Turning Karl Marx upside down, Republicans argue that when the money is taken from the poor and Middle Class it is not class warfare. Rather, it is the natural order of things. The money goes where it is supposed to go according to trickle-down economics – into the pockets of the wealthy. Gone unsaid by the Republicans, these tax cuts increased the federal deficit. Continue reading →
Earth to the Republican Party: David Stockman, the architect of Reaganomics, declared on NPR that “Reagan would never support extending the Bush tax cuts.” Stockman took this assertion a step further in calling out the Republican leadership for perverting the notions of fiscal conservatism and betraying what the Party used to stand for. He laid his harshest blame on the Bush administration. Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Economy, Featured News, Issues, Recession, Republican Party, Sarah Jones, Taxes, White House
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Tagged Bush tax cuts, bush tax cuts and President Reagan's economic advisor, Cato Institute, david stockman, Reaganomics, Republicans are not being honest about the Bush tax cuts, Republicans are not fiscal conservatives, Republicans betray fiscal conservatism, Ronald Reagan, Stockton on NPR, theory of Reaganomics, who will pay for Bush tax cuts
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In a speech about the economy at Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, MO, President Obama set out not only to highlight jobs being created in the green energy sector, but he also jabbed at Republicans for distorting his record on tax cuts. Obama said, “We immediately cut taxes, that’s right. You wouldn’t know it from listening to folks, but we cut taxes for working families…” Continue reading →
It seems the GOP, in its quest to distort the racist realities of Arizona’s immigration reform law, is forgetting about W’s ill-fated attempt at pushing his own immigration reform legislation in 2007. Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Economy, George W. Bush, Media, Republican Party, Taxes, Tea Party, Todd Curl, Wing Nut Circus, immigration
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Tagged Arizona immigration law, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, George W. Bush, illegal immigration law, immigration reform, immigration reform act of 2007, Jan Brewer, racial profiling, racism, teabaggers
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One of the things that have not been reported on about Barack Obama’s visit to Buffalo, NY today was his reaction to a question about abolishing the IRS and moving to a flat tax. Obama said, “In order to have a flat tax that was revenue-neutral, that didn’t add to the deficit, it’d have to be a pretty substantial tax, but it would mean a huge tax break for Warren Buffett.” Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Buffalo, Fair Tax, Flat Tax, Industrial Support Inc., news, NY, politics
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A weekly round up of the Republican Wing Nut Circus; from Teabaggers protesting their tax cuts to Rush’s pagan paranoia causing him to blame a volcano on the passage of healthcare reform, it’s been a wild ride. Continue reading →
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Tagged Fox News, Glenn Beck, Obama tax reductions, Republican Round Up, Tea Party ignorance
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The last time middle classes taxes were this low was in 1995 (2008 was an exception). A big, whopping thank you to President Obama and the Democrats for looking out for the middle class instead of the wealthy. Meanwhile, “Tea Partiers” are out protesting their taxes, half of which they don’t pay, while others have been reduced. Continue reading →
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Tagged hypocrisy of Tea Party, inherent conflict within Tea Party message, Tax Day, Taxed enough already, taxes under Obama, tea party is a joke, Tea Party is mainly Republican and far right, Tea Party's tax message
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Fox News continued their network wide attempt to dumb down America tonight on The O’Reilly Factor, when host Bill O’Reilly was complaining about taxes, when he argued that Obama is to blame for increasing state and local taxes because, “all taxes are taxes. That’s taxes. That’s more money out of your wallet.” No Bill. President Obama doesn’t control state and local taxes. Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News, local taxes, news, politics, state taxes, The O'Reilly Factor
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What exactly does the modern day conservative stand for? They’ve got a lot of confusion going on there, and not too many solid, consistent values. We’ve got regression, rage, and stupidity as an on-going theme, and the omni-present hatred of the “other”. Continue reading →
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, campaign finance, climate change, conservative values are anti-american, conservatives family values, Glenn Beck, Obama, retard, unity MSNBC
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