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The super-rich Koch brothers want to supplant America’s will of The People with their own plutocracy. The multibillionaire Charles and David Koch brothers want nothing less than to supplant America’s core democratic principle of majority … Read moreExamining the Kochtopus
With this scam plan to “save” Social Security, workers would keep paying the same 12.4 percent tax on their wages, but would get drastically less paid back to them when they retire. Uncle Sam wants … Read moreThe Republican Plan to ‘Save’ Social Security Would Ruin It
Whoever said that crime doesn’t pay hasn’t seen Wall Street. Hey, can we all just stop complaining that our government coddles Wall Street’s big money-grubbing banks? Sure, they went belly-up and crashed our economy with … Read moreWho Says Crime Doesn’t Pay?
Look out, the ‘fixers’ are coming to ‘fix the debt’ Top corporate chieftains and Wall Street gamblers want to tell Washington how to fix our national debt, so they’ve created a front group called “Fix … Read moreWho’s Behind ‘Fix the Debt’?
Let’s talk Ryan-Romney budget! Yes, the wonky wonderland of the federal budget, with page after page of numbers — what fun, eh? No. Most people would prefer a root canal to a budget discussion (indeed, … Read moreThe Ryan-Romney Flim-flam Ticket
From our Seen & Heard on the Web series: You might be Paul Ryan if… If you admitted that you got into politics because of the impact on you of the philosopher of personal greed … Read moreYou might be Paul Ryan if…
I saw this rant in an email making the rounds, and it got me thinking: Remember, not only did you contribute to Social Security but your employer did too. It totaled 15% of your income … Read moreWhat’s this about a free ride?! We PAID for our Social Security!