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Income tax cuts are the problem, not the solution

By Adam Lambert On January 20, 2012  

Much has been made about income taxes and income tax cuts – not just by Republicans, who base their entire economic plan on less taxes (which of course will usually vastly benefit their base by every conceivable metric), but also by Democrats lately as a way to provide stimulus or help in a time of [...]

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Businesses Hire When Customers Are Coming In The Door

By Dave Johnson On June 9, 2011  

Another bad jobless claims report… and this time Washington seems to have finally noticed that there are some unemployed people out here in the sticks. But instead of jobs programs the geniuses are proposing … what else? … even more tax cuts. (And after a few hours they’ll go back to complaining about [...]

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Building the New Paradigm for Money in Politics

By Joe Brewer On March 16, 2011  

The single largest problem in American politics is corporate control of the democratic process. We have watched over the years as moneyed interests have built vast networks of think tanks, bought up and consolidated media, and increasingly gained influence over elections and policy-making.

At the heart of this problem is money. Those who have accumulated [...]

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“Maybe you shouldn’t have supported trillions in unfunded wars…”

By Adam Lambert On February 28, 2011  

What “the great deficit debate” really boils down to is one thing: priorities.

Deficits weren’t a priority when nearly all Republicans and a good number of Democrats voted for the ill conceived and ill advised invasions and occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq close to a decade ago. They weren’t a priority when tens, if not [...]

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