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Why I’m a progressive: reason #1
Whenever conservatives bring up the unfairness of progressive taxes think to yourself how fair it is that the top 10% of the U.S. population holds nearly 70% of all its wealth. Do those 10% do 70% of...
View ArticleReform both parties can/should embrace
There seems to be a plan that both conservatives and progressives can get behind that will bring about fundamental, and needed reforms to Social Security, taxation, and health care, so it stands to...
View ArticleOut of touch
This post could be about how out of touch congress is to be trying to do what they have been doing recently. Namely, trying to repeal the estate tax, shooting down an increase in the minimum wage (when...
View ArticleToo smart to be put in place
Charles Wheelan, author of Naked Economics has a new Big Idea: An Energy Tax (link no longer works because Yahoo doesn’t understand the Internet) Create a carbon tax — basically a tax on energy...
View ArticleNew Democratic talking points
Bill Maher has a new set of talking points for the Democrats. I think they are fairly good. See the abridged versions below: 1) When they say, “Democrats will raise taxes,” you say, “We have to,...
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