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We're Subsidizing The Group That Wants More GOP Obstruction.
For over a week, Republicans have refused to focus on anything but so-called scandal. And, it turns out, that's exactly the way they want it. On Thursday, the Heritage Foundation, a prominent conservative think tank...
This Isn't Smart: House GOP Bill Would Raise Student Loan Interest Rates
As part of their latest effort to rebrand the GOP as a more caring party, House Republicans are scheduled this week to put forward a student lending bill called the "Smarter Solutions for Students Act." But the label is misleading. A more appropriate name would be the...
Apple Tax Hearing - Two Simple Suggestions
The "Apple hearing" is underway (Go Sen. Levin!!) with Apple CEO Tim Cook explaining why Apple "can't" bring back over $100 billion they have parked outside the country because they would have to pay the taxes they owe. Senator after senator is explaining that our tax...
The Elderly Poor --- There Are A Whole Lot Of Them
This report by the Kaiser Family Foundation about elder poverty is shocking. I don't think people realize just how many millions of people are barely subsisting in their old age, but it's many more than the government likes to admit to. Just as with the Chained-CPI, we're dealing with how they are accounted for rather than the actual numbers these people are forced to live on.
IRS Scandal a Carbuncle – on a Cancer-Wracked Body
The IRS, always friendless, now is a pariah. Republicans can’t stop condemning it. Democrats can’t stop agreeing. Targeting Tea Party groups for scrutiny, even if through incompetence, not intention, turned the IRS into a nasty carbuncle on the governing body....
The Latest Lie: IRS Targeted Conservatives
Remember the video of the guy in the "pimp costume" who got advice from ACORN employees on how to run his prostitution ring? Turns out the whole story was just a lie, a doctored-video smear job on an important organization. The guy never wore a "pimp costume" and the...
Pushing Back Against Austerity: Hickey and Eskow on Pivot Point with Maya Rockeymoore
OurFuture.org's Roger Hickey and Richard Eskow explain during their appearance Sunday on "Pivot Point with Maya Rockeymoore" what it will take for progressives to win the fight against conservative austerity economic policies that are holding down the economy and...
Homeowners Get Arrested To Show Why Bankers Should Be Instead
Police in Washington made numerous arrests today in connection with the ongoing mortgage foreclosure crisis, in which millions of homeowners lost billions of dollars due to the fraudulent actions of bank executives. But the arrests were not of the criminals who caused...
May 19, 2013: A Day Of Extreme Federal Budget Shame
Sunday, May 19, 2013, was one of the saddest and most notorious moments in the sordid history of the federal budget.
Let's start from the beginning.
Rally For Livable Wages in Washington -- The 9th Most Expensive U.S. City
Did you know that Washington, DC is the 9th most expensive American city to live in? Did you also know that thousands of private sector workers whose jobs are supported by taxpayer dollars don't earn enough to live in the city where they work? Tomorrow, those workers...
