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Who Is It That Is Confused About ISIS?

April 28, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

Those who are heavily invested in the notion that it is the religion of Islam that is driving much of the terror in Syria and Iraq and beyond will find these new revelations by the German magazine Der Spiegel tough to swallow.Der Spiegel's … [Read more...]

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Miraculously the Republicans Rediscover the Average American

February 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

As if by magic, the Republican Party has rediscovered most of the rest of us. My neck is still stiff from the political whiplash I sustained when the Grand Old Party radically made its 180-degree course change back to the political middle. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: American Middle Class, American Working Class, barack-obama, Bob Corker, Chattanooga, Chuck Schummer, democratic-party, Earned Income Tax Credit, Economic Policy Institute, Family Leave Child Care Leave, Fawn Johnson, Gender Pay Gap, income-inequality, Infrastructure Spending, Iowa Freedom Summit, jeb-bush, job-creation, john-boehner, Joni Ernst, Keystone XL pipeline, Lawrence H. Summers, Lawrence Mishel, minimum-wage, mitch-mcconnell, mitt-romney, National Journal, new-deal, new-york-times, obama-administration, Occupational Training, paycheck-fairness-act, Public Employee Collective Bargaining, Public Spending, R & D Funding, Radical Republicans, Reince Priebus, republican-party, Revitalize American Manufacturing Innovation Bill, Rick Santorum, Right-toWork Laws, Robert Atkinson, ronald-reagan, Ross Douthat, scott-walker, Sequestration, tea-party, The Center for Economic and Policy Research, U.S. Department of Labor, United Auto Workers, Volkswagen, washington-post, Wealth Gap

The Looming Compromise on Revenues

July 8, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti

Against the backdrop of heightened political rhetoric among conservatives about not being willing to raise tax revenues as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling, there is a growing acknowledgement among many Republicans in Washington … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: americans-for-tax-reform, Debt Negotiations, Entitlement Reform, Eric Cantor, grover-norquist, joe-biden, john-boehner, medicaid, medicare, Mike Lee, mitch-mcconnell, obama-administration, PBS News Hour, Pew Research Polling, republican-party, Saxby Chambliss, social-security, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, tom-coburn, Vin Weber

The value of our public employees

March 4, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

Obama, Cooper says, is a talented politician and leader who came to office with major policy ideas and a plan to improve government performance by using technology, in particular.   All of these things require a commitment of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: collective-bargaining, downsizing, obama-administration, privatization

Drilling and nuclear power are neither safe nor clean

May 2, 2010 By dave-from-hvad

Announcing his off-shore oil drilling expansion plans on March 31,  Obama said:I want to emphasize that this announcement is part of a broader strategy that will move us from an economy that runs on fossil fuels and foreign oil to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: nuclear-power, obama-administration, oil-rig-disaster

Wonk Post: link to the text of the health care bill

December 20, 2009 By paulsimmons

Right here. And here's the Manager's amendment. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, health-care, obama-administration

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Why don't the landlords demand that govts put the houseless/homeless in their rental properties since "give them a house" is too much?

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