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Vote Against the Conrad-Gregg Amendment!

The Economy dgraz - January 26, 2010 43

Here is an interesting letter I received from AARP this morning: If you and I don't act now – the future of Social Security and...

Round One of the New President Obama: The Populist

The Economy KQµårk 死神 - January 21, 2010 109

According to AP "Obama Steps Up His Campaign Against Wall Street Banks". It seems like the first part of President Obama retooling his efforts is...

Why The Revolution Won’t Be Televised

The Economy whatsthatsound - January 11, 2010 66

Click image to enlarge Keep you doped with religion, and sex and TV; and you think you're so clever and classless and free; but you're still f**king...

How does unemployment affect elections?

The Economy dgraz - January 9, 2010 35

Click graph to enlarge I have heard many of the political pundits say that if the unemployment pictures does not improve we can expect one...

Chinese Take Out

The Economy AdLib - January 9, 2010 60

I know this is hard to imagine but what if the financial industry in a nation conspired to create a dishonest system that looked...

The Golden Bubble

The Economy AdLib - January 8, 2010 48

It really isn't hard to spot an economic "bubble", all you have to do is ask yourself, "Where are all the voices of 'common...

No Satisfaction

The Economy javaz - January 5, 2010 28

The Conference Board Research Group has released the results of their survey regarding job satisfaction and the results show that 45% of Americans are...

“Populist Republican” is an Oxymoron

The Economy KQµårk 死神 - January 5, 2010 48

The next big issue Congress is addressing is regulation reform. It is bad enough that there are corporate Democrats that are going to water...

Death to the “Death” Tax?

The Economy AdLib - December 29, 2009 8

Thanks to a discussion on NPR yesterday, I became aware of a little provision in tax law that in the age of the wealthy...

The Tea Party is Biting the Hand that Feeds Them?

The Economy Scheherazade - December 24, 2009 14

From Talking Points Memo: Tea Partiers' Next Target: American Business? The end-all-regulation, my-health-insurance-company-is-just-fine-thanks crowd in the Tea Party movement have found an unlikely target for their...

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Vote Against the Conrad-Gregg Amendment!

Round One of the New President Obama: The Populist

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How does unemployment affect elections?

Chinese Take Out

The Golden Bubble

No Satisfaction

“Populist Republican” is an Oxymoron

Death to the “Death” Tax?

The Tea Party is Biting the Hand that Feeds Them?

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