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Neocon Republicans and the Super-Rich

December 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Politics, taxes

Now that the Neocon Republicans have shown us their colors in the bright light of day….no tax cuts for the lower 98% of Americans unless they can have huge tax cuts for the top 2%…we can get on about our business. They have made it clear who they are and whom they favor. Here is [...]

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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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