Tag Archives: Budget battles

Deficit Plan: No Food Stamps for the Rich

By Robin Bates | Published: December 14, 2011

The “New Yorker’s” Hendrik Herzberg has a perfect Anatole France quotation for Republican plans to pay for extending the payroll tax exemption.

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Eric Cantor and Famous Literary Sneers

By Robin Bates | Published: July 14, 2011

If you’ve been paying any attention to America’s budget battles, you know that Congressional Republicans are currently engaged in a dangerous game of chicken with President Obama over raising the debt ceiling. Today’s post on the subject features a parallel with Macbeth and a glance at famous literary sneers.

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