A Democrat sits in the White House. Republicans seem well-positioned to take back the House in a midterm election that historically disempowers the President’s party.
polls show that Republicans have paid for forcing this kind of government dysfunction.
But they clearly still think it’s a winning strategy
What’s the old saying about the definition of stupidity?
Republicans are laying out plans to strap a bomb to the U.S. and global economy to demand cuts to… Social Security
Social Security money is your money, literally.
Republican big donors want it.
Democrats represent us
Similar signs (of declaring one’s own stupidity) are flags, signs, or stickers praising TMFWSNBN or red MAGA hats.
What would you expect? They’ve tried nothing, and they’re all out of ideas.
Somewhat over 10 years, when West Africa was going through an economic crisis, I talked to a man from the area. I asked him what went wrong. He said, “We screwed up, and we couldn’t afford to”. America’s curse is that it can (at least in the short term…) afford to screw up. The U.S. is wealthy enough that GOP pols can pursue all sorts of shortsighted and destructive policies, confident that the economy will survive. A growing number of GOP pols really do seem prepared to ‘drive the car over cliff’.
It’s kind of ironic and even hypocritical that they never threatened the guy who increased the debt astronomically with the debt ceiling issue. But he played for their team and lowered taxes on the wealthy which is the only thing that matters to them.
It’s best they don’t get control of the House then. But if they do the President who just called Putin’s nuclear bluff, will shut them down too. I don’t see how they can make the threat to destroy the economy and then blame it on anyone else.
And yet …
Just remember how the Republican 24/7 Bullshit Machine was cranked up to 11 in 2011 and the blame fell on Obama “not willing to compromise”
I guess you haven’t heard that Obama was responsible for 9/11.
The secret to Republican success is that they never underestimate the stupidity of the average American voter.
I’d like to see them investigate the early pullout from Afghanistan. Maybe they’ll even subpoena Trump to explain why he wrote the orders.
I still to this day do not understand why Democrats don’t just pass a bill to GET RID OF THE DEBT CEILING!!! They vote on a carve out to raise it, but they don’t just get rid of it. Why? Makes no sense. Leaving it in place allows Republicans to use it as an extortion tool to get what they want. It’s archaic and stupid. Write a law to get rid of it…for good. Isn’t the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different result? If they don’t want to get rid of it, raise it to a GAJILLION dollars and be done with it.
These are fine consultants to have sniffing or pecking around. But they do tend to wander off.
The republican playbook slimmed down to only 2 options now.
Give tax dollars to wealthy donors.
If that doesn’t work shut down the government.
We should be beating these clowns about the head and neck with this shit.
Hear this, republicans? WaPo:
Britain’s finance minister resigns after his policies shocked the economy
LONDON — British Prime Minister Liz Truss was propelled into high office by her bold promises to supercharge the country’s flagging economy with big tax cuts for corporations, investors and high earners.
It is not going well. Her premiership and government are reeling, as markets — and members of her own party — wonder how she can simultaneously slash taxes and maintain social programs without deep borrowing.
On Friday, the architect of her growth plan, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced he was resigning as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Britain’s title for the finance minster.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/14/uk-truss-kwarteng-budget-tory/
The Republicans love their Newt Gingrich, and they are the only ones that do because his ideas stink, but his ideas do one thing it helps shrink the middle class.
