Tag Archives: debt ceiling

Federal “government spending” is an empty phrase

Posted on January 20, 2023 by whungerford

Indeed, one of the reasons we need an increase in the debt ceiling is that the 2017 Trump tax cuts, especially the cut in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, dramatically increased the deficit without promoting growth. The … Continue reading →

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Debt limit law

Posted on October 23, 2015 by whungerford

When we try to curb the surges of unchanging human nature or to quench a conflagration with an act of legislature … we are every bit as foolish, as I’ll prove to any jury, as those enterprising beavers when they … Continue reading →

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Rep. Reed’s Actions Do Not Match His Rhetoric

Posted on December 29, 2013 by pystew

During the lead up to the government shut-down our congressman, Rep. Tom Reed introduced a House Resolution, H. Res. 368, which “ensures there’s no special treatment for Congress under the president’s health care law.” The “Special Treatment” which Rep. Reed … Continue reading →

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Grinches in Congress

Posted on December 24, 2012 by pystew

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