Category Archives: Poverty

The GOP Road to 2016, One Fool at a Time: Scott Walker

Posted on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Wisconsin’s little twerp of a Governor is writing his memoir, which is leading many to believe he”l make a bid for the GOP nomination in 2016. Not for nothin’, but if I was a Republican I’d want a Presidential candidate … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Policy, Education, Equal Pay, Governors, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Politics, Poverty, Reproductive Rights, Republicans, Scott Walker, State Legislation, Taxes, Tea Party, The Poor, Voter Suppression | Tagged gop, republicans, Scott Walker budget, Scott Walker president, Scott Walker Wisconsin, tea party

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Yes Folks, They Really Think Like This

Posted on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 by Cindy Rose

My Guns Are My Business… Your Prescriptions, Gotta Register Those Tennessee, one of the southern bastions of right-wing idiocy, and currently under rule by a merry band of Teapublican lunatics, is as confused about the notion of personal freedom as … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Gun Control, Law Enforcement, LGBT Issues, LGBT Rights, Politics, Poverty, Republicans, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Programs, State Legislation, Tea Party, The Poor, Women in Politics | Tagged gop, gun control, Joe Carr, marriage equality, republicans, Shawn McClusky, Stacey Campfield, Sue Everhart, tea party, Tennessee Tanf, the poor, Tucson free guns

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17th, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

Posted in ALECexposed, Arizona Shenanigans, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Border Security, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate donors, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Employment, Ethics, Financial Collapse, Government, Gun Control, Human Rights, Immigration, Incarceration, Income Inequality, Justice, Labor Unions, Liberals, NRA, Politics, Poverty, Progressives, Racial Issues, September 11, State Legislation, Students, superPACs, Taxes, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street, Wisconsin Recall | Tagged barack obama, campaign finance, campaigns, CCA, citizens united, corporate greed, corrections, crime and punishment, Democrats, detention, drug policy, drugs, economics, GEO Group, healthcare, immigrants, immigration, jail, justice, law and order, laws, minorities, policy, prison, prisoner abuse, private prison industry, republicans, state legislation, students, wall street, war on drugs

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If Only There Were Meds For Ignorance

Posted on Friday, January 25th, 2013 by Cindy Rose

To quote Napoleon Bonaparte: “In politics stupidity is not a handicap.” I’ll take that a little further: In Republican politics, stupidity is the only litmus test. The stupid are on the march again in their never- ending attempt (however convoluted) … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Gun Control, LGBT Issues, LGBT Rights, Politics, Poverty, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republicans, Social Programs, Social Security, The Poor, Women | Tagged congress, gop, gun control, lgbt issues, Republican War on Women, republicans, the poor

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Part of Jindal’s Tax Plan: Poor Will Have to Die Quicker

Posted on Thursday, January 17th, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Remember back in 2009, when Sarah Palin made up that nonsense about “death panels” in the Affordable Care Act and told her Facebook fans: The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Medicaid, Politics, Poverty, Republicans, Social Programs, State Legislation, The Poor | Tagged Affordable Care Act, bobby jindal, death panels, gop, healthcare, Louisiana, republicans, the poor

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Atlas Whined

Posted on Sunday, December 9th, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists, Affordable Care Act, AFL-CIO, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Government, Income Inequality, Karl Rove, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Liberals, Move Your Money, Occupy WallStreet, Politics, Poverty, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy | Tagged boycott, class war, Denny's, Hostess, income inequality, John Metz, John Schnatter, Karl Rove, Papa John's, romney, Sheldon Adelson, Walmart

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It’s D-Day in the Class War

Posted on Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“We cannot negotiate with those who say, ‘What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.’” –John F. Kennedy On November 6th, 60 million Americans waited in line to yank the monkey wrench from Congress. We reappointed our Democratic general … Continue reading →

Posted in Auto Industry, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate donors, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debt and Budget, Democratic Leaders, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Employment, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, George W Bush, Housing Crisis, Income Inequality, Justice, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Lefty Sites, Liberals, Mitt Romney, Occupy WallStreet, Outsourcing, Politics, Poverty, Primaries, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republican Scandals, Ronald Reagan, superPACs, Supreme Court, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Constitution, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, U.S. Treasury, Wall Street | Tagged boycott, D Day, demand economics, economic justice, economy, Franklin Roosevelt, george w bush, Hayek, Hostess, income, income inequality, Keynes, labor, Obama, occupy wall street, romney, ronald reagan, scott walker, supply-side, tax cuts, taxes, The Fiscal Cliff, the fiscal cliffs of Normandy, trickle-down, union-busting, unions, voodoo economics, Walmart

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To Stephanie Cutter On Why Romney Didn’t Respond To The Bain Attacks

Posted on Saturday, December 1st, 2012 by Ken

There has been a lot of speculation as to why Romney did not respond to the Obama campaign’s Bain attacks. The latest to wonder at the non response is Stephanie Cutter, Obama’s deputy campaign manager. The best answer is that there really is … Continue reading →

Posted in Auto Industry, Barack Obama, Campaigns, Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Ed Schultz, Employment, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Mitt Romney, Politics, Poverty, Primaries, Republican Campaign Donors, superPACs, Tax Cuts, Taxes, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy | Tagged 47%, Sensata, Stephanie Cutter, ted kennedy

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The GOP Needs to Move Further Right and Suppress the Vote Better: A Modest Proposal

Posted on Thursday, November 8th, 2012 by Marc Belisle

It would appear that many of these “voters” gathered the wrong message from our pitch. As he poured my wine, Reginald observed that Romney, old boy, convinced the commoners he’d had such an illustrious career in the private sector that … Continue reading →

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“This Great Country Gave Him Opportunities.”

Posted on Thursday, September 20th, 2012 by Marc Belisle

Hypocrisy! Mitt’s own father was on welfare, and thus one of the 47% who are victims, who don’t take care of their lives and are dependent on government. According to Mitt he would never be able to convince his own … Continue reading →