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Conservatives argue that America has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.   We earlier dispelled the myth that Americans – particularly wealthy Americans – pay too much in taxes.  Now let’s look at the spending question. Part 5 in a series of...

In the UK the News-Of-The-World/News Corp/Murdoch scandal seems to be reawakening democracy. A big, powerful corporation has been found to be engaged in criminal activity, manipulating news, paying off police and politicians, and generally getting its way. The people,...

On most issues Lawrence O'Donnell is on the side of the angels. But O'Donnell, who held senior staff positions on Capitol Hill during the 1990's, is one of many Democrats and liberals who think the way to fix today's problems is by recycling yesterday's solutions -...

While hosting The Young Turks this week we covered the latest interrogation of Elizabeth Warren by House Republicans, who are determined to make sure that she -- and the bureau charged with protecting consumer from bank ripoffs - are discredited.   The headline...

"I want what I want when I want it." Those are Eric Cantor's words. No, they're not words he said recently, but words he chose years ago, for his high school yearbook quote. And while it may seem unfair to bring them up now (After all, how many of us said or...

Conservatives say greed is a good thing. But the lessons of history, religion, philosophy, psychology and even biology say it is not. I am visiting England this week.  Today I'm in York, and I toured the York Minstrel which is a huge 13th-century cathedral. Down in...

Enjoying the debt ceiling talks? The posturing, petulance, brinksmanship, bluffing? Well, let me make it a little bit more nauseating: China has pulled up a seat at the table. China’s leaders have been weighing in nearly every day, reminding the U.S. of its...