Just the way the Republicans planned it. Head Start programs across the country eliminated services for 57,000 children in the coming school year to balance budgets diminished by the federal sequester, cutting 1.3 million days from Head Start center calendars and laying off or reducing pay for more than 18,000 employees, according to federal government data scheduled… Continue reading Thanks To Republicans, 57,000 Children Cut From Head Start Program
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013: Paul Ryan Wants Austerity and other unrelated stories…
austerity (ô-str-t) n pl -ties 1. the state or quality of being austere 2. (often plural) an austere habit, practice, or act 3. (Economics) a. reduced availability of luxuries and consumer goods, esp when brought about by government policy b. (as modifier) an austerity budget You’ve heard the word used a lot. Austerity can only work… Continue reading Tuesday, March 12, 2013: Paul Ryan Wants Austerity and other unrelated stories…
President’s Weekly Address – End The Sequester, Keep The Economy
In his weekly address, President Obama says that businesses have created jobs every month for three years straight – nearly 6.4 million altogether, and have added 246,000 new jobs in February. We must keep this momentum going, and that’s why the President recently met with Republican leaders to discuss how we can replace the harmful,… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – End The Sequester, Keep The Economy
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
I don’t know of any job where an employee continues to get paid week after week after week for not doing their job. A job where they continue to accumulate vacation time and actually take days off from the job of doing nothing whenever it suits them. Oh–no, wait a minute, I do! Those deadbeats… Continue reading Wednesday, March 6, 2013
President Obama Proves Again Why He Is The Only Adult In Washington – Video
A powerful Q&A happened today after President Obama met with leaders of Congress. The president held a press conference to talk about what happened in his meeting and took questions from reporters. One of the question was from a CNN reporter, Jessica Yellin, who implied that the President was not doing everything possible to force… Continue reading President Obama Proves Again Why He Is The Only Adult In Washington – Video
Rachel Maddow Debunks The GOP Claim That The Sequester Is Tied To The Deficit
We all know that Republicans are not being honest when they say President Obama is increasing the deficit. And what makes that lie even worse is when they try to tie the sequester into their false claim. But facts don’t lie, and Rachel Maddow used one of her segments last night to debunk both Republican… Continue reading Rachel Maddow Debunks The GOP Claim That The Sequester Is Tied To The Deficit
Republicans Fibbing Again – Here Is Obama’s Sequester Plan
You hear Congressional Republicans say it all day every day, that President Obama has no plan to avert the coming sequester. Well if these Republicans were tech savvy enough to navigate themselves to a computer, and able to do the google, I guarantee they would find this:
Sequestration – The New Republican Manufactured Crisis – Coming Soon
With dramatic, across-the-board “sequestration” cuts slated to take effect Friday, most Americans believe the consequences of those reductions will have a “major effect” on the state of the U.S. economy, according to a new poll by Pew Research Center/Washington Post. But even as Americans overwhelming express negativity over how those cuts would impact the nation’s economy, the… Continue reading Sequestration – The New Republican Manufactured Crisis – Coming Soon
Democrats Target 27 Teaparty Republicans In Effort To Avert Sequester – Ad
Something big is getting ready to happen on March 1st. The Sequester is coming and Republicans are once again, sitting on their hands instead of doing whatever they can to protect the economy and the middle class. It’s the same old story – By doing nothing, the effects of the coming Sequester protects the rich,… Continue reading Democrats Target 27 Teaparty Republicans In Effort To Avert Sequester – Ad
President’s Weekly Address – Congress Must Work Together To Stop The Sequester
This week, President Obama used his weekly address to urge Congress to work together to stop the next manufactured crisis slated to take effect on March 1st. The President said; Our top priority as a country right now should be doing everything we can to grow our economy and create good, middle class jobs. And… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Congress Must Work Together To Stop The Sequester
Saturday, February 16, 2013
What is it about public figures that make them do dumb things they’ll eventually get caught at because, well, they’re public figures. I mean, I can understand us little folk trying to pull off some kinda hustle cuz we’re figuring maybe no one’s even paying any attention to us. And nowadays that’s a BIG maybe. But you Public… Continue reading Saturday, February 16, 2013