Thank a Teabagger

"Since then [April 18, 2011], we have changed our view of the difficulties in bridging the gulf between the political parties over fiscal policy, which makes us pessimistic about the capacity of Congress and the Administration to be able to leverage their agreement this week into a broader fiscal consolidation plan that stabilizes the government’s debt dynamics any time soon." - Press release from Standard & Poor’s

Better him than me

"Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, lost about $6.7 billion this week.  The Mexican billionaire’s stock portfolio, measured in U.S. dollars, has dropped about 9.5 percent since July 29..."

Do they need Food Stamps?

"And of the 235,413 taxpayers who earned $1 million or more in 2009, 1,470 of them paid no taxes."