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Tea Party Gov. Wants To Deny Food Stamps To Anyone With Over $5,000 In Assets
Maine’s Tea Party Gov. Paul LePage’s administration announced new “reforms” to the state’s welfare system. In classic Republican fashion, the governor decided that punishing the poor for being poor was the best course of action and said the state will now have an “asset test” for anyone who applies for food stamps. According to the new “test” if…
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California Just Outlawed Undisclosed 'Dark Money' Donations To Political Campaigns
We are all familiar with the infamous 2010 Supreme Court Citizens United decision, in which the Court ruled that it was a violation of the First Amendment for the government to prohibit political expenditures by a nonprofit corporation. The decision unleashed a torrent of dark money into our politics, threatening the integrity of our democracy and…
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Robert Reich To GOP: Defunding Planned Parenthood Is Immoral And Awful For The Economy (VIDEO)
While there’s obviously a moral reason to allow women dominion over their own bodies, Robert Reich wants you to know there are economic benefits, as well.
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Colorado Becomes First State In History To Collect More Taxes From Pot Than Alcohol
The marijuana legalization experiments underway in Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington have attracted a lot of attention around the country as test sites for the effects of legalization and exploring pot’s potential as a source of tax revenue. The first numbers are in, and they point to a resounding success: the state of Colorado’s Department…
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Republicans Enraged As Obama On Track To Completely Eliminate Deficit By 2017
One of the most hurtful lies that Republicans hurl at President Obama is the false claim that he is responsible for the ballooning of our nation’s national debt. It is especially grating to know that couldn’t be further from the truth, since President Obama was forced to inherit George W. Bush’s colossal deficit and has made…
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Robert Reich To GOP: Start Jailing Wall Street Crooks & Stop Obsessing Over People's Sex Lives
Political economist Robert Reich slammed Republicans for focusing on regulating their version of morality in private lives while ignoring actual issues our country faces today. While you can’t throw a stone without hitting a conservative screaming about the sanctity of his or her eleventeenth marriage, it is quite irregular to find one of these patriots questioning the…
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Justice Department: Forget Settling, We're Going After Criminal Wall Street Executives Now
We all remember the pain and anguish of 2007, when the housing market bubble burst and caused our economy to take a nose dive. In 2008, we entered the Great Recession, leading to millions of Americans losing their jobs, life savings, houses and retirements. It was the worst crisis we have seen since the Great…
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Jeb Bush: I'm Going To Give Even MORE Tax Cuts To Billionaires & Wall Street Than My Brother
By now, it is common knowledge that the George W. Bush tax cuts only served to funnel more money into the hands of the wealthiest Americans, slashed our national tax revenues, ballooned our deficit, and played a huge role in exacerbating the tremendous income inequality in our nation. Crucially, they shifted the burden of taxes from the rich…
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Obama's Consumer Protection Agency Slams The Hammer Down On Student Loan Sharks
Student loans and the rampant profiteering off of the dreams of our youth is quickly becoming one of the biggest travesties to ever afflict American society. For far too long, Wall Street and the predatory, exploitative practices of lending agencies have been reaping millions off of the sweat and tears of college graduates. It’s about…
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U.S. Farmers: Trump's Immigration Plan Would Spell Disaster For Our Agricultural Industry
Donald Trump and reality have never been friends. His anti-immigration rhetoric and the all the weeping about the fact that “they took our jobs!” is patently false, designed to stir up the easily frightened and those inclined to mistrust – and real American business owners are confronting him with the facts. According to a piece…