Here’s a chart showing the latest deficit figures, from the Congressional Budget Office. Note the years, figure out who was President, and do the math. That’s all I’m saying.

Here’s a chart showing the latest deficit figures, from the Congressional Budget Office. Note the years, figure out who was President, and do the math. That’s all I’m saying.

Hey, kids! Here’s a fun exercise: let’s reconcile these two statements. “The Olympic Games are about sports. It’s not fair to turn them into politics,” said Gao Yi, a Chinese second-year [more...]
The Washington Post this morning features an oped by Warren Buffett, playing out in simple terms why the Bush tax cut helps the rich by shifting the burden to you and me: The taxes I pay to the federal government [more...]
At the beginning of the week, I was going to write another political post about the UAE port deal — but I decided to put it aside for a bit and try to have a week without politics, without news, just to pretend [more...]