Schumer
Both Atrios and Charlie Pierce decided to notice what a total schmuck Chuck Schumer is today.
Since LIEberman finally left the Senate, Schumer has assumed the leadership of the Likud caucus in the Senate. While he is nominally a Senator for New York State, he only cares about the interests of Wall Street and Israel’s Likud.
If the New York Republicans had a functional party, Schumer would have been gone years ago. He will not do anything that upsets his masters, no matter how much it might help the people of New York State.
December 3, 2013 Comments Off on Schumer
It’s About Right
In the discussion about the Pope’s negative comments regarding supply-side economics I mentioned the old saw about ‘a rising tide lifts all boats’, so Badtux looked at the numbers:
According to U.S. Coast Guard statistics, there are 16,824,000 boats in America. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 114,761,359 households in America. What that means is that 14.7% of households benefit from a rising tide.
It is a good fit, because only about the top 15% of households are prospering or holding their own in this economy. The rest of us are treading water or sinking.
December 3, 2013 Comments Off on It’s About Right
