Government Wonk Prints

"This bipartisan attempt to actually get something done is too much like work."

Trump walking

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?"

"Good boy."

"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."

We Tenatively Oppose War on Strictly Procedural Grounds

"National security adviser"

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

E.U. Banking Union.

How a Bill Becomes a Law, 2023

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

To Err Is Human, to Mess up Big-Time Is Democratic

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

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

Obama Healthcare.

US Credit: 'I'm down grading your credit rating...'

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

TPP - Investor State Dispute Settlement

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

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

"Tariffs"

President S Grant's Proposed Civil Service Reform not to the Taste of Certain Senators

"We have been elected to the UN Commission on Women's Rights!"

'What I have to do first?!'

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.

"Very Presidential."

Pennies for People, Billions for War

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

Rock and a Hard Place

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

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

Thin Tank and Emote Tank.