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Jindal’s Budget Still Balanced on the Backs of the Poor

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Louisiana’s Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has reversed himself on his plan to stop providing hospice care for medicaid patients, which we told you about in an earlier post. Lest you think it’s a sign of a kinder, gentler Governor, think … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Healthcare, Medicaid, Politics, Republicans, Social Programs, State Legislation, Tax Cuts, The Poor | Tagged bobby jindal, economic justice, gop, healthcare, Louisiana, republicans, tax cuts

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Unhappy with Debt? Let All the Bush Tax Cuts Expire

Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2012 by Doug Marquardt

Just how much do continuing the Bush tax cuts add to the debt? This graph couldn’t make it more clear. And yes, one can argue that letting the tax cuts on the middle-class expire would hurt the economy. But if … Continue reading →

Posted in Debt and Budget | Tagged bush tax cuts, debt and budget, middle-class, tax cuts

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Republicans Link Reagan/Bush Layoffs to Obama’s Re-election

Posted on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 by Cindy Rose

Well, not really… not yet anyway, but give them time. The conservative blogosphere has decided that any lay-off, for any reason, in any industry, that occurs from now on, is the result of President Obama’s re-election. Conservative sites are full … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Employment, Politics, Republicans, Taxes, The Economy | Tagged corporate greed, economy, gop, healthcare, jobs, republicans, tax cuts

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It’s D-Day in the Class War

Posted on Sunday, December 2, 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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State Republicans Get Right Back To Their Unbridled Insanity

Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by Cindy Rose

While the major Republican players are talking the talk about diversity, and how to appeal to the voting blocs that have abandoned them, their extremist counterparts in state legislatures continue their lunatic approach to governing. In Michigan, a hearing was … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Reproductive Rights, Republican War on Women, Republicans, State Legislation, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Women's Health, Women's Rights | Tagged gop, reproductive rights, Republican War on Women, republicans, tax cuts, women's health, Women's Rights

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Closing Argument: Humanity vs. Crosses of Gold and Iron

Posted on Saturday, November 3, 2012 by Marc Belisle

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are the zombies of old discredited brands of conservatism, animated by a new strain of radical absolutism. In our past, American heroes have exposed their ilk as fraudulent imperialists. I predict that on Tuesday 60 … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Auto Industry, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Blogs, Congress, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debates, Debt and Budget, Defense Spending, Democratic Leaders, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Election, Liberals, Mitt Romney, Mortgage Crisis, National Security, Oil Companies, Paul Ryan, Politics, Primaries, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street | Tagged 1%, 2012, 4 more years, 47%, 99%, Affordable Care Act, auto bailout, bailouts, barack obama, budget, Closing argument, cross of gold, cross of iron, Debate, Dwight Eisenhower, election, middle-class, military, mitt romney, Obamacare, pentagon, tax cuts, tax policy, wall street, Willaim Jennings Bryan

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Romney Unveils Tax Plan Details

Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 by Cindy Rose

From Eclectablog: This is big. There is finally a website where you can click through to learn details about the Romney/Ryan tax plan and how they have figured out how to cut taxes by $5 trillion without raising taxes on … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Election, Mitt Romney, Politics, Tax Cuts, Taxes | Tagged campaigns, election, mitt romney, romney tax plan, tax cuts

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The Romnzi Scheme

Posted on Monday, October 8, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” –George Orwell ThinkProgress reported that Mitt Romney, his son Tagg, his campaign and campaign surrogates all have significant … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debates, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republican Scandals, Tax Cuts, Taxes, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Think Tanks | Tagged Allen Stanford, economic justice, economic policy, economy, lies, mitt romney, Orwell, Ponzi Scheme, Republican scandal, Solamere Capital, Tagg Romney, tax cuts, tax policy, taxes, trickle-down

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The Debate: Romney Exposes the Hypocrisy of Republicans’ Tax Arguments

Posted on Thursday, October 4, 2012 by Cindy Rose

They were hardly out of the gate in the Presidential debate last night before Mitt Romney exposed the Republican Party’s hypocrisy on tax policy. For years we’ve listened to Conservatives harp on the fact that 47% of Americans “pay no … Continue reading →

Posted in Debates, Election, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, Tax Cuts, Taxes | Tagged 47% pay no taxes, economy, election, gop, mitt romney, republicans, romney policy details, small business taxes, tax cuts, the 47%

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Romney and Ryan Ask Voters To Play Fiscal Russian Roulette

Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 by Cindy Rose

Paul Ryan spoke with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, where he claimed the Romney/Ryan campaign is not changing strategy, they’re simply “entering a new phase”. Most voters can’t even tell you what the previous “phase” was about because the … Continue reading →