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Did Koch Industries Write The Budget Deal

Did Koch Industries write the budget deal? Or is it just a coincidence that so many of the the things Republicans demanded -- and got -- just happen to line up with the financial interests of the billionaires who fund the Tea Party and much of the “conservative...

Cutting The Economy And Jobs

Cuts are all the rage now in Versailles D.C. They cut taxes for the rich (again), then to pay for the tax cuts they cut the things We the People (government) do for each other. No one is mentioning what all of this will do to the economy and jobs. Jobs and the economy...

Colombia FTA Rewarding Promises Instead of Performance

Tragically, the government of Colombia exhibits the behavior of an addict. And, just as regrettably, the United States is co-dependent, so addicted to so called free trade that it plans to award Colombia an agreement based solely on promises. Addicts always promise....

The Vote This Week To End Medicare And Social Security

Last month, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor literally said Social Security "cannot exist if we want America to be what we want America to be." Then last week, House Budget Committee approved the literal end of Medicare as guaranteed affordable comprehensive health...

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