Tag: Republicans

The “T” in TARP doesn’t stand for truth

In his 2014 end of the year press conference, Obama made the following claim: “Effectively today, our rescue of the auto industry is officially over. We’ve now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration committed.”  (emphasis mine)…

Note to GOP: Raising taxes a bad idea

What are the Republicans thinking? Coming right out of the gate, at the start of the new GOP-controlled Congress, they began talking about the crazy idea of increasing the gasoline tax. It has little chance of passing, yet can easily…