Rethugs' "Road to Recovery"

FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver has a preview of the forthcoming (?) Rethug alternative reality, er, I mean alternative "budget." There are still some question marks remaining, as far as revenue sources. We have a suggestion or two: invest in the aluminum foil industry (there's been a surge in wingnut demand for hat material of late), and harness the heat from global warming to power more drilling in more inappropriate places. Just a start. No need to thank us.

(Image: Rethugs - investing in America's future!)

The Rethug's Alternate "Plan"

Talking Points Memo tells us that the Senate Rethug "stimulus" plan offered by far-right Sen. Jim "Breath" DeMint contains no Federal spending. . .zip, nada! It's all tax cuts. It's a return to the Bushonomics plan of cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans, and hoping it trickles down to the middle class. Yeah, that's worked well, hasn't it? In fact, economists from right to left have agreed that Federal spending on infrastructure and other job-creating projects is vital to reversing the economic slide.

Every Dem worth his or her salt should be addressing Breath DeMint's stupidity at every opportunity. It exposes the fact that the Rethug political base has absolutely nothing in the way of solutions to the economic disaster that their policies created except more of the same.