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Pelosi Parts With Obama Over Bush Tax Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that she wants to see the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy repealed "as early as possible." The call fo...

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The Greatest Ponzi Scheme of All Time

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

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Reese Schonfeld

When the President came into office, there were about 278 million people living in America. The national debt was $5.6 trillion. Now there are 307 million of us. The national debt is $10.6 trillion.

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The Sky Is Still Falling

Norman Horowitz | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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Norman Horowitz

Why not begin this with a possibly irrelevant aside? About thirty years ago my boss at Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, was sentenced to community...

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The Bush Presidency in Four Words

Bennet Kelley | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

The one word Americans use most to describe President Bush is "incompetent." While no compliment, the word fails to convey the condemnation warranted by the last eight years.

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Undoing Bush Tax Cuts May Prove Harder than Closing Guantanamo

Pete Cenedella | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Pete Cenedella

The question is: what country does Charlie Gasparino live in? A country where the pressure to make Bush's insane and ineffective tax cuts permanent will grow louder as January 20th approaches.

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Pay It Backward--The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Business

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Larry Gellman

For the last 20 years, I've been hearing that we're in the midst of the Greatest Wealth Transfer in History. The slogan has remained the same but both the beneficiaries of the wealth have changed.

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Bush: People Will 'Look Back' At 'This Moment In Economic History' And Say 'Tax Cuts Work'

Think Progress | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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In remarks to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce today, President Bush continued his rosy rhetoric on the economy. He predicted that in the future...

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An Obama Administration Must Deal with the Underlying Cause of Our Economic Meltdown: The Increasing Concentration of Wealth

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

The bottom line is that the top two percent of the population has managed to siphon off all of America's economic growth over the last eight years.

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If Paying Taxes is Patriotic, Chicagoans are the Best Patriots on Earth

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 09.30.2008 | Chicago

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Brett Ashley McKenzie

If paying taxes makes you patriotic, Chicagoans should get a memorial built in their honor (or just add Harry Caray's face to Mount Rushmore).

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Former Publisher of William F. Buckley's National Review Backs Obama

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

Wick Allison is a lifelong conservative, and he starkly lays out his bona fides in the piece -- and they're impressive.

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Dear John

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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Andrea Batista Schlesinger

We're the middle-class folks you've had so much to say about lately. Even better, we're the ones who are planning to support you. But sometimes, it just doesn't seem like you're listening to us.

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Ashamed

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Fritz Hollings

The nation has to sober up from this binge. Charging the candidates and people now with an understanding of the sacrifice necessary in January is more in order rather than scaring them.

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Obama: Recession Could Delay Rescinding Bush Tax Cuts

AP | Posted 09.07.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next presiden...

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The Issues Are Enough To Achieve Change

John Bruhns | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

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John Bruhns

I became inspired last evening while watching the Democratic convention to write a piece outlining my strong support for the Obama/Biden ticket this November.

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Why Does the Media and the American Public Allow McCain to Ignore the Facts with No Consequences?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

If Britney or Paris were to claim they were virgins, the media and public would go into apoplexy, but McCain can be equally dishonest about important policy issues, and virtually nobody says a word.

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The Great Corporate Tax Heist

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

Remember the old Steve Martin routine on how to make a million dollars and not pay taxes: "First, make a million dollars... Second, don't pay taxes." Turns out Martin's joke is standard operating procedure for corporations in the US.

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"Candy Bombers" Confront a Flooded Wal-Mart Nation

Bennet Kelley | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

In my original post, "'Candy Bombers,' Obama and the End of Wal-Mart Nation", I discussed Andrei Cherny's masterful book about the Berlin Airlift and ...

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McCain's Tax-Cut Economics: Utterly Unaffordable

Demos | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home

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Demos

Supply-side economics or, more to the point, economic policy centered on tax cuts simply does not work. Without question, McCain's plan will pile $2 trillion to $5.7 trillion onto the federal debt.

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The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Curse of Reaganism

Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams

America must come to realize that Reaganism is the philosophical underpinning of our woes. They are due to George W. Bush's mismanagement, but more fundamentally, by our slavish worship of flawed political philosophy.

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Senator McCain's Economic Policies Will Fail -- Big Time

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

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Hale

Once again, we're hearing the great canard -- there is a free lunch, you can have something for nothing and you can cut taxes and increase revenue.

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Friday Talking Points [28] -- It's Debatable...

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The twenty-first debate of the Democratic presidential nomination race happened this week. Much fulminating in the blogosphere immediately followed. ...

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Senate Blocks Moratorium on Earmarks

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.13.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Even with the backing of all three presidential candidates, Senate old-timers in both parties decisively killed a proposed one-year...

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Obama On McCain Tax Flip Flop: I "Guess That's How" You Got Your "Ticket Punched" To Be Nominee

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that Sen. John McCain reversed his position on President Bush's deep tax cuts in order to w...

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Presidential Candidates Channel Bart Simpson

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

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Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

The majority of Americans can be impressively sensible and level-headed when they are given the facts and asked to consider trade-offs, but they don't like to be blindsided.

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Conservative Myths About Taxes

Jeff Madrick | Posted 02.19.2008 | Business

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Jeff Madrick

There is a relentless drumbeat from the conservative press that low taxes are always and everywhere the cure for economic ailments. They are simply not true.

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