Economic Policy Wonk Pillows

JB Weaver, Prominent Member of the Greenback Party, is Ignored by Speaker Randall and Congress

"Come back here you slippery rascal...I can spend that money better than you!"

The Euro or not, that is the question...

Trump Tariffs

'We need an economic plan, we need a budget, we need a foreign policy, we need jobs. . .'

'U.S. Fight Against Clothing Imports'

Tea Party Heckler

Mario Monti - the rescuer

The stop/go lights are locked in place...

Fiscal Curb - The Grand Bargain.

Brexit Wrecks Havoc On British Supply Chains

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

'In its new 'spirit of evenhandedness,' the U. S. Government today sent troops to occupy all foreign countries....'

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

Mario Draghi

"National security adviser"

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

E.U. Banking Union.

Loan Alley

'Answer these constituents letters. Tell them to go to hell in a nice way.'

"Is there any way I could get a dashboard instead of a report card?"

"Nous somme desir-eh, go, er, allez, erm, universitaire français, s'il vous plait."

Obama Healthcare.

'We're asking what america can do without to reduce the deficit...no, ma'ma! the Gop and Dems are not options!'

'The only cuts we can all agree with are their cutting remarks!'

"The date protection policy is all about access to information, and we all know information is POWER!"

TPP - Investor State Dispute Settlement

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

'What I have to do first?!'

'Not a word to Alfred, but the spare bedroom is worth losing the fourteen pounds!'

Rock and a Hard Place

'What's the difference? Some people call it privatizing government. Others call it super pacs buying congressmen.'

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.