Our military budget compared to the rest of the world
Showing posts with label military spending. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military spending. Show all posts
Friday, December 2, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
About That "Super Committee"
August 2nd, 2011
Jonathan Chait sees a potential silver lining for Democratic priorities:
"I actually think the design of this plan is fascinating. You take a couple of the most powerful forces preventing major policy change -- partisan gridlock and special interest influence -- and turn them into forces for change by rejiggering the default setting."
Jonathan Chait sees a potential silver lining for Democratic priorities:
"I actually think the design of this plan is fascinating. You take a couple of the most powerful forces preventing major policy change -- partisan gridlock and special interest influence -- and turn them into forces for change by rejiggering the default setting."
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Quote Of The Day
July 16th, 2011
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| Photograph via Newser |
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Ending "Duplicative" Spending?
March 22nd, 2011
Where did all that Republican zeal To End "Duplicitave" Spending Go? Gosh, it was everywhere right up through last week. The "non-partisan" Heritage blog, The Foundry, even ran a piece lionizing Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) under the banner "Lawmakers Form House-Senate Effort To Eliminate Duplicitive Government Programs." Sounds good to me. Seriously. As a progressive I have always argued for better government, not less.
Then came the weekend. Suddenly, there is a lot less chatter around this initiative. I suspect it is because a certain piece of data from the GAO has been picked up more widely. We'll be watching this one closely.
Where did all that Republican zeal To End "Duplicitave" Spending Go? Gosh, it was everywhere right up through last week. The "non-partisan" Heritage blog, The Foundry, even ran a piece lionizing Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) under the banner "Lawmakers Form House-Senate Effort To Eliminate Duplicitive Government Programs." Sounds good to me. Seriously. As a progressive I have always argued for better government, not less.
Then came the weekend. Suddenly, there is a lot less chatter around this initiative. I suspect it is because a certain piece of data from the GAO has been picked up more widely. We'll be watching this one closely.
The Right Wing: Having It Both Ways
March 22nd, 2011
"You can't fire both teachers and Tomahawk missiles."
"You can't fire both teachers and Tomahawk missiles."
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