Category Archives: Austerity

The Margaret Thatcher I Remember

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Thatcher, who famously said “there is no society, only families,” was mainly successful at atomizing and attacking the society she denied existed while pretending to fly a flag of freedom over it. Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: In One Chart

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: In One Chart”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The blue line shows private sector employment returning back to the level it was at before President Obama took office. The red line shows public sector payroll declining by more than 600,000 … Continue reading →

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If You Want to Know How Paul Ryan’s Budget Will Work, Look at the UK

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “If You Want to Know How Paul Ryan’s Budget Will Work, Look at the UK”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailMartin Bashir shows us all exactly what would happen if Paul Ryan’s budget becomes the law of the land. Because it’s the law … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Florida Idiocracy

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Florida Idiocracy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The University of Florida is eliminating its computer science department to save $1.4 million while increasing its athletic budget by $2 million. That’s right: a flagship university with tens of thousands of computers … Continue reading →

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Best Political Ad

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Best Political Ad”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis recall ad from Wisconsin can stand in for austerity economics everywhere. This is what Republicans mean to enact on a national scale. Unless they are stopped, we will all live in Wisconsin.

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Alabama Will See Things We’ve Never Seen Before

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Alabama Will See Things We’ve Never Seen Before”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAlabama won’t be getting a new dime of new revenue. Governor Robert Bentley has taken the no-new-taxes pledge, so instead lawmakers will fill the hole with cuts to Medicaid and … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Paul Ryan Priorities

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Paul Ryan Priorities”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPaul Ryan’s Path to Prosperity Poverty will cut spending on every function of the federal government except one: defense. Of course! Because America was only spending as much money on national defense as … Continue reading →

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UK Conservatives (That’s David Cameron’s Party) Enact a Republican Dream Budget

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “UK Conservatives (That’s David Cameron’s Party) Enact a Republican Dream Budget”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail If Paul Ryan were British, tonight he’d be having a the Queen Mother of all wet dreams – only it would be a reality, because today, … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA Colbert County grand jury added Ashley Greenhill to its indictments in the strangling, mutilation, and desecration of Amanda Leeth Taylor. No one who knew Ashley was at all surprised by … Continue reading →

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Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail TNR’s Noam Scheiber has found the explanation for the 2009 stimulus package not being big enough, and — shock! Surprise! — it’s Larry Summers’ fault. This will make administration critics on the … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Honest Romney

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Honest Romney”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Mitt Romney is flaming out. Not only is he burning money at a furious pace, he’s also losing to Rick Santorum nationally and in key states. Maybe the stress has gotten to him, … Continue reading →