by Melissa Tomlinson | Nov 5, 2013 | Conservatism, Education, This Is The GOP
Letter to Governor Christie from the New Jersey Teacher He Screamed At (via LA Progressive) Dear Governor Christie,Yesterday I took the opportunity to come hear you speak on your campaign trail. I have never really heard you speak before except for sound bytes that I...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 1, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Paul Krugman writes that the GOP’s hostility towards the poor and unfortunate has become an all-out “war on the poor.” The consequences of the painful cuts to food stamps taking effect today offer a glimpse of the casualties and collateral damage to come. Today,...
by Joshua Holland | Nov 1, 2013 | Conservatism, Health
How a Wildly Misleading Obamacare Horror Story is Born (via Moyers & Company) Far too many breathless news stories about insurance plans being “canceled” or people facing “sticker shock” fail to convey even the most basic context: this is almost exclusively a...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 31, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
Millions of Americans will plunge over the “Hunger Cliff” tomorrow, when $5 billion in cut to food stamps go into effect tomorrow. While Congress negotiates even more cuts, millions of Americans will face negotiating where their next meal will come from. It wasn’t...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 30, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, The Sequester, This Is The GOP
In Charlie Daniels' 1979 hit single, the Devil went down to Georgia looking for a soul to steal. The Washington Post went down to Georgia looking for a story about anger over economic distress in tea party districts. Like the Devil in Daniel’s song, the Post comes...
by Joshua Holland | Oct 29, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
The Great American Ripoff: The High Cost of Low Taxes (via Moyers & Company) Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on the high cost of low taxes. The American people pay a similar amount for social services – health care, retirement security, disability and...
