Truthout
Barack Obama
The New American Confederacy
One definition for confederacy is: A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.
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In Obama’s Budget, Poverty Initiatives Face an Uphill Battle
There are new and even historic anti-poverty proposals in this budget. But the better they are, the more they fall into the hard to get category.
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Obama Joins the Club
Every Democrat running for re-election in 2014 will have the stinking dead albatross of their president's cut to Social Security hanging around their neck.
Obama’s “Cat Food” Social Security Reform
Michael Hudson: Obama's “bargain” on social security reform will push more retirees into poverty in exchange for a minor increase in high end income tax - a class that …
Obama Budget Plans on Replacing USDA Poultry Inspectors with Industry Self Regulation
Tony Corbo: Plan will put our food supply at risk in a move that will increase profits of poultry producers and save only 90 million dollars over three years.
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The President’s Budget: A Misguided Mission Statement
Robert Borosage: Neither the country nor his presidency will be well served by Obama's budget for the 2014 fiscal year.
Obama Fully Embraces Austerity With Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Bob Pollin: Costs of Social Security and Medicare have nothing to do with rise in fiscal deficit.
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The President Offers to Cut Social Security and Republicans Agree
The President throws things on the table before the Republicans have even sat down for dinner.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mayors Against Illegal Guns Create Grading System to Score Lawmakers on Gun Safety, and More
In today's On the News segment: The former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that all 104 nuclear power plants in our nation should phased out for newer …
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Obama, Don’t Step in the GOP Budget Trap
When it comes to cutting Social Security with the Republican Chained CPI, please, as Nancy Reagan so famously said, Just say, No!