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The Economics of Robert Reich.

October 19th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Economics, Education, jobs, Politics, Populism, taxes, The Budget

Many short men are taller than Robert Reich. But as they said about Ari Onassis (who wasn’t that short, Ms. Onassis was just a little taller) he was not so short when he stood on his wallet. When Dr. Reich stands on his intellect, he is about the same height as Bill Russell. Do you [...]

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It Is Time to Balance the Budget on the Backs of the Rich

March 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Education, Labor, Politics

It is time to stop stealing the pension funds of firemen and teachers and nurses. It is time for real Americans to stand up. It is time to give the 1%, the 3 million people out of 300 million who take home 55%…55%…of all income in this country to start paying back what they and [...]

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Why Governor Walker and the Neocons Hate Unions

March 12th, 2011 · Comments Off · Education, jobs, Politics, taxes

The Neocon Republicans believe that government should intrude in our lives when it comes to religion and abortion and tax cuts for the rich and guns not only for hunting but for hunting people clearly dislike programs to put people to work. The reason they don’t want to put people to work is their Faustian [...]

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Neocon Corporate Moguls Attack Middle Class Workers

February 27th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Education, Labor, Politics, Wall Street

This is a country that has created some of the greatest industries and the greatest fortunes in the history of the world. In 1883 Thomas Edison and many others began the age of electricity, lighting homes and powering the enormous scope of machines, appliances and useful devices. By the turn of the 21st Century we [...]

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Are Neocons Making Us Latin America?

April 6th, 2010 · Comments Off · Economics, Education, International affairs, Politics

This is not about immigration or our borders. It is not about cultural differences or becoming more Hispanic. This is about a growing income inequality in the United States that is just now beginning to mirror some parts of Latin America. While we are in the midst of the Great Recession, the United States has [...]

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American Ignorance and Republican Arrogance

August 13th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Education, Health Care, Politics

Mobs of people, stirred up by lies, are attending town halls on health care reform. The town halls are being held, by and large, by Democratic members of the House and Senate. The biggest reason is to bring out the facts about the health care reform bill that Congress and the President are building for [...]

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