Multiple CRS Reports Show Return to Clinton-Era Tax Rates for Rich Will Not Harm Economic Growth Posted on November 9, 2012 The New York Times recently reported that a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report was “withdrawn from circulation” at the behest of Senate Republicans. The CRS report finds no relationship between upper-income tax rates and […]
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SEIU: Romney & Ryan Coming For Your Healthcare. Really!
The 2012 presidential election is all about choices. Choices about whether we will invest in good jobs under President Obama or give tax breaks to rich Americans and large corporations under Mitt Romney. Choices about investing in Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and good schools, or whether we turn back the clock and repeat the policies […]
Mitt Romney’s Plan For Our Middle Class
The new jobs report is out today: 163,000 jobs created in July and 8.3% unemployment. Just when we’re reminded how badly we need more jobs and less sabotage, Mitt Romney is touting his economic plan to do the opposite. It comes on the heels of a new analysis — by a center he has praised […]
BREAKING: Hundreds of Houston Janitors Go On Strike
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2012 CONTACT: Paloma Martinez, (832) 493-4839, martinezp@seiu1.org BREAKING: Hundreds of Houston Janitors Go On Strike Workers Report Potential Stripping of Healthcare Benefits and Other Misconduct as Harassment From Employers After Standing Up For Living Wage IMPORTANT UPDATES: – Hundreds of Houston janitors, the majority of whom make less than $9,000 […]
Why I am still for Obama–John Robert Behrman
I simply had to blog this note from John Robert Behrman that was sent for distribution by Carl Whitmarsh, THE LIST KEEPER. Pass this around as we must be in gear now. Critical reviews on the Obama administration are in: Jim Fallows in the Atlantic Monthly is the most complete and fair: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/obama-explained/8874/ Naom Scheiber […]
Cody Pogue His View Of The True Meaning Of Christmas
I love the Christmas season. This time of year brings a special joy to my heart. There is nothing I love more than getting together with my family, eating homemade barbecue, and watching endless reruns of the Christmas story. No matter what age we are, we can always be children again at Christmas. We can […]
Charles Dickens Revisited by Bob Henderson chairman of Kay County, OK, Democrats
Charles Dickens Revisited by Bob Henderson If you’ve read any nineteenth-century English literature, several societal conditions leap out at you instantly. In books that accurately portray the facts of life of more than a century ago, children are the best source of cheap labor. In fact, collective bargaining is against the law. The rich invariably […]
Republican Debate–The Debate For The 1%
Tonight, millionaire politicians will face off in another Republican primary debate. Meanwhile, the Occupy Wall Street protests continue to spread across the country. Americans are beyond frustrated with an economy that isn’t working for them and politicians who aren’t listening to them.That’s why Americans from all walks of life are taking to the streets — […]
Linda Keenan: How the Richest "1 Percent" Keep Rewarding Themselves for Epic Failure
I read Stiglitz 1% article and found it prescient. I wrote a book last summer about clas warfare that covers this subject and much more. What is sad is that because our media is corporate control most of the evil and shenanigans at the top is shut out. It is for this reason that the […]
Vanity Fair Article “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%” should be read by everyone especially Right Wing middle class
If the following article is read and understood, no one will ever vote for a Republican or a Blue Dog or Corporatist Democrat again. Interesting enough much of the article is covered in my book As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom (ISBN: 1453608168). For those on the Right […]
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