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Economic Update: Inconvenient Economic Truths
Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett's minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits.
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Entitlements Are Fundamental Human Rights, Not Political Poker Chips to Be Bargained Away
The basic necessities of life are not for government to give or withhold based on its current budget situation.
A Looming Crisis in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid? The “Fiscal Cliff” Is a Scam, Part 2
It's been known since the 1950s that there would be more demands on social security; if there was political will, health care costs could be controlled.
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So, the President Is Standing Up to the GOP. Huh.
Perhaps Obama is finally using his electoral mandate to stand up to Republicans.
Washington’s Serious People Are on the War Path Against Middle-Income and Poor People
DC's so-called leaders want us to believe that redistributing income from the 99 percent to them and their friends is what the market demands.
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Austerity: The 1%’s Global Battle Cry
Austerity cuts have become the battle cry for the majority of Americans whose futures are threatened by massive cuts to social security and medicare.
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You Think You’re Getting Social Security But You’re Not, Says Multimillionaire Banker
What should the U.S. do about the so-called
How Washington Insiders Bar Economic Reality From Political Debate
DC's self-anointed serious people love to exclude critics of their self-serving arguments by painting their warnings as shrill.
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Elites Will Make Gazans of Us All
Militarization is increasingly the sole method the global 1 percent favors to create and protect its excessive wealth.
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Don’t Let Obama Cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security
In order to see the economic growth that President Obama promised throughout the election, the American people must hold him accountable to not proceed with austerity cuts.