The Republicans are Getting Old part 2 (Part 3 will come soon)
Republican morals have of coursed seem the same at least in the capital. one of the most pointless morals that Republican politicians tend to agree with is that Drugs are…
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The Republicans are Getting Old! Part 1
The Republicans leaders all over the U.S are getting any new material, and quite frankly I am getting a little sick of proving there ideology wrong, but let's summaries there…
Cut Defense!!!!!!!!!
The Defense budget in the U.S is 20% of the U.S budget. That is of course double than what it was in 2001. If the U.S wants to get back…
Republicans Unrealistic
You think that the Republicans would be serious about reducing he deficit that they should look at ways to reduce the deficit without hurting the economy too bad. John Boehner…
Raise the Debt Ceiling!
Some Republicans are living in a fantasy world thinking that there is way to continue business as usual even though the debt is above the debt ceiling. Even if the…
Twenty six cents.
Remember a few months ago when, to great public fanfare, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced in its budget that it would be giving consumers a break on their…
Paul Ryan Lies About Ending Oil Subsidies To Protect His Family’s Cash Bonanza
Paul-Ryan-airquotes.jpg Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been all over the place when it comes to ending the multi-billion dollar subsidies that the oil industry receives every year. While he...
The Pawlenty Plan Part 2
First the U.S will spend 3.8 Trillion this year. Let’s say Pawlenty's plan would only cost 380 billion then you add that with 1.6 trillion you have a approximate 2.0…
The Pawlenty Plan Part 1
Republicans talk about how the government is broke and we can't afford to continue to spend the way are spending. In the video Pawlenty sent to declare his candidacy he…
The War on Drugs Isn’t Working
The U.S tough on Crime agenda is slowly being reversed. Amid major Budget deficit the state's are seeing the true cost of putting people for minor offences in jail. California…
Exciting Crowdsourcing Opportunity!
With some people rightly wondering whether there's time to conduct a full and proper review of the Cons' budgetary plans before Parliament rises for the summer, now would figure to…
You may not have noticed, but…
...the first vote on budgetary policy in Canada's new Parliament took place on Wednesday, with the parties taking their positions on the Libs' budget subamendment. And it may make for…
Bob Rae Shines Light On Mental Health In His Response To The Budget
“The essential message that I bring to the House and to the people of Canada about this budget is that it is not a budget for everyone. It is not…
"Not a budget for one Canada"
Thought I would just do an overview kind of post on Bob Rae's House of Commons budget debate remarks from earlier this week. You can see it above (runs about…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your midweek reading.- The Star skewers the Cons' insistence on pushing ahead with bad budget choices:As the Star argued during the election, Canada needs progressive economic vision…
Rae 1, Layton 0
Let's have some post-budget fun in bleak majority land! Let's compare the Rae and Layton reactions to the budget: "Opposition slams Tories’ ‘groundhog budget’." (Well, some of us look at…
LPC Keeps Focus on Jobs, Economy
This is good to see. Team Red isn't being distracted by vote subsidies and other issues nobody cares about. ----------------- Budget Shows Profound Complacency: No Plan for Jobs, No Plan…
The House Sits! Let the Politics Begin!
Now that the house is now going to work we will see the the truth of the Conservative Government. The Conservatives now have there first speaker of the house. The…
Oilsands optimism on the downslide
canada.com The oilsands continue to take public relations hits across the globe. Just recently the Keystone pipeline leaked yet again making for the forth pipeline leak in relation to oilsands…
Stephen Harper will ^NOT be balancing the budget.
If you were wondering how the Conservatives were planning on filling that $11 billion hole in their platform? Apparently, they are planning on using Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty’s massive…