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Ryan's 19th-century Budget Plan

Harlan Green | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Read More: Paul Krugman, Cbpp, Paul Ryan, Paul Ryan Budget, Robert Greenstein, European Austerity, Austerity, Politics News
Harlan Green

It is a vicious circle that those who still espouse 19th-century free market economics do not want to recognize. What applied to a rural America where 70 percent still lived on farms cannot apply today to an urbanized U.S.

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Weekly Pulse: DCCC Ad Shows Grandpa Stripping for Extra Cash to Pay for Medicare

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.20.2011 | Politics
Read More: Funny, Elderly, Abortion, Family Planning, RH Reality Check, Jane Roberts, Stripping, Budget, Poll, Medicaid, Ad, Choice, Katha Pollitt, Alternet, Dccc, Video, Unfpa, Insurance, Mother Jones, Suzi Khimm, Health Insurance, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Grandpa, Cbpp, Josh Holland, Usaid, Politics News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z7FiBsR8OQ[/youtube] How will the next generation of seniors ...

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'Tax Freedom Day' May Overstate Middle-Class Tax Burden

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 06.12.2011 | Business
Read More: Ezra Klein, Kail Padgitt, Federal Deficit, Tax Freedom Day Critique, US Government, Tax Freedom Day, Net National Product, Tax Foundation, Robert Stoker, Taxing the Poor, Cbpp, Criticism, Business News

One hundred and one days. That's how long it will take Americans to earn enough income to pay off their total 2011 tax obligation to the U.S. gover...

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Corporate Tax Revenues Are At Historic Lows, Report Says

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Marginal Tax Rate, Corporate Tax Rates, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, Chuck Marr, Corporations, Office of Management and Budget, Cbpp, Business News

Even as the federal deficit has ballooned, U.S. corporations are paying lower tax bills than ever before, according to one measure. That's the take...

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