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Paying For Tax Cuts For The Rich And War Debt By Cutting Pensions For Retirees Now because the national debt and continued borrowing -- caused by the huge tax cuts for the rich and two wars -- has exploded, corporations and the media elite insist that we pay for it by slashing the pensions of Seniors. Obama Stimulus bill saved troubled economy President Barack Obama hailed Wednesday's one-year-old economic stimulus law as an accomplishment that staved off another Great Depression and kept up to 2 million people on the job. Democrats continue to push for financial transaction tax Backers of a financial transaction tax -- including labor unions and liberal groups -- say such a fee could raise more than $100 billion a year to reduce the deficit, create jobs, and more. Stimulus Hypocrisy: 111 Congressmembers Voted against Recovery, Now Taking Credit For Its Success Leading the Hypocrisy Parade in the House and Senate are: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), Rep. Steve King (R-IA), Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Beck loses 103 sponsors as his UK television broadcast runs for five days straight without any ads Some of the latest defections include Allstate Insurance, Anheuser-Busch, Idaho Potato Commission, Marriott International, Volkswagen, and Western Union. The G.O.P.'s Mixed Message Unfortunately for Republicans like Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), there are at least two essential flaws in their plan to privatize Medicare. The first is that Medicare — that government-run experiment, now almost 45 years old — remains exceptionally popular across all income, ideological, geographical and age groups. It is especially popular when compared with private insurers, beating them on measures of customer satisfaction, security and trust by 20 percentage points or more. The second flaw is that Medicare — that costly, budget-busting entitlement — continues to exceed private-sector providers in efficiency by well over 10 percent. Senate Dems Urge Public Option by Reconciliation In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), four upper-chamber Democrats — Sens. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) and Michael Bennet (Colo.) — argue that including the public option would improve not only the Senate’s health reform bill, but also “the public’s perception of it.” Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue seeks a shake-up of state government Perdue plans a major restructuring of state government that would make four constitutional offices appointed, rather than elected. Perdue’s plan, which would require approval of voters in November, would allow future governors to appoint the state’s insurance, labor and agriculture commissioners, as well as the state school superintendent. Research Team Finds Subtropical Waters Flushing Through Greenland Fjord A research team led by Fiamma Straneo, a physical oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, found that subtropical waters are reaching Greenland's glaciers, driving melting and likely triggering an acceleration of ice loss. Melting ice also means more fresh water in the ocean, which could flood into the North Atlantic and disrupt a global system of currents, known as the Ocean Conveyor. John Mellencamp for Senator? Indiana has many fine Democrats who would make good Senate candidates, but John Mellencamp is unique, one of a kind, a voice for the people who believes America needs a new brand of politics and new kind of leadership in the Senate to lift the standards of our politics and the spirit of our nation. Greece’s economy, much like the ancient Parthenon, is in ruin The Greek financial scandal in which Goldman Sachs stands accused of selling dubious derivatives that concealed enormous government debt has sent the Greek economy and European markets into a tailspin. Wall Street’s War Against Main Street America Although Wall Street has extracted $13 trillion in bailouts just since October 2008, the thought of raising taxes on wealth to pay just $1 trillion over an entire decade for Social Security or health insurance is deemed a crisis that would lead Wall Street to shut down the economy. It is telling governments to shift to a regressive tax system to make up the fiscal shortfall by raising taxes on labor and cutting back public spending on the economy at large. This is what is plunging economies from California to Greece and the Baltics into fiscal and financial crisis. Wall Street’s solution – to balance the budget by cutting back the government’s social contract and deregulating finance all the more – will shrink the economy and make the budget deficits even more severe. Bank Of North Dakota: America's Only 'Socialist' Bank Is Thriving During Downturn The Bank of North Dakota serves as an economic development agency and "banker's bank" that lessens the loan risks of private banks and helps them finance larger projects. It offers cheap loans to farmers, students and businesses. The Bank of North Dakota was a cornerstone of the agenda of the Nonpartisan League, a farmers' political insurgency