Stopping the spin, or being shaken awake from deficit shock.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  August 3rd at 06:04 AM  | 

At some point this August (or later), you might hear somebody ask you – probably with at least a sniff in their voice; possibly with an outright sneer – why it is that all of a sudden conservatives/Republicans now are worried about deficits. What were we, asleep? Not particularly, of course – nonetheless, I think that this (alas, anonymous) comment about the Columbus Tea Party | Read More »

Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, & Wyoming.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 08:52 AM  | 

Those being the four states that are not running a deficit right now. The relative sizes of the rest can be seen via this handy visual tool: Via @MelissaTweets I’d make more commentary on this, except that I can sum it up as stop spending money you don’t have, you idiots. And that is one of those binary things: people either already get that, or | Read More »