the central issue in american politics now is whether the country should reverse a three-decade-long trend of rising inequality in incomes and wealth. Full Story »
Posted by Patricia L'Herrou
An excellent op-ed piece which explains one of the real reasons congressional Republicans are so upset about Obama.
For eight years Rove/Cheney/Bush pulled a reverse Robin Hood—robbing from the poor and giving it to the rich
Even as much of the middle class gets a tax cut or no increase, the well-off will pay more. And before the howling on the right gets too loud, consider that we have just ... More »
the writer uses figures to illustrate that the obama budget is not extreme it is intended to be both transparent unlike the previous ones, and to move toward a 'more moderately equal country'.
Politicians will say lots of things in the coming weeks, but they should be pushed relentlessly to address the bottom-line question: Do they believe that a fairer ... More »
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