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    Conservative "Reformers" Face Uphill Climb

    JUNE 8, 2013 8:09AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: economics, republican party, conservative movement, right wing, freedom, authoritarianism, college republicans, millennial voters, autopsy report, marriage equality, fox news, bi-partisanship, conservative reformers, theocrats, libertarians, constitutional conservatives, jim demint, heritage foundation, democracy, bill clinton, al gore, democratic leadership council, tom delay, depression, inequality, climate change, natural law, ken cuccinelli, rev. ew jackson, washington beltway establishment, market oriented, compassionate conservatism, too big to fail banks, wage stagnation, middle class, public opinion, rand paul, crime, welfare, entitlement programs, ronald reagan, gary hart, jon huntsman, th, open call, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 230 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    'Fix the Debt' GOP Droppings

    MARCH 24, 2013 1:34AM

    By Global Rev


    Topics: ryan, romney, health care, republicans, greed, corporate criminals, tax evasion, middle class, fix the debt, pat robertson, marco rubio, gop, pete peterson

    • 2 Ratings
    • 287 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Winning Back House Key To Second Term

    MARCH 19, 2013 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: thomas edsall, state of the union address, house of representatives, 2014 election, federal government, american medical assocation, infrastructure, technology, education, progressive agenda, unemployment, liquidity trap, depression, welfare state, bush tax cuts, military spending, debts and deficits, liberal, conservative, supply side economics, keynesian stimulus, paul krugman, middle class, socialist, fiscal cliff, jeffrey sachs, tea party, fiscal responsibility, budget cut, tax hike, sequester, austerity, john boehner, democratic party, debt ceiling, republican party, president obama, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 186 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Reich on Hollowed Out America

    FEBRUARY 23, 2013 1:57PM

    By Sean Fenley


    Topics: wage slaves, thirdworldization, robert reich, middle class, elite greed, egalitarianism, austerity, america

    • 0 Ratings
    • 109 Views
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    CONGRESS IS WHAT THE MAYANS WARNED US ABOUT

    DECEMBER 21, 2012 7:18AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: john boehner, eric cantor, u. s. congress, congress, u. s. house of representatives, house of representatives, house, republican party, conservative movement, fiscal cliff, sequester, dysfunctional government, barack obama, progressives, liberalism, progressivism, democratic party, big business, financial sector, regulations, government intervention, government intrusion, small government, big government, extremism, heritage foundation, cato institute, club for growth, occupy wall street, one percent, taxes, taxing the rich, economics, free market economics, ludwig von mises institute, ron paul, rand paul, libertarianism, double dip recession, middle class, karl rove, crossroads gps, american crossroads, freedomworks, tea party, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party caucus, michele bachmann, speaker of the house, grover norquist, americans for tax reform, gordon hilgers, the daily complaint

    • 1 Ratings
    • 678 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Republicans Ambush Labor in Michigan

    DECEMBER 19, 2012 2:45PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: plutocracy, middle class, tea party, minimum wage, social security, collective bargaining, freedom, worker rights, democracy, ej dionne, theodore st. antoine, mediation, university of michigan law school, governor snyder, michigan, labor law, right to work, republican party, labor unions, economics, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 787 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Conservatives Now Favor Spreading the Wealth

    NOVEMBER 29, 2012 10:51AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: bill o, fox news, social darwinism, survival of the fittest, republican party, george f will, michael gerson, grover norquist, no tax pledge, fiscal cliff, middle class, stock market, housing bubble, financial crisis, plutocracy, civil rights movement, southern oligarchy, minimum wage, child labor, jim crow

    • 4 Ratings
    • 461 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    "It's the Auto Industry Stupid"

    OCTOBER 25, 2012 3:21PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economisc, mitt romney, president obama, auto industry, auto bailout, paul ryan, bankruptcy, republican party, democratic party, austerity, fiscal stimulus, ohio, wisconsin, michigan, joe biden, us navy, middle class, tax cuts, national debt, unemployment, wall street, jobs, george w. bush, gross domestic product, us exports, fannie mae and freddie mac, financial crisis, fraud, mortgage back securities, bank of america prosecution, conservatism, right wing, white working class vote, let detroit go bankrupt

    • 10 Ratings
    • 807 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Romney to Obama: Sit Down and Shut Up

