Tag: democrats

April 16, 2015 0

Under what circumstance does McConnell’s message to foreigners to do less on climate change help America rhetorical question?

By News Desk

Tweet Slate has a good article on Republican politicians siding with America’s foreign rivals when Democrats run the executive branch, multiple times throughout the years. The latest version of this is Mitch McConnell’s advice to foreign countries that "Considering that two-thirds of the U.S. federal government hasn’t even signed off on the Clean Power Plan and 13 states have already pledged to fight it, our international partners should proceed with caution before entering into a binding, unattainable deal." Ignore for the moment that these international commitments are voluntary, not binding

GDP Projections Drop Yet Again, Still Too High
March 25, 2015 0

GDP Projections Drop Yet Again, Still Too High

By News Desk

GDP Projections Drop Yet Again, Still Too High In the wake of a 6th consecutive decline in business spending GDP Growth Estimates Tumble, Again . The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on Wednesday put its gauge at 0.2%, down from its earlier estimate of 0.3%.

Pentagon Says "Stop Defense Cut Madness"; Mish Investigates Alleged "Cuts"
November 13, 2014 0

Pentagon Says "Stop Defense Cut Madness"; Mish Investigates Alleged "Cuts"

By News Desk

The Mercatus Center put the "cuts" in perspective on August 21, 2012 (see above chart) in its report Defense Spending Will Continue To Grow In Spite of Automatic Cuts Set By BCA . As a result of Congress’s failure to come up with a $1.2 trillion deficit-reduction plan, automatic spending cuts or “sequestration†set by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) is set to take place from 2013 to 2021. As the threat of sequestration looms, concerns about cutbacks in defense spending have become a significant issue surrounding debates tied to national security and American jobs.