spawned by anger about outside control of North Dakota's credit and grain markets. Those Forced to Watch FOX News Now Have Cards to Get It Turned Off Yes, you have three free downloadable options for leaving the message in public places — and to relatives and friends — to TurnOffFOX. Does Dick Cheney Want to be Prosecuted? Former vice president Dick Cheney seems proud of his criminal misadventures, as he took to the airwaves to brag about them. "I was a big supporter of waterboarding," Cheney said in an appearance on ABC's This Week. He went on to explain that Justice Department lawyers had been instructed to write legal opinions to cover the use of this and other torture techniques after the White House had settled on them. Section 2340A of the federal criminal code makes it an offense to torture or to conspire to torture. Banks step up spending on lobbying to fight proposed stiffer regulations Expenditures jumped 12% to $29.8 million last year among the eight financial firms that spent the most to influence legislation. Bank lobbyists are trying to limit just how much the industry has to change. They are fighting some provisions in the Obama administration's broad industry-overhaul proposal, especially a plan to create a consumer protection agency to oversee financial services. Despair Not An Option There are a lot of angry people out there, and we have plenty of reasons to be mad. But that doesn’t mean we have to be stupid. The Tea Party movement claims to be a populist, grassroots organization. But those “grassroots” were groomed by former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks, political advocacy groups linked to oilman David Koch and other Republican operatives. Events were promoted by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox “News” and the Wall Street Journal. Also, there are several Tea Party groups, but Tea Party Nation, a for-profit corporation, charged $549 for a convention in Nashville that drew about 600 teabaggers to hear such luminaries as former US Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), who longed for the good old days of literacy tests for voters, and former half-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), who thinks we should abandon hope for change. Trumka: No Deal on NLRB Nominees President Obama must act immediately to restore the ability of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to protect the rights of American workers by giving recess appointments to two nominees who are being blocked by Senate Republican obstructionists, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said. In hard times, Americans blame the poor Matt Wray, a sociologist at Temple University, agreed: "Hatred of the poor is fueled by the middle class's fear of falling during hard times." Americans don't understand how the poor are victimized by a lack of jobs, inefficient schools, and unsafe neighborhoods, experts say. CPAC Session on Jihad, Free Speech Attracts Complaints A panel discussion on the threat posed by "Islamic supremacism," Shariah and political correctness at the Conservative Political Action Conference, stirs complaints from some American Muslims that the exercise amounts to Muslim-bashing. Stimulus is reason why depression no longer possible U.S. President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus prevented another Great Depression while creating or preserving 2 million jobs, according to a White House report. GOP Was For the Health Care Summit Before it was Against It Republicans have not yet accepted the invitation and have said that the White House should start from scratch with a clean sheet of paper. Gibbs mocked the party for not immediately accepting a meeting they called for. Barney Frank: Partisanship is out of control in Congress Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank says Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh is right that Capitol Hill's partisanship is getting out of control. But Frank says his fellow Democrat could do more to change that by staying in Congress and helping change the filibuster rule than by stepping out of public service. US foreign policy: Speaking too softly Relations between America and China may chill over a meeting with the Dalai Lama. President Clinton impeachment prosecutor Ken Starr named president of Baylor University Ken Starr, dean of the Pepperdine School of Law, has been named president of Baylor University, a private Baptist school in Waco, Texas. Bachmann Claims Bush Only Built Up $400 Billion In Debt Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) headlined an event on Friday for the North Dakota Republican Party, and lambasted President Obama for what she saw as his historically terrible handling of the nation's finances. The only problem, however, was that her pronouncements didn't bear much resemblance to reality: Bush's debt was actually $2.4 TRILLION. Wisconsin Billboard Calls for Obama's Ouster Billboard asks for his impeachment, even though the owner says Obama hasn't committed an impeachable offense. Search for More Political News and Information:
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