Humpty Dumpty’s Class War Flunkies

Lewis Carroll’s Humpty Dumpty, the embodiment of modern day GOPer propaganda techniques “I don’t know what you mean by ‘glory,’ ” Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. “Of course you don’t—till I tell you. I meant ‘there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!’ ” “But ‘glory’ doesn’t mean ‘a nice knock-down argument’,” Alice objected. “When I use a word,” Humpty …

Obama Caves On Tax Cuts

From the White House Office of Preemptive Capitulation comes news that President Obama has agreed to extend tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires for another two years, despite his numerous pledges not to. (Does anybody really believe that the cuts won’t become permanent the day after they expire, no matter which party controls Congress and the White House after the …

Pimping Tax Cuts For Themselves

Alan Grayson reveals the real beneficiaries of  the Bush tax cuts Would that the folks running the White House Office of Preemptive Capitulation be as clear as Mr. Grayson in making two simple points:  nine years of Bush’s tax cuts for the rich produced virtually no new jobs; and that letting them expire (as originally intended) could create 3 million …