From the daily archives: Friday, April 22, 2011

Paul Krugman Offers Only Half the Story of Our “Low, Low Taxes”

By Joshua Holland On April 22, 2011  

As I’ve noted before, when compared to other wealthy countries, the U.S. has an extremely “limited” government and one of the lowest tax burdens.

Paul Krugman’s doing a yeoman’s job trying to insert some economic reality into our discourse, and today he offers this corrective to the popular myth that we’re “taxed to [...]

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NY Times Pushes One of Corporate America’s Big Lies About Unions

By Joshua Holland On April 22, 2011  

Dean Baker catches the New York Times giving credence to the widespread myth that American workers can be forced to join a union. Reality: they can’t — it’s illegal even to coerce workers to join a union.

The NYT wrongly told readers that a bill approved by the New Hampshire legislature would, “disallow [...]

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The Economist: It’s the Progressive Caucus Budget Plan that Is Truly “Courageous”

By Joshua Holland On April 22, 2011  

The Economist notes the irony of the GOP’s abomination of a budget plan being called “serious” and “courageous” while a truly brave proposal that would actually, you know, decrease the size of the national debt is largely ignored.

First, a quote from Matt Miller: “Mr Miller’s column notes that ‘the Congressional Progressive Caucus [...]

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Another Lie Debunked: People Don’t Leave States With Higher Taxes On The Rich

By Joshua Holland On April 22, 2011  

A lot of these things conservative tropes fall apart when you apply some basic common sense. Imagine if being really rich. You probably live somewhere that you like quite a lot — otherwise, what’s the point of being wealthy? You’ve established a life in that place, and no doubt value the community, the local school [...]

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Republicans Hearing Citizen Backlash At Town Halls – Actions You Can Take

By Dave Johnson On April 22, 2011  

Note — see action updates below.

Members of Congress are holding local town hall meetings now and into next week, and Republicans are hearing from constituents angry that they voted to privatize Medicare to pay for even more tax cuts for the rich and corporations.

Think Progress has the story:

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I Really Don’t Want to Work ‘Til I Die

By Kenneth Quinnell On April 22, 2011  

I’m writing a series of posts as a blogging fellow for the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, a coalition of more than 270 national and state organizations.

Here’s why:

The Strengthen Social Security Campaign launched a new campaign today “Don’t Make Me Work ‘Til I Die” designed to take on the bad [...]

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