    OCTOBER 20, 2012 11:38AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: group loyalty, george w. bush, right wing, 47%, bain capitall, sean hannity, conservative media, mitch mcconnell, bipartisanship, tea party, ridicule, mockery, romnesia, political deception, work requirements, welfare, budget deficit, middle class, tax cuts, medicare, robert altemeyer, ethnocentrism, republican obstructionism, olympia snowe, matt taibbi, freedom of speech, ann coulter, karl rove, libya, candy crowley, plutocracy, democracy, fairness doctrine, conformity, law and order, hierarchy, authoritarianism, right wing, rush limbaugh, glenn beck, john sununu, fox news, " ann coulter, "moderate mitt, democratic party, republican party, presidential debates, paul ryan, joe biden, president obama, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3443 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Romney/Ryan and That Supply-Side Black Magic

    OCTOBER 15, 2012 12:39PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, 2012 election, paul ryan, joe biden, mitt romney, president obama, supply side economics, bruce bartlett, john f. kennedy, tax cut, tax deductions, ronald reagan, president eisenhower, economic growth, trickle-down economics, bain capital, china, plutocracy, oligarchy, grover norquist, middle class, keynesian economics, stimulus package

    • 14 Ratings
    • 364 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Woe Betide

    OCTOBER 7, 2012 1:40PM

    By themanhattankid


    Topics: os, future, budget cuts, middle class, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 168 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    First Get Your Definitions Straight

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 3:19PM

    By Naithom


    Topics: poor, presidential campaign, middle class, mitt romney

    • 3 Ratings
    • 779 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Will the world’s middle classes rise up, in a Helvetian War?

    AUGUST 29, 2012 9:08PM

    By David Brin


    Topics: oligarchy, economy, middle class, tax, business, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 180 Views
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    Poverty Notebook: Data to Bring to the Watercooler

    JULY 31, 2012 12:24PM

    By prismguard


    Topics: george bernard shaw, ayn rand, karl marx, john kenneth galbraith, barbara ehrenreich, christopher hedges, any goodman, don bartlett, jim steele, bill moyers, tax cut deadlock, ben bernanke, david wessel, fiscal cliff, capitalism, american dream, joblessness, free trade, oligarchy, exploitation, hunger, international corporations, middle class, one per centers, occupy wall street, corporate control of media, 2012 election, 2008 financial crisis, mortgage crisis, global economy, american economy

    • 2 Ratings
    • 374 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    MITT ROMNEY: CONSERVATIVE PREP FOR MARXIST REVOLUTION?

    JULY 17, 2012 12:07PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, revolution, poverty, middle class, proletariat, karl marx, citizens united, sheldon adelson, american crossroads, crossroads gps, karl rove, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party, communist international, comintern, bolshevik revolution, bolshevik, vladimir lenin, free market, liberalism, ronald reagan, richard pipes, marxism, wic, tanf, food stamps, medicaid, medicare, welfare, social security, social welfare programs, free market, neoconservatism, conservatism, republican party, mitt romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 588 Views
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    Team Obama pushes utterly uninspiring money race

    JUNE 30, 2012 5:18PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: wisconsin, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, working class, belief/religion, environment, economy, feminism, gay/lesbian, arnold schwarzenegger, barack obama, billionaires, california, democratic party, gray davis, green party, jerry brown, john kerry, john mccain, julianna smoot, labor, labor movement, labor unions, meg whitman, middle class, millionaires, mitt, mitt romney, mittens romney, money-grubbing weasels, mormon cult, mormonism, mormons, nutmeg whitman, obama, obamabots, political fundraising, politics, president barack obama, president obama, presidential politics, romney, sarah palin, scott walker, stephanie cutter, team obama

    • 6 Ratings
    • 925 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Regressive Taxation of the Obamacare Policy

    JUNE 28, 2012 2:33PM

    By Sean Fenley


    Topics: uninsured americans, taxation, regressive, obamacare, military spending, middle class

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2194 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Middle Class: “Help, I’m MELTING!”

    JUNE 14, 2012 8:35AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, economy, joseph stiglitz, the price of inequality: how today's divided society endangers our future, fed survey, economic meltdown, middle class, loss of net worth, democracy now, amy goodman, jamie dimon, great recession, great depression

    • 9 Ratings
    • 1261 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    My last vote for the lesser of two evils

    JUNE 12, 2012 12:49AM

    By Karen McKim


    Topics: politics, wisconsin, ohio, obama, walker, recalls, labor, middle class, protests, occupy

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1288 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Thoughts on the morning after in Wisconsin

    JUNE 6, 2012 1:02PM

    By Karen McKim


    Topics: politics, wisconsin, walker, recalls, labor, middle class, protests, occupy

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