by David Safier Last night I posted a portion of an article from the Arizona Guardian about the Accidental Gov (I got the term from a commenter and plan to make it my own) criticizing the Republican legislators for not knowing the effects of the budget cuts they voted for. Today there's more from the … Read more
by David Safier A shocker in an Arizona Guardian email blast: Brewer criticizes GOP lawmakers BREAKING NEWS - Gov. Jan Brewer says her Republican colleagues at the Legislature should have known better when they pushed through deep budget cuts earlier this month that caused widespread job loss, crippled state health services and whacked popular education programs.Brewer on … Read more
by David Safier In the ASU Web Devil:Legislators hold forum for budget-cut discourse. More than 200 people attended a public forum on the state budget held by Democratic members of the state Legislature on Monday evening in the Tempe campus Memorial Union. For some reason, LD-26 Republican Rep. Vic Williams was there as well. What … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: At the height of World War II, government deficit spending as a percentage of GDP far exceeded 100%. That would be the federal stimulus spending on infrastructure and the restoration of America's industrial capacity to full production as we converted our economy into the arsenal of freedom that won the war – … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Monday, President Obama held a "fiscal responsibility" summit to which he invited the GOP leadership – you know, that whole bipartisanship thing the GOP says doesn't happen, only it does. I'll Let John Amato over at Crooks&Liars blog retell what happened next John McCain embarrasses himself with his 'Helicopter fleet' question … Read more