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Give everything to the rich?

Posted Tue, 12/13/2011 - 09:49 by jim

Newt Gingrich has proposed creating a flat tax plan which is designed specifically to give huge tax cuts to the richest of Americans. Here is a chart that shows the distribution of tax burden that would result from the plan.

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Arithmetic Has A Well-Known Keynesian Bias

Posted Fri, 10/14/2011 - 13:23 by jim

Some people still need to learn their basic math. Paul Krugman explains why.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/arithmetic-has-a-well-known-...

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TACOMA: Blame taxpayers, not teachers

Posted Tue, 09/06/2011 - 10:23 by jim

TACOMA: Blame taxpayers, not teachers

George Robison, Gig Harbor

Published September 2, 2011

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Right-wing smears

Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 14:35 by jim

Right-wing smear campaigns have been targeting Democrats, liberals, and others who support or teach labor history and union rights. Everyone should be aware of the tactics being used, so that if you see a report, that makes it appear someone on the left is doing bad, you really need to dig deeper and find the facts before you judge. Too many of these right-wing smears have been taken seriously, and have turned out to be slander through careful editing and taking statements out of context.

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Single Payer Health Care for Oregon

Posted Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:10 by jim

This weekend will be a conference in Portland on single payer health care. I plan to be there! I am convinced that the best solution to our growing health care crisis is to establish a solid single payer system. This SHOULD be done at a national level, but if the US Congress will not enact it, then states should enact their own single payer systems.