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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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You Think You’re Getting Social Security But You’re Not, Says Multimillionaire Banker
What should the U.S. do about the so-called
The Big Lie About the “Entitlement State“
The real costs of the Big Three transfer programs fall into two categories.
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Costly Uneven Development: Detroit
Updates on politicians' big business incomes after their government jobs and the debate over social security.
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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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.
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Wall Street Uses the Third Way to Lead Its Assault on Social Security
Wall Street has always been the enemy of Social Security and its greatest dream is to privatize Social Security.
Grand Bargain or Great Betrayal? Reading the Tea Leaves of Fiscal Intentions for Entitlements
One analyst reads between the lines to decipher the future of entitlements.
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I’m Black and I Want More “Stuff” and “Things”: An Open Letter to Bill O’Reilly
On election night, as it became increasingly clear that Mitt Romney was going to lose the election to Barack Obama, I watched Fox News host Megyn Kelly ask you, …
Elites Demanding Austerity Also Ignored Housing Bubble
We shouldn't trust the same people who ignored the housing bubble when they tell us we need to more cuts to social programs.