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    On Taxes and Coming Out of Recession

    August 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitalism, Economics, Politics, jobs

    This is a short piece about taxes and jobs. One would hope that this blog is not the only place where there is a serious call for all Americans to begin to call, write and even assemble and march to the offices of our elected officials to lobby for for jobs. We need jobs desperately [...]

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    Creating Jobs in the United States

    August 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, Health Care, Labor, Media, Politics, jobs

    There are several problems with the current jobs situation and those are in addition to the fact that one out of approximately 8 people you see walking down the street is either unemployed or has only a part-time job. Of course, for some people, the idea of a part-time job is difficult to imagine, as [...]

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    How to Fix Social Security and Balance the Budget

    August 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Economics, Politics, Populism

    Michael Hiltzik’s August 6 column in the LA TIMES was pretty thought-provoking on the current Social Security dialogue. And it leads to some rather interesting points that should be raised about Social Security solvency, Medicare, Medicaid, and the future of entitlement programs.
    It also brings up some questions on taxes. We will show exactly how [...]

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    The Great Neocon Budget Hoax

    August 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Economics, Lobbying, Politics, Populism, Wall Street, taxes

    Representative Paul Ryan, Neocon-Republican of Wisconsin, has laid out an economic plan for the future of the country. The problem with his plan, however, is that it makes several flawed assumptions.
    First of all it assumes that the American People will never figure out that tax cuts for those in brackets from over $350,000 [...]

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    A Populist Plan to Restore the Economy

    August 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Economics, Politics, Populism, jobs

    This will short and to the point. This is a simple plan to handle a simple problem.
    Yes, it is not as complicated by a factor of 1000 as the Neoconservative Republicans in Congress and all their Right Wing radio commentators and corporate-sponsored lobbying “think tanks” like Cato, Heritage, AEI and others too numerous to list…would [...]

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    Neocons and National Debt

    August 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Economics, Lobbying, Politics, taxes

    Income taxes were first levied to pay for the Civil War. After the Civil War, personal income taxes were abolished and there were basically no income taxes from 1868 to 1913. Taxes on liquor and tobacco were the chief sources of revenue for the Federal government.
    To fund the U.S. participation in World War I, [...]

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    The Bush-Cheney Pro-Poverty Programs

    July 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Courts and the Law, Culture, Economics, Human Rights, Politics

    In 8 years in office, Bill Clinton, in addition to creating 22 million jobs, left office having lifted 5 million people out of poverty. When George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (who have somehow avoided prosecution for war crimes) left office there were about 12 million unemployed and only 3 million jobs had been created [...]

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    Neocons Trying to Split the Middle Class

    July 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Economics, Politics, jobs, taxes

    Divide and conquer…that’s their motto. As ancient as the Romans and as current as the Rovians. The Neoconservative plan is to pit the American Middle Class against itself. Those on Social Security and unemployment insurance will campaign to keep those vital income streams alive and the Neoconservatives will work against them trying to have them [...]

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    The Current Common Wisdom Is Wrong

    July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, Health Care, Lobbying, Media, Wall Street, jobs

    We often refer to the “common wisdom” in society, the general knowledge passed on by word of mouth locally, regionally and eventually expressed in print or on television…and after which people say…oh, yeah, that makes sense.
    The fact is that the common wisdom often works because the underlying rules are pretty clear in most situations. [...]

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    Jon Kyl and the Paris Hilton Retirement Plan

    July 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Corporations and Industry, Economics, Politics, Populism, taxes

    Here’s how you prepare for retirement.
    You figure out a way to be born into a very wealth family. Your daddy dies and you get his fortune.
    The Republicans, Neocon Republicans all, in the Senate and the House are hard at work on Paris Hilton’s retirement plan. If daddy should die this year, then all [...]

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    The Neocon Roadmap to Take Us Over the Cliff

    July 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Capitalism, Economics, Health Care, Politics, taxes

    The Neocons have a wonderful new mantra…”austerity”…a lovely word that means, “let’s cut your government benefits so we can cut my taxes.”
    It is expressed colorfully in Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan’s web site “A Roadmap for America.” Tadaa! It expresses so much of the Neocon agenda so beautifully that everyone should read it, just [...]

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    Neoconservatives Versus Americans

    July 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Corporations and Industry, Economics, Politics, taxes

    When someone attacks your arguments or comments on your lifestyle, that may be a source of irritation or possibly even anxiety. But when people try to take away your home, or your food or your health…that is no longer argumentation on principles. That is physical aggression. That is an attack on your very well being. [...]

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    Sinister Economics

    July 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, Lobbying, Politics, Populism, Wall Street

    Let’s understand one thing. The economic problems of the country were not caused by “Progressive” or “Liberal” or “Populist” policies. They were caused in the last 30 years and they were caused by an ideology that did not embrace rational thought, either in economics or in politics or in human relationships.
    It can only be compared, [...]

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    Government by Lobbyist

    July 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Corporations and Industry, Economics, Health Care, Lobbying, Politics, Wall Street

    The recent Citizens United verdict by the Supreme Court makes one thing clear. For the time being, at least, lobbying is here to stay and has been given even greater abilities to interfere in the legislation and administration of the United States.
    What we have now is a law that says that any corporation, and probably [...]

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    Net Neutrality–Free Speech on the Internet

    July 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Courts and the Law, Economics, Media, Politics, Science & Technology

    Someone asked recently, “What can I do?” when it comes to issues of political and economic power being used as a wedge or leverage against the average American.
    Sometimes there is very little anyone can do. For instance, the Supreme Court recently made several rulings setting back established law 60 or 70 years. It [...]

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