What the Books Look Like If We Reach our Debt Limit

One of the astonishing things about the teajadi ambivalence over raising the debt limit is their contention that *not* raising the debt limit is not that big of a deal. Especially from the *personal responsibility* crowd who would be quick to condemn the kind of folks who overextend themselves and then decide to not pay their bills. But it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the Welfare Queen DNA is sourced in today's GOP.

The Big Uneasy

You've probably seen Harry Shearer in his hysterical turn as Derek Smalls, the bassist from Spinal Tap -- but he is also the host of a great radio program called Le Show.

A Nation of Socialists

It is always amusing to listen to the teajadis and their bleats about socialism or redistributing wealth -- especially since you know that most of them are some of the biggest beneficiaries of government handouts on the planet. Now we can see exactly how much redistribution Americans take advantage of and we don't even *know* that these are government programs:

Why Should Increased Tax Revenues Be On the Table? Because Americans Support More Tax Revenues.

Really, if you have been paying any attention at all to the deficit discussions over the past 6 months or so, you will know that the only people who are against increasing tax revenues -- whether that is from increased taxes on the wealthy or closing of unneeded loopholes) -- are Congressional Republicans. There has been a decent amount of polling about this over the past 6 months, polling that Bruce Bartlett has rounded up at his blog.