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Posts tagged as “national debt”

Robinson Criticizes Noem’s Repeated Desire to Shut Down Government

John Tsitrian upbraided Rep. Kristi Noem last weekend for ignoring reality and voting for against this month's no-drama debt-ceiling increase. Tsitrian's Rapid City neighbor Corinna Robinson, who happens to be running for Rep. Noem's job, must be reading: Doesn’t Representative…

House Raises Debt Ceiling with No Drama; Noem Resists Reality

Hard-core conservatives call Speaker Boehner's cooperation with Democrats in passing a no-drama, no-strings increase of the debt ceiling "complete capitulation." Rapid City blogger John Tsitrian calls it a pragmatic recognition of the best way to cut deficits: ...increase revenues, people.…

Debt Not Growing as Percentage of GDP; Economic Growth Key

Congresswoman Kristi Noem is scrambling to defend her vote for fiscal disaster Wednesday. She tries to turn our attention away from her destructive politics by claiming in her latest column that letting the national debt grow is a bigger problem.…

Rounds Pragmatic on Shutdown, Default; GOP Opponents Prefer Disaster

I really don't want Marion Michael Rounds to win South Dakota's open Senate seat. He would legislate as he governed, absent of vision and sacrificing principles for the crony capitalism that does more daily practical harm to liberty and democracy…

Noem Excuses Irresponsible Vote for Fiscal Chaos

Rep. Kristi Noem offers the following excuse for her vote against reopening the government and averting global economic catastrophe: This agreement will reopen the government and stop any talk of a default, which are both good things. However, I could…