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• Yeah, another reason to raise taxes on the rich

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 677
  Via Meteor Blades at Daily Kos is Sam Pizzigati explaining that the top 1 percent of income earners have a ridiculously low state and local tax burden relative to their low and middle-income fellow citizens: America’s most affluent 1 percent now pay, on average, just 6.4 percent of their incomes in state and ...
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• Eight Years Later, Still No Appetite to Share the Burden of War Funding

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 750
  Here’s an interesting response from Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), senior Republican on the Finance Committee, when asked by a reporter this morning whether Congress intends to pay for the wars its launched, or continue to borrow the money and pile onto federal deficits. Defending America is a number one ...
  3 days ago

• America’s Right Wing: Fear Leads to Hate, and Hate Leads to Suffering

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Since the introduction of Sarah Palin into the 2008 election, the right wing has been on the warpath. The rhetoric and volume of their message has been taken to increasingly fanatical extremes in an attempt to derail the movement for change and reform in America. This has already resulted in many deaths, and the ...
  4 days ago

• Conason Reminds Scarborough That The Iraq War and Tax Cuts Ballooned the Deficit.

  
  The Osterley Times — Authority: 133
  Joe Conason points out to Joe Scarborough that the Iraq war, coupled with tax cuts for the rich, did more than anything to balloon the US deficit. Scarborough wants to view such things as "the past" and thinks that "people who opposed everything George W Bush did" are bound to get it right once in a blue moon. This ...
  4 days ago

• What Ever Happened to the Good Times the Tax-Cutters Promised?

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  By Sam Pizzigati The Campaign for America’s Future You don’t have to dig particularly deep, in the United States today, to find some striking similarities between today’s virulently anti-Obama “Tea Party” crowd and the media darlings who birthed the “Tax Revolt” phenomenon back in the late 1970s. ...
  4 days ago

• The Cost Of Conservativism

  
  43-Ideas-Per-Minute — Authority: 433
  In recent discussions on Twitter with members of the teabagger movement ( you can check out my timeline @aironlater ) it has come to light that they are completely ignoring the spending of former president George W. Bush. While this shouldnt come as a suprise to anyone paying attention, not only are they ignoring ...
  5 days ago

• An RNC Purity Test?

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 156
  Reid Wilson has the first look at a resolution being pushed by Republican National Committee member Jim Bopp, author of the infamous “socialist” resolution, that would aim to prevent future NY-23 disasters by requiring that candidates agree to at least seven of 10 issue promises in order to receive financial ...
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• House Prepares To Renew Expiring Tax Cuts For One Year

  
  Roni Deutch: The Tax Lady Blog — Authority: 434
  After voting to extend the homebuyers credit just a few weeks ago, Congress is already making plans to extend $37 billion in tax cuts for individuals and businesses in 2010. Leaders of the House of Representatives have been working on legislation and assert that they plan to pass the legislation by the end of the ...
  5 days ago

• Could The Bush Tax Cuts Be Ended Early?

  
  InvestorCentric — Authority: 133
  Yes, the government can pass tax increases that are retroactive, as demonstrated by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, signed into law by Bill Clinton. David Galland from Casey Research thinks it could happen again as the democratic majority is in desperate need of raising revenue without expending ...
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• Visual Description for Economics Education

  
  Garnering Right Ideas — Authority: 132
  This should be required reading for every American, especially high school and college students. Our national debt: How much would 12 trillion eggs weigh? .
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• The Economist Magazine on Why We Have to Be Biased Toward Tax Increases in the Short Term

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 511
  The cover story in this week’s Economist magazine discusses “dealing with America’s fiscal hole.” The “hole” is described not as something we’ll have to dig ourselves out of in the far-off future , but something we’re already too far in now .  (The story quotes Bill Gale and Alan ...
  5 days ago

• In Stimulus Piece, New York Times Chooses Bipartisan Balance Over The Truth

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 436
  The New York Times’ Jackie Calmes and Michael Cooper had a pretty informative piece about the stimulus yesterday with the useful takeaway that the package is, more or less, working. It’s been one of the most popular articles on the Times Web site this weekend and could turn into a piece that journalists and ...
  6 days ago

• Palin Comparison: How Neo-Cons Misrepresent Representative Government

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  "There are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people. There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that are appropriate for educated adults; and truths that are appropriate for highly educated adults, and the notion that there should be one set of truths ...
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• Palintology: How Neo-Cons Misrepresent Representative Government

  
  Sex at Dawn — Authority: 100
  "There are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people. There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that are appropriate for educated adults; and truths that are appropriate for highly educated adults, and the notion that there should be one set of truths ...
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• ODT on Key and Tax

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 621
  The ODT reports : Personal tax cuts are back on the agenda of Prime Minister John Key and his enthusiasm for the cuts appear to indicate they could be part of National’s 2011 election manifesto. Speaking to the Otago Daily Times yesterday, Mr Key talked about how a reformed tax system – rewarding people ...
  6 days ago

• Think Again: “History” Isn’t a Dirty Word

  
  On The Hill — Authority: 425
  By Eric Alterman Last week, Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei at Politico reported that the White House planned on making deficit reduction a centerpiece of the next State of the Union address. Allen and Vandehei called the decision “practical” saying that “Obama has spent more money on new programs in nine ...
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• To Create Jobs, Voters Say Cut Taxes and Stop Spending

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  [V]oters have consistently believed that tax cuts would do more than increased government spending to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Now that the nation’s unemployment rate has reached 10.2%, voters continue to hold that view. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 62% believe tax ...
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• To Create Jobs, Voters Say Cut Taxes and Stop Spending

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  [V]oters have consistently believed that tax cuts would do more than increased government spending to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Now that the nation’s unemployment rate has reached 10.2%, voters continue to hold that view. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 62% believe tax ...
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• Promises of tax cuts and the states $851 million budget deficit

  
  Thurber's Thoughts — Authority: 496
  The state of Ohio is facing an $851 million budget deficit following a decision from the Ohio Supreme Court that a source of funding, income from slot machines at racetracks, is subject to a ballot challenge and cannot be implemented as planned.Just like most politicians who dont want to make the tough decisions, Gov. ...
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• The Wisdom of Crowds

  
  Contrarian Musings — Authority: 135
  From Rasmussen : As the policy debate has unfolded in Washington this year, voters have consistently believed that tax cuts would do more than increased government spending to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Now that the nation’s unemployment rate has reached 10.2%, voters continue to hold that view. The ...
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