Category: politics

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a family’s economic situation is a bigger determinative force in a child’s academic performance than any other major demographic factor. For poor kids, that means the intensifying hardships of poverty are now creating massive obstacles to academic progress. What real education reform looks like – Salon.com

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When government taxes you, it’s common sense. When government taxes me, it is socialism. Norquist Tells GOP That Raising Taxes On The Middle Class Doesn’t Count As A Tax Increase | ThinkProgress

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“The House under Republican rule consists half of people who think like Michele Bachmann and half of people who are afraid of losing a primary to people who think like Michele Bachmann” – Barney Frank: From zombietwain

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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

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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