Stable Genius Liberal

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If there was violence at Target the right-wing talking heads would be on Fox blaming it on the horror of liberalism and the liberal media. Violence at red-state retailer Wall-Mart and no one suggests that it could possibly be related to the glorification of violence and the gun culture seen in red states?

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The average Bush tax cut in 2011 for a taxpayer in the richest one percent is greater than the average income of the other 99 percent ($66,384 compared to $58,506). The Average Bush Tax Cut For The 1 Percent This Year Will Be Greater Than The Average Income Of The Other 99 Percent | ThinkProgress

Huntsman and the GOP Debate on Too Big To Fail

There are a series of proposals, mostly surrounding taxes and caps on size, leverage and presumably complexity. The first bullet point, a cap on size relative to GDP, is similar to the SAFE Banking Act, which failed in the 2010 Senate with 33 votes. They all sound like good ideas, though they received little-to-no GOP… Continue reading Huntsman and the GOP Debate on Too Big To Fail

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If CRA is the caused of the housing bubble, why did countries without the CRA have housing bubbles? (via The Bonddad Blog: About that GSE/CRA Causing the Bubble Argument ….)

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The appetite of red states for federal subsidies mocks the tirades of their politicians against the federal government. In March 2008, on the verge of the Great Recession, 22 Republican states were net recipients of federal subsidies, while only 10 Democratic-leaning states were. Sixteen blue states were net payers of federal taxes, compared to only… Continue reading Untitled

Egypt Justifies Attacks On Protesters By Pointing To…America

I’ve noticed that the same people who cheered water boarding are cheering on the use of pepper spray on the dirty hippies at OWS.

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It’s fine to be unconcerned that the rich are getting richer, but blind to deny that middle-class wages have stagnated or worse over the past dozen years. In the aftershock of 2008, large numbers of Americans feel exploited and abused. Rather than workable solutions, my party is offering low taxes for the currently rich and… Continue reading Untitled

Obama’s Rope-A-Dope

Last summer during the debt ceiling hostage crisis, Obama appeared to be the loser, but yesterday Republicans woke up to the reality that they lost Big Time–that we were going to get $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions, with 50% of the cuts coming from the military and none of the cuts from Social Security and… Continue reading Obama’s Rope-A-Dope

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downlo: The ten stupidest objections to the Occupy movement