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    LET’S DROWN GROVER IN THE BATHTUB INSTEAD

    MAY 23, 2013 7:51PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, waterboarding, occupy wall street, revolution, confederacy, farb, hardcore, freedomworks, nazism, matt kibbe, tea party nation, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party, liberalism, cato foundation, heritage foundation, americans for prosperity, charles and david koch, koch industries, national sovereignty, borrow and spend, deficit spending, national debt, democratic party, republican party, gop, finance, money, muppets, polaroid, conservatism, irs, taxes, self interest, work, individualism, politics is not economics, economics, politics, capitalism, democracy, state capitalism, fascism, mussolini, corporatism, club for growth, americans for tax reform, grover norquist

    • 8 Ratings
    • 314 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    The Center Cannot Hold

    MAY 12, 2013 11:55AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: class conflict, racism, upton sinclair, thomas edsall, paul krugman, james kwak, simon johnson, bob dole, welfare state, new deal, winner take all society, nazism, liberalism, socialism, immigration, george f. will, grand bargain, stimulus, keynesian economics, democracy, far right, radicalism, no tax pledge, grover norquist, newt gingrich, paul ryan, mitt romney, unemployment, fiscal policy, tax increases, austerity, capitalism, tea party, debt ceiling, national debt, fiscal cliff, bipartisanship, democratic party, republican party, economics, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 276 Views
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    AMERICA NEEDS A BIGGER DEFICIT

    MARCH 11, 2013 10:46AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: deficit, national debt, mmt, gop, deficit hawks

    • 0 Ratings
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    PARTISAN POLITICS: GET READY FOR THE DOUCHEBAG SEQUESTER

    FEBRUARY 27, 2013 9:40AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, military/industrial complex, occupy wall street, anti-government, anti-governmental activity, libertarianism, rand paul, mitch mcconnell, american crossroads, freedomworks, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party, americans for prosperity, david and charles koch, koch brothers, americans for tax reform, club for growth, grover norquist, pop economics, ideology, deficit spending, national debt, debt, free market economics, keynesianism, republican party, conservatism, sequester, speaker of the house, president, barack obama, john boehner

    • 1 Ratings
    • 172 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Mali: Here We Go Again

    JANUARY 18, 2013 12:07AM

    By Global Rev


    Topics: mali, rebels, insurgents, gop, obama, pentagon, retirement, national debt, globalrevwordpress.com. deficit spending, globalrev.org

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    • 115 Views
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    JOHN BOEHNER: SPEAKER LOONEY TUNES PASSES THE BUCK

    DECEMBER 20, 2012 11:17AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, americans for prosperity, american crossroads, crossroads gps, karl rove, freedomworks, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, corporatism, wall street, financial sector, deficit hawks, right wing blogosphere, bloomberg news, current television, msnbc, fox news, cbs, nbc, abc, commercial media, cato insititute, heritage foundation, conservative movement, conservatism, republican party, double-dip recession, economy, free market, free market advocacy, tea party caucus, dysfunctional government, fiscal cliff, occupy wall street, one percent, social security, medicare, fiscal cliff, bush administration, bush/cheney administration, smaller government, government regulation, national debt, obama administration, barack obama, tax cuts, tax hikes, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, heritage action fund, eric cantor, john boehner

    • 2 Ratings
    • 163 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Fiscal Cliff is in our Rearview Mirror

    NOVEMBER 28, 2012 12:23PM

    By Kenn Jacobine


    Topics: 91 percent marginal tax rate, national debt, fiscal cliff

    • 0 Ratings
    • 158 Views
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    5 Other Expressions for “Fiscal Cliff”

    NOVEMBER 11, 2012 5:04PM

    By Jeff Sawyer


    Topics: for+sale, news, business, national debt, economy, fiscal cliff

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    HEY! LET’S GET WALL STREET TO BAIL-OUT NEW YORK CITY!

    OCTOBER 31, 2012 3:59PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: taxation, borrow and spend, deficit spending, national debt, debt, federal spending, u. s. government, the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, americans for tax reform, luxury apartment tower, equestrian class, patrician class, american royalty, nobility, nobelese oblige, polaroid, grover norquist, american crossroads, crossroads gps, karl rove, the bailout, tarp, strike debt, occupy wall street, the one percent, billionaires, millionaires, americans for prosperity, charles and david koch, koch industries, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, american family association, christianity, focus on the family, michael huckabee, the cato institute, hurricane sandy, money, extraction, greed, cash cows, profit margins, profit, efficiency, shrinking government, smaller government, libertarianism, ron paul, the heritage foundation, the washington consensus, washington d. c., delaware, connecticut, north carolina, government downsizing, the ryan plan, eric cantor, virginia, new york, new jersey, atlantic city, new york city, state's rights, fema, privatization, "the shock doctrine: the rise of disaster capitalism", naomi klein, disaster capitalism, jeb bush, paul ryan, ann romney, mitt romney, isle of jersey, tax havens, bermuda tax haven, hedge fund managers, hedge funds, offshoring, grand cayman, swiss bank accounts, jamie dimon, j. p. morgan-chase, black rock, goldman sachs, wall street

    • 4 Ratings
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    • 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

    • 1 Ratings
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    ISRAEL: WHAT IS AMERICA? ISRAEL’S “GIANT ROBOT”?

