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Conservative Silliness On Tax Day
Conservatives sure do get silly when they talk about taxes. I don't just mean the expressions they get on their faces, or how red their faces get, or the way their hair sticks straight up and their eyes get all big. And I don't mean the way they shake and sweat or...
The Rand Paul-Lindsey Graham-Mike Lee Plan to Steal Social Security
Many Americans believe that their Social Security contributions have been stolen, diverted to some unauthorized purpose. They are wrong – at least for now. Last Wednesday, Senators Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Mike Lee, R-Utah; and Rand Paul, R-Ky.,...
Conservative Tax Tricks – Did Tax Cuts Grow The Economy
It's Tax Day, so let's talk about taxes. Conservative ideology says cutting taxes makes the economy grow. This Tax Day let's explore whether this is, in fact, the case. In the last few decades we as a country have conducted textbook scientific experiments with taxes....
Republican Strategy For A Budget That Destroys Medicare Say It Saves Medicare
You are a congressperson. You just voted for a budget that would destroy Medicare. Then you traveled home this week to meet with your constituents. Most of them like Medicare. What do you tell them? Tell them you want to "save Medicare." Bloomberg reports: House...
Progressive Breakfast - 4/18/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Conservative Tax...
Al-Jazeera Commentary After the Presidents Speech on Deficits and the Budget
We provided live commentary for Al Jazeera English at the conclusion of the President's speech on the deficit and the Federal budget. That speech was Thursday, but we weren't able to receive and post the video until now. It's below: I know I look ghastly, darling. It...
TV Interview On The IMF and World Bank International Echoes Of Domestic Banking Policies
Did an interview with RT Today on the meeting of the International Monetary Fund, and on the ways that IMF and World Bank policy reflect the same combination of austerity economics and a 'liberalized' financial sector that we're seeing here and in Europe. The video is...
Executive Pay Excess A New Battlefront
Taxpayers, once again this year, are subsidizing over-the-top CEO pay by the billions. But now on the table: a promising new proposal that encourages corporations to share that excess — or else. The chief executives of America’s top 500 companies, Forbes...
Conservative Tax Tricks – Are We Broke
Conservatives have been saying lately, "We're broke," and need to cut back on the things we (government) do to protect and empower each other. They have a unique definition of the word "we" when applied this way to Americans. For them "we" doesn't mean "We, the...
Obamas Open Mic Night
Of the two top items in my newsreader, I'm not sure which I like best. First, there's President Obama's open-mic incident after his big speech. Apparently, Obama had what he thought was a private conversation with campaign donors, but it turned out the microphone was...
