President Obama’s response to the serious deficit reduction proposals put forth by House Republicans, led by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), was nothing more than a petulant variation on two tired themes – class warfare and blaming George W. Bush for virtually every problem confronting Obama today — including the growing national debt. In fact, Vice president Joe Biden had heard this boring nonsense so many times before that he actually dozed off.
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Joseph Klein | April 14, 2011 | Posted in
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Who says public radio is boring? We spiced it up Monday by injecting the radical concept of blind justice into a debate over the federal budget deal. Called upon to bring the Tea Party perspective to a roundtable discussion on NPR affiliate KCRW’s To the Point, I joined host Warren Olney, Mother Jones’ David Corn, [...]
Is there a single reason to keep Obama in 2012? I think not.
Robert Reich channels bank robber Willie Sutton in his latest appeal to class envy, but ignores economic reality and the essential moral consideration.
The more the rich pay in America, the more people insist that they’re getting a free ride. Well, here’s a little bad news for progressives who think that way.
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John Hawkins | March 23, 2011 | Posted in
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Rangel is Robin Hood in reverse
By CHARLES HURT
Last Updated: 8:17 AM, October 4, 2009
For those who have studied most closely the decades of Charlie Rangel’s financial tangles and fiscal subterfuge, one doggedly puzzling question overshadows all the rest.
How does Rangel have so much money and where did it come from?
This is a man who draws [...]
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MB Snow | October 5, 2009 | Posted in
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