Private-sector jobs grew far more under Democratic than Republican presidents, 1961-2012
Picture. A thousand words. Etc. The instant any Democrat uses this chart showing that between 1961 and 2012, the United States added 42 million private-sector jobs under Democratic presidents and 23.9 million private-sector jobs under Republican presi...
Testing-driven education means giant corporate profits and ‘pineapples don’t have sleeves’
In the past week, an unbelievably stupid set of questions on a New York standardized test has made headlines. As a result, the state education commissioner has announced that the questions won't be counted toward students' official scores, but if you ...
The coming right-wing clash over the ‘half that pay no taxes’
In recent years, few Republican talking points have been regurgitated as often as the myth that almost half of Americans pay no taxes. Just last week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor complained "we have to question whether that's fair," insisting "yo...
RNC spokesman says Republicans will follow Bush economic policies, ‘just updated’
Mission Accomplitude. Heh.
I'm no political strategist, but I'm pretty sure that if someone asks you whether or not your candidate's economic plans are the exact same ones as promulgated by George W. Bush, Worst President in Modern History, policies ...
Michelle Rhee and George W. Bush are featured speakers at for-profit college industry gathering
Michelle Rhee (Hyungwon Kang/Reuters)
For-profit colleges are major drivers of student loan debt, and in many cases are outright scams, aggressively and deceptively recruiting students who are likely to drop out after accumulating lots of debt, and w...
Mitt Romney blames President Obama for factory shut under Bush
Memo to Mitt & Co.: This guy played for your team. Sad story, but true.
(Photo source: National Institutes of Health)
So Mitt Romney visits an shuttered factory in Ohio and opines:
“Had the president’s economic plans worked ... it woul...
George W. Bush: ‘I wish they weren’t called the Bush tax cuts’
Miss me yet? Yeah, heh heh. You miss me.
George W. Bush talks about his legacy:
“I wish they weren’t called the Bush tax cuts,” the former president said as he kicked off the Bush Institute Conference on Taxes and Economic Growth in New...
George W. Bush much more popular than Mitt Romney
(Photo source: National Institutes of Health)
In case you were wondering why Mitt Romney voluntarily injected George W. Bush into the 2012 campaign yesterday, here's your answer:
Romney's net favorability is -25 this month at 33/58. That's act...
Mr. Etch-A-Sketch credits Bush with saving economy, praises bank bailout
Yep. Mitt Romney just voluntarily made George W. Bush a 2012 issue. (Scott Audette/Reuters)
Mitt Romney must have hired an Etch-A-Sketch artist to reprogram his brain internal memory chips because this sure isn't how I remember things going do...
