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Romney and Ryan: The Right Kind of "Welfare Queens"

She's baaaaa-aaaack! The Romney/Ryan campaign has resurrected Reagan's "Welfare Queen." It would be laughable, if they weren't serious, if the stakes weren't so high, and if there weren't so likely to get away with it. "There's a woman in Chicago," Ronald Reagan told...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: Does Romney's Tax Plan Get The Money From Mortgage Interest Deduction? OurFuture.org's Dave Johnson: "For Romney's tax plan to work, with its promise to be 'revenue neutral,' he has to find big money somewhere to make up for the rate cuts. The...

"Uncertainty" Is Nothing More Than Wall Street Whining

Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. It's time to have an honest talk about "uncertainty" -- the B.S. complaint by Wall Street and corporations that they don't know what's going to happening in Washington; don't, therefore, know what to do; and are sitting on...

Bain of Our Existence.com

As the Republican convention approaches, “Etch-a-Sketch” Mitt Romney continues to reshape himself. Overnight, he’s for allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest, after being against it. Now he’s the savior of Medicare after being the scourge of the entitlement...

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