DILLON’S NOTE TO READERS: Continued time constraints have forced me to further limit my updates to DCFOUNTAIN, at least for the foreseeable future. Until further notice, as of today commentaries will not be posted on a regular schedule of any sort. Weeks and very possibly months may lapse between posts.

If you’re puzzled over Republicans’ apparent inability to offer timely, creative and effective solutions to help dig America out of this economic black hole — one into which their own failed policies have sucked us lightyears from where we began — you’re not alone. Fresh ideas nowhere to be found, GOP leaders still seem pre-programmed to try bamboozling the citizens of this land using the very same stale gimmicks — more tax cuts for corporations and the affluent — that helped get us into this mess.