not support broad cuts in Social Security. Instead, the USA Today headline reads "Poll: Faith in Social Security system tanking."

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Did I Mention That Conservatives Hate Teachers?

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Deficit, Jobs, Teachers, Deficit Hysteria, Stimulus, Politics News
Bill Scher

Yesterday, House leaders formally proposed spending $10 billion to help recession-bruised states prevent layoffs of hundreds of thousands of teachers. The plan doesn't increase the budget deficit, yet conservatives still balked at it.

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