Paul Ryan: Inequality, Take Two
Hallelujah
The Washington Post's Lori Montgomery and Rosalind S. Helderman finally come clean. "If the congressional 'supercommittee' cannot agree on a plan to tame the federal debt by next week’s deadline, as now appears likely," they write, "here’s what will happen: nothing." READ MORE >>
E.J. Takes On The Knicker-Twisters
Say It Ain't So, Ezra
The ordinarily rigorous and sensible Ezra Klein is edging closer to joining the Washington Post's knicker-twisting caucus. Don't do it, Ezra! Klein writes that members of Congress are foolish not to fear sequestration because preventing it won't be as easy as they think. READ MORE >>
Shame Of The Leaders
$3 Trillion In Tax Cuts Isn't Enough?
Am I missing something? The Republican Study Committee is circulating a letter urging that the super committee "not increase Americans' tax burden. With current levels of taxation already limiting economic growth, we believe that marginal rates must be maintained or lowered and that repeal of any tax credit or deduction be offset with an equal or greater tax cut." READ MORE >>
Post MacGrubers Super Committee
Oh no! Have you heard? The super committee may not come up with $1.2 trillion in budget cuts by its Nov. 23 deadline! Even after the Republicans on the committee made the extraordinary, nay, unprecedented concession to include taxes in the deficit-reduction package. READ MORE >>
Saving School Pizza
In January the Agriculture department had this crazy idea to improve nutritional standards for federally-subsidized school lunches. It proposed limiting "starchy vegetables" (read: fries) to one cup per week "to encourage students to try new vegetables." It also proposed changing the way schools met daily requirements for fruits and vegetables by limiting--not eliminating, merely limiting--the use of tomato paste (read: pizza) to meet that requirement. READ MORE >>
Herman Cain Checks The Cell Structure
Not having taken Herman Cain seriously enough to write about him when he was up, I probably should resist the temptation to write about him when he's down. But this is sure to become a You Tube classic: The obvious antecedent is when Woody Allen is instructed to check the cell structure in 1973's Sleeper: READ MORE >>
Downsizing CFTC
Psst, Occupy Wall Streeters. I've got a new slogan for you: "Feed The Watchdog!" READ MORE >>
