Morning Bunker Report: Tuesday 6.5.2012
WHAT ROMNEY / REPUBLICANS STAND FOR——————————————— “Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will work harder if we...
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WHAT ROMNEY / REPUBLICANS STAND FOR——————————————— “But if people only watch the three big networks … a lot of people will assume that Obama really is just doing a great job and he just can’t get those...
View ArticleTwo paths: rebuild our nation and middle class or give more tax cuts to the...
“At stake is not simply a choice between two candidates and two political parties, but between two paths for our country.” – President Obama in his economic speech, 6/14/2012 “Your vote will determine...
View ArticleThe Republicans have a new plan to help the economy
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View ArticleEzra Klein: Mitt Romney’s budget plan is a fantasy and it will never happen
Ezra Klein dismantles the pure fantasy behind Romney’s fuzzy budget claims as logistically impossible (emphasis below is mine): But Ryan’s budget includes more than $700 billion in Medicare cuts over...
View Article“Nuns on a Bus” want Mitt Romney to join them — even for one hour
Think Progress reports “The group behind the Nuns On A Bus tour that highlighted the ill-effects of the House Republican budget in congressional districts across the country is now setting its sights...
View ArticleOn the GOP: “The capture of one of our great parties by fanatics is nothing...
Robert Reich laments the insanity that has taken over the Republican Party (emphasis below is mine): We’re witnessing the capture by fanatics of what was once a great and important American political...
View ArticleRomney and Ryan’s super-awesome budget plan will remain a secret until after...
From ABC’s This Week transcript (h/t: politicususa): STEPHANOPOULOS: How do you make the math work without eliminating the big deductions that middle-class families rely on? RYAN: Well, first of all,...
View ArticleUnder Romney’s tax “reforms,” Sheldon Adelson could reap 9 times what he’s...
Think Progress reports: “Romney’s corporate tax reforms would also provide Adelson’s casino company approximately $1.2 billion in tax breaks on overseas profits and $565 million from Romney’s proposed...
View ArticleRomney’s economic plan: there is no there there
“Mitt’s economic “plan” is just a set of goals. Imagine I came up with a plan to become rich that went: write bestselling novel, start hit restaurant chain, invent next Internet.” — Michael Tomasky
View ArticleThink about this, Republican base voters
via: sandandglass Why indeed. Remember there’s one pointed question which Paul Ryan never answered last night: “Can you guarantee that no one making less than $100,000 would have a mortgage...
View ArticleRomney’s idea that retirement age should be “slowly increased”
Dylan Matthews: “[Mitt Romney] suggests that the retirement age should be “slowly increased to account for increases in longevity”… Cutting a year of benefits for a poor retiree means much more than...
View ArticleMitt Romney’s plan: a unicorn in every stable
“It’s easy to say that ‘My plan is to eat ice cream sundaes and chocolate cake and hamburgers as much as I want, my plan is to lose 60 pounds, and my plan is to avoid painful exercise, and those are...
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