As Americans scramble today to file their taxes, the GOP is looking for more ways to make that burden even higher on average Americans. Take Tea Party darling and habitual liar Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin. Taking a page from the elder Bush’s campaign, he vowed to never increase taxes. Of course that pledge only […]
Does your paycheck still make you cry? Do you wonder why the bosses are all giddy like high school girls? Well this could be why (via Think Progress): At a time most employees can barely remember their last substantial raise, median CEO pay jumped 27% in 2010 as the executives’ compensation started working its way […]
I am so sick of hearing Republicans like John Boehner say they are there to “represent the people”. Bullshit! They are there to represent special interest. If it was the other way around then they would listen to poll results like this: Raising taxes on the rich beats out cuts to defense spending, Medicare or […]
We hear it from Republicans all the time; “if a company has more money then they will hire”. It’s the basic premise they use to sell their plans for tax cuts. But the problem is that Republicans are dead wrong, and that is shown in this article: For months, companies have been sitting on the […]
In a time where the big discussion is rather or not we should extend tax cuts to the top 2% of earners in the country, this is what’s happening: The poverty rate rose to 14.3 percent during 2009 from 13.2 percent the previous year as household income stayed flat and the number of people without […]
Caroline Baum from Bloomberg has some very interesting advice for Democrats this fall: Congressional Democrats like to blame former President George W. Bush for just about everything: the lousy economy, high unemployment, trillion-dollar deficits, two wars – and probably the bedbug epidemic in New York City. With the 2010 midterm elections 10 weeks away, Democrats […]
George Stephanopoulos asks a great question while interviewing Timothy Geithner today: Stephanopoulos: How firm is the President’s commitment to this proposal? If, for example, the Congress passes an extension of the tax cuts for the wealthy, will the President veto it? Geithner: Again, what the President believes is the best strategy for the country is […]
<p>I think this is one of the best ideas I have <a href=”http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0629/conyers-throws-grayson-cosponsors-war-making-poor-act/”>ever heard out of Congress:</a></p> <blockquote> <p>It seems that Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) would agree, perpetual war is making you poor.</p> <p>To begin rectifying the situation, he’s joined with Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) in co-sponsoring the "War is Making You Poor Act," […]
John Cole reminds us of a harsh reality when it comes to the little $15 billion jobs bill: What is fifteen billion? A couple weeks of unemployment benefits? Not to go all Everett Dirksen and everything, but we ***LOST*** almost that much in Iraq, and no one flinched. But $15 billion is going to remedy […]
Yesterday during the President’s Q&A session with House Republicans Mike Pence asked President Obama why he won’t support across the board tax cuts like Reagan wanted. This has been a key issue for Republicans for decades and I am wondering why they never did it when they had total control of the government. Think about […]