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Taxing the Rich, the Obama Way
Warren Buffett is a tough negotiator, which is one reason why he’s the second-wealthiest person in America. So when the President refers to his new initiative to …
The Global Crisis as a (Brothers) Grimm Story
Once upon a time in the land of US, the ‘job creators’ decided to send as many of the jobs they created jobs as possible to THEM. THEM would …
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Obama Vows Veto if Deficit Plan Has No Tax Increases
Washington — President Obama called on Monday for Congress to adopt his “balanced” plan combining entitlement cuts, tax increases and war savings to reduce the federal deficit by more …
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Another Liberty Plaza Taken and Held Near Wall Street
When more than a thousand protesters marched on Saturday from Bowling Green, near the southern tip of Manhattan, toward the backup meeting point marked “2″ on their maps, they …
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Pennsylvania GOP Weighs Electoral Vote Changes for 2012
The newly empowered Republicans in Pennsylvania are considering changing the way the state awards its electoral votes in presidential elections despite growing concerns by some Republicans that the move …
Five Biggest Right-Wing Lies About Solyndra
Solar panels line a rooftop at Solyndra's solar panel factory in Fremont, California, October 6, 2010. As California companies finally begin mass production of a new type of solar …
Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? Is The Washington Post a Criminal Enterprise?
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas speaking at the Conservative Political Action Committee 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Ever since Texas Gov. Rick Perry attacked Social …
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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Recalls Obama’s Fall From Grace
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday, April 28, 2008. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) held a news conference the next day and …
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How Change Is Going to Come in the Food System
(Photo: Kalense Kid) In the forty years since the publication of Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet, a movement dedicated to the reform of the …
Five Super-Congress Debt-Cutting Myths
Ten years ago the country was on track to pay off the entire national debt in ... ten years. But then... So President Bush left behind a $1.4 trillion …