First Punish Unemployed, Then Declare War on Employed

Huffington Post by Jason Linkins | Aug. 6, 2010 (Opinion)

Over the past few months, Congressional Republicans and skittish Democrats at the Deficit Panic Kool-Aid Stand have made life extraordinarily difficult for the most vulnerable members of society -- the nation's unemployed. Private employers added just 1,420 jobs per state in July. Now Hatch et al are aiming to drive government employees out of jobs Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 6, 2010 - 9:48 AM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 6, 2010

A well deserved scathing framing of the nutty politics of the deficit hawk Kool-Aid Jonestowners.

But here’s an idea: why don’t we start the culling by eliminating every single staff position serving the United States Senate? It can’t possibly require ... More »

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Jason Buberel
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Priscilla L. Davis
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Eric Michel
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 by Eric Michel - Aug. 7, 2010

"The Deficit Panic Kool-Aid Stand?' Really? For-really-really-real? Here are some facts to chew on from the CBO. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/116xx/doc11659/07-27_Debt_FiscalCrisis_Brief.pdf Jason Linkins has an agenda, and no interest in reporting on reality. Poor article by a poor journalist.

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