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 8:19PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, war for profit, military/industrial complex, bombs, missles, boeing, grumman, texas instruments, bechtel, lockheed martin, americans for prosperity, koch brothers, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party express, tea party, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, arafat, hamas, gaza strip, palestinians, palestine, nazi germany, nazism, holocaust, karl rove, crossroads gps, flex net, paul wolfowitz, daniel perle, neoconservatism, american crossroads, national debt, defict spending, afghanistan, iraq, fox news, family research council, focus on the family, aipac, pat robertson, christian dominionism, evangelical movement, conservatism, republican party, entangling alliances, foreign aid, benjamin netanyahu, proliferation, middle east nuclear weapons, america, united states, iran, israel

    • 0 Ratings
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    An Alarming Fiscal Tale

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 4:08PM

    By Dan Glover


    Topics: national debt, federal budget, deficit, budget cuts, entitlements, economy

    • 1 Ratings
    • 195 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    REPUBLICANS YAMMERING ABOUT DEBT

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 10:39AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: mitt romney, paul ryan, reince priebus, chris christie, republican party, campaign 2012, national debt, $16 trillion debt, borrow and spend, tax cuts, economy, finance, goldman sachs, u. s. justice department, eric holder, barack obama, fraud, malfeasance, grover norqusist, americans for tax reform, national sovereignty, debtor nation, tax cuts for millionaires, congress, u. s. senate, tea party, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party express, dick armey, freedomworks, karl rove, crossroads gps, american crossroads, charles and david koch, koch industries, americans for prosperity, neoconservatism, george w. bush, conservatism, gordon hilgers

    • 2 Ratings
    • 268 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    The End is Nigh

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 12:52PM

    By Kenn Jacobine


    Topics: keynesianism, national debt, federal reserve, recession

    • 0 Ratings
    • 160 Views
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    ROMNEY: NEO-CONS AND GIANT-ROBOT AMERICA

    SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 12:56PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: occupy wall street, wall street, finance, politics, gordon hilgers, new america foundation, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, americans for prosperity, charles and david koch, american crossroads, crossroads gps, karl rove, american right to life association, rapture, focus on the family, shared sacrifice, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party, national review, william kristol, vladimir putin, russia, war with syria, war with iran, syria, iran, national debt, economic downturn, u. s. economy, u. s. treasury, non-governmental operatives, shadow elite, janine wedel, flex-net, foreign affairs, foreign policy, israel, needless war, perpetual war, war for profit, republican party, trotskyites, neo-con, neoconservatism, irving kristol, donald rumsfeld, paul wolfowitz, daniel perle, mitt romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 186 Views
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    Barack Hussein Obama - Call to Action!

    AUGUST 15, 2012 2:08PM

    By PonteVedraMan


    Topics: politics, taxpayers, national debt, george bush, democrats, liberals, harry reid, nancy pelosi, class warfare, chinese, china, jim walker, pontevedraman, sub-prime mortgages, karl marx, plato, thomas more, utopia, barack hussein obama

    • 0 Ratings
    • 231 Views
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    Obama: What to do when nothing to run on?

    AUGUST 12, 2012 2:14PM

    By PonteVedraMan


    Topics: politics, taxpayers, national debt, george bush, democrats, liberals, harry reid, nancy pelosi, class warfare, chinese, china, jim walker, pontevedraman, sub-prime mortgages, karl marx, plato, thomas more, utopia, barack hussein obama, al franken, fraudulent votes

    • 4 Ratings
    • 330 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Susie's Parable

    AUGUST 9, 2012 12:39AM

    By Uncle Chris


    Topics: politics, paulitics, welfare, national socialism, socialism, national budget, national debt, deficit

    • 1 Ratings
    • 525 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Jim Walker's "State of the Obama Union"

    JUNE 27, 2012 11:08PM

    By PonteVedraMan


    Topics: barack hussein obama, utopia, thomas more, plato, karl marx, sub-prime mortgages, pontevedraman, jim walker, china, chinese, class warfare, nancy pelosi, harry reid, liberals, democrats, george bush, national debt, taxpayers, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 287 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Obama: The treachery and deceit never stops!

    JUNE 22, 2012 12:37AM

    By PonteVedraMan


    Topics: politics, taxpayers, national debt, george bush, democrats, liberals, harry reid, nancy pelosi, class warfare, chinese, china, jim walker, pontevedraman, sub-prime mortgages, karl marx, plato, thomas more, utopia, barack hussein obama

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