Our Fantasy Nation? By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: June 4, 2011 With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the debt ceiling, let me offer them an example of a nation that lives up to their ideals. It has among the lowest tax burdens of any major country: fewer than 2 percent […]
The Crisis of Credit by Jonathan Jarvis–Best And Most Simple Description of The Genesis of Our Financial Meltdown (VIDEO)
What is so sad about the financial crisis is that many bankers, brokers, and other financial professionals made billions for doing absolutely nothing more than filling out papers. They did not produce any products or real services of societal value. There is a problem in a country that rewards those who simply move money around […]
Ayn Rand & GOP vs Jesus
This is a very telling ad. This is what happens when you have a whole lot of folks adapting multiple ideologies without knowing their genesis. In the process they attempt to form a coalition under the premise of shared values without realizing that they are diametrically opposed. While today’s Democrats are a combination of folks […]
Robert Reich (Back Toward Double Dip)
Back Toward Double Dip Friday, June 3, 2011 The May jobs report is a disaster — the weakest reading since September. Non-farm payrolls grew only 54,000 last month, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private employment rose only 83,000 — the smallest growth since last June. Government payrolls dropped 29,000. The […]
The People’s Budget–A Serious Fair Budget That Gets Little Coverage – Corporate Media Is A Danger to The Middle Class
It is sad that there is a budget that out there that is much better than the President’s budget and Republican Paul Ryan’s budget. The budget is humane and it does not use smoke and mirrors or ideology to pay balance the budget. The budget is not only a policy panacea but will change the […]
Sarah and Mitt – The Denver Post
I found this joke from a a follower’s tweet. It is very funny. Interesting enough the media is giving more coverage to Sarah Palin’s bus tour than to Mitt Romney;s announcement. That in itself is a joke; a joke by the media; a joke on Mitt Romney. No wonder America is becoming a joke. […]
Democracy as a collaboration, not a fight | Coffee Party | by Annabel Park
Democracy as a collaboration, not a fight Wed, 05/18/2011 – 4:51pm by Annabel Park Members of Congress, trapped in a political process corrupted by money, simply cannot take the bold and audacious steps needed to reform our broken government. < Knowing this, we cannot afford to just wait to see what happens. It’s time […]
America’s Vanishing Middle Class: A Tale of Two Economies – Jeff Stibel – The Conversation – Harvard Business Review
Great article of what is happening to the middle class. That the middle class worker is now taking the jobs previously held by the poor is symptomatic of something bigger. I am surprised that the author did not make real mention of the role outsourcing not only of low skilled manufacturing jobs, but also high […]
Medicare Supplemental Insurance A Must
With all the talk about Medicare one would think that it is a program that no one likes. Fact is most Americans know that they will not go broke if they get ill in the older years because a program they have paid forward for decades will be there to assist their medical procedures and […]
Breaking news – Holy smokes! We can win in Wisconsin!
Dear MoveOn member, Breaking news—we’ve now got a chance to beat six Wisconsin Republicans facing recall elections after helping force through infamous legislation taking away bargaining rights from teachers and other public workers. If we win, that would end Gov. Scott Walker’s right-wing crusade. This election is a huge opportunity to turn the tide against […]
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