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September 18 2012

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america-wakiewakie: Corporate Greed

america-wakiewakie:

Corporate Greed

(Source: america-wakiewakie, via anarcho-queer)

August 18 2012

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"There’s only one issue Paul Ryan brings up. As someone who voted for the Iraq War, the Bush tax breaks and an unfunded Medicare Part D then proposed a budget that guts nearly everything that helps working people, he gives us the perfect opportunity to make this point: The exact same people who blew the surplus, exploded our debt and crashed our economy are still using this crisis as an opportunity to gut our social safety net and transfer trillions more in wealth to the rich."

The One “Issue” Paul Ryan Brings Up (via azspot)

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)

May 3 2012

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(via zeronacht-deactivated20120809)

April 18 2012

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amprog: Who benefits the most from tax breaks? The 5 largest tax breaks of 2011 are shown in this infographic. (Source: nytimes.com)

amprog:

Who benefits the most from tax breaks? The 5 largest tax breaks of 2011 are shown in this infographic.

(Source: nytimes.com)

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azspot: The US Has the Highest Share of Employees in Low Wage Work

azspot:

The US Has the Highest Share of Employees in Low Wage Work

April 16 2012

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bostonreview: How revolutions are born [Via The Big Picture]

bostonreview:

How revolutions are born [Via The Big Picture]

March 27 2012

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"Rather than workable solutions, my party is offering low taxes for the currently rich and high spending for the currently old, to be followed by who-knows-what and who-the-hell-cares. This isn’t conservatism; it’s a going-out-of-business sale for the baby-boom generation."

David Frum, noted conservative columnist and former George W. Bush economic speech writer summing up the current situation of the GOP after the rise of the Tea Party. (via oceanicsteam)

March 2 2012

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anticapitalist: Thanks For Paying Taxes. Here’s A Receipt. Taxpayers should get a receipt so they know what they’re paying for, a think tank called Third Way argues in a new paper. Here’s a sample from the group. It includes federal income tax and FICA, which funds Medicare and Social Security. Details are here.

anticapitalist:

Thanks For Paying Taxes. Here’s A Receipt.

Taxpayers should get a receipt so they know what they’re paying for, a think tank called Third Way argues in a new paper.

Here’s a sample from the group. It includes federal income tax and FICA, which funds Medicare and Social Security. Details are here.

October 31 2011

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reagan-was-a-horrible-president: There You Go! You will not find a better explanation for the silly Republican idea of “trickle-down” economics. Any 5-year old can tell you it’s a stupid plan, that will not work.

reagan-was-a-horrible-president:

There You Go!

You will not find a better explanation for the silly Republican idea of “trickle-down” economics. Any 5-year old can tell you it’s a stupid plan, that will not work.

(Source: motherjones, via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)