Author: Buck Banks
Joe Manchin Has a Plan
“Capping the annual growth of discretionary spending at 1 percent for the next 10 years would save more than $1 trillion. We can do this without threatening essential programs such as Medicare and Social Security or cutting defense spending at a time when we are grappling with the largest-scale land war in Europe since World War II and an emboldened China that blatantly violates our airspace and dominates global supply chains.”
— Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) writes in the Washington Post
U.S. Trade Deficit Grows
12.2%
The overall U.S. trade deficit rose 12.2 percent last year, nearing $1 trillion as Americans purchased large volumes of foreign machinery, medicines, industrial supplies and car parts, the New York Times reports.
Lapel Pinheads
House Republicans are knuckle-dragging cretins
Masquerading as tough-talking ruffians.
Touting the Second Amendment,
Don’t they look resplendent
Wearing suits with AR-15 lapel pins.
Insufferable Dirigible
For U.S.-China relations, it wasn’t opportune,
Though for GOP wingnuts it was a PR boon.
See, Xi had a plan ta
Check the forecast in Montana,
But then we went and shot down his “weather” balloon.