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House GOP: Taxes From Wealthy Are "Charity"

It's one of the dumbest, most insulting, dismissive, and frequently heard bits of rhetoric spewed forth from the sneering mouths of conservative pundits and politicos. So, it stands to reason that congressional Republicans would like to make it the law of the land....

New Federal "Make it in America Challenge"

The Department of Labor has announced a new "Make it in America Challenge" to American businesses, to "to accelerate the trend of insourcing, where companies are bringing jobs back and making additional investments here in America." The challenge is a national...

Don't Let Them Push Social Security Off The Fiscal Cliff

They call it the "fiscal cliff," but it's Social Security that's going to be pushed over it, unless we speak out now. The forces of austerity in Washington are using the prospect of automatic spending cuts and tax increases at the end of the year to pressure Congress...

Demonizing The Poor: It's What's For Dinner

This is awful, but I expect it happens every day and is only getting worse with the GOP assault on the "parasites": Cindy Nerger of Warner Robins, Ga., said she and her husband aren't proud when they use their food stamp debit card to buy groceries. "I felt shy when I...

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