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Hands Off My Medicare

Last year, for a brief moment, Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan’s popularity soared as he unveiled his audacious deficit reducing budget. His proposal maintained tax cuts for the wealthy and defense spending while dismantling important programs for lower- and...

Romneys Core Salesman-In-Chief For Wall Street

Who is Mitt Romney, at his core? His constantly-changing public positions on issues -- sometimes changing inside a single sentence -- make it appear he has no core at all. But there has to be a set of core beliefs, a guiding star. This guiding star is the constant...

Nine Pictures Of The Extreme Income/Wealth Gap

(Note - This post originally appeared Feb 14, 2011. The date was changed when CAF switched blog platforms.) Many people don’t understand our country’s problem of concentration of income and wealth because they don’t see it. People just don't understand how much wealth...

Nine Pictures Of The Extreme IncomeWealth Gap

(Note - This post originally appeared Feb 14, 2011. The date was changed when CAF switched blog platforms.)   Many people don’t understand our country’s problem of concentration of income and wealth because they don’t see it. People just don't understand how much...

Who Pays The Bill For Wall Streets Mess

Yesterday, House Republicans rolled out their budget plan in the Washington version of a Hollywood movie opening. There was a star turn for Budget Chair Paul Ryan at a conservative think tank. Gaseous rhetoric -- "liberties endangered, time to choose" -- fouled the...

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