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Class Warfare

President-Elect Obama, Tax The Rich To Keep Deficits Lower

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Class Warfare, Wall Street, Taxes, Working Life, Financial Crisis, Deficits, Transactions Tax, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

When a political leader says the country will have to make some "very difficult choices", as Obama did, history instructs us that it is average people that get nailed. And it doesn't have to be that way.

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Governor Paterson, Have You Lost Your Moral Compass?

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fairness, The Rich, Class Warfare, Taxes, David Paterson, Pensions, New York Budget, New York State Budget, Paterson Budget, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

It's regular people who had nothing to do with this financial disaster who continue to take the hit. In New York, Paterson's new budget takes aim at workers and lets the rich of the hook.

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The Nasty Class and Anti-Union Bias of Auto Bailout Opposition, or the Wall Street-Detroit Double Standard

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Blue Collar, Auto Bailout, Uaw, Class Warfare, Wall Street Crisis, Wages, Pensions, Compensation, Executive Compensation, Health Care, Business News
Robert Weissman

Nancy Pelosi says the Congressional Republicans are playing Russian Roulette with the economy by refusing to agree to an auto industry bailout. But f...

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Detroit Drives to DC and Dr. Deming Invents Japan

Steve Parker | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Pontiac Silver Streak Woodie Wagon, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Class Warfare, Hemi Hybrids, Cars, Infrastructure Repair, Infrastructure, Green Cars, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Hybrid Cars, Daihatsu Naked, Ipod, Subway, Ucla, Detroit Three, Chicago Cubs, Detroit CEOs, W. Edwards Deming, Detroit Automakers, Green Infrastructure, Bullet Trains, US Capitol, Monorail, Jeep, Japan, Mitsubishi Mirage, Light Rail, Tarp, Wall Street Bailout, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, President Obama, Ford, Las Vegas Hilton, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Bob Lutz, Southern California, Credit Markets Tight, Japanese Cars, Robert Nardelli, Electric Cars, Washington, Detroit, Congressional Oversight, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit Bailout, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Gas Electric Hybrids, Daihatsu Charade, Uaw, Gm, Alan Mulally, Electric Car Infrastructure, National Infrastructure, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Mitsubishi Precis, Wall Street, US Marines, Hitachi, Lourdes, Narita, Business News
Steve Parker

We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.

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Breaking News -- College Is Unaffordable for Most

Anya Kamenetz | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Tuition, College, Economy, Class Warfare, Recession, Economic Crisis, Living News
Anya Kamenetz

If one year at a public university costs more than half of the income of the poorest fifth of the population, that's no meritocracy.

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John Edwards for Labor Secretary

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, John Edwards, Wages, Class Warfare, Unions, Poverty, Obama Labor Secretary, Trade, Obama's Cabinet, Eric Holder, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Since Edwards left the race, how many times have we heard the word "poverty" uttered, much less had a national debate about poverty?

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You Got Screwed, CEOs Made a Fortune

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Greed, Class Warfare, Wall Street Journal, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Housing Crisis, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

This is a story that seems all too familiar: trillions of dollars in retirement and savings are gone, millions of jobs will be lost, and we're facing a severe economic crisis.

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It's Bozo The Clown's Fault, Not The "Free Market"

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 12.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Wages, Class Warfare, American Dream, Pensions, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Bozo the Clown, Financial Crisis, Alan Greenspan, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

The current president's pronouncements that the "free market" isn't at fault for the financial meltdown led me to dig deep, investigate and discover the real culprit: Bozo The Clown.

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We Have Plenty Of Money -- The Rich Are Killing Us

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Climate Change, Class Warfare, Health Care, Taxes, The Rich, Progressive Taxation, Progressive Taxes, Wealthy, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Wealth, Wealthy Americans, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

While our country is disintegrating, the rich are hiding. They are hiding behind a decades-long ideology that paralyzes the political system from being serious about what the rich should pay.

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Killer Campaign Gossip

Zondra Hughes | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama, Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, John McCain, Election 2008, Class Warfare, Chicago News
Zondra Hughes

These people went into little booths, pulled back the curtain, and continuously jabbed, and stabbed... And when the dust settled, classism was dead.

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Decline with a Chance of Fall

Thomas Frank | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, John McCain, Election Reaction, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, HuffPost Election Reaction, Class Warfare, Obama Presidency, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Acknowledging class was always difficult for "New Democrats" -- it was second-wave, it was divisive -- but 2008 made retro politics cool again.

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The Re-New Deal, The Palin Effect and Spreading the Wealth Around

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Obama, Class Warfare, American Dream, Re-New Deal, RedistributingWealth in America, Economy, Sarah Palin, Palin Effect, Politics News
Karen Kisslinger

We're supposed to be class free and infinitely upwardly mobile, but downward mobility is the order of the day and only radical change in the form of a "Renew Deal" can turn it around.

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America Needs to Reevaluate Social Conditions That Let Poverty Persist

Jane Devin | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Equality, Politics, Child Poverty, Education, Poverty, Injustice, Solutions to Poverty, Class Warfare, Obama Poverty, Mccain Poverty, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Home News
Jane Devin

In the political dialogue of soccer moms, bubbas, the liberal elite, family values, Joe Six-Packs, and the omnipresent nuclear family, the poor have all but become invisible. It's not trendy to talk about the poor in an age dominated by bootstrap philosophies, plastic surgery, jogging suits, and positive thinking mantras.

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My Friends, Obama's "Class Warfare" Raises Taxes On Hardworking Americans... Like A-Rod And Madonna

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York Yankees, John McCain, 2008 Presidential Debates, Madonna, Donald Trump, Cindy McCain, 2008 Presidential Race, John McCain Health Care Plan, Class Warfare, Alex Rodriguez, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Tony Sachs

Alex wants to buy a small country and turn the population into his personal servants. But he looked at your tax plan and he saw that he was going to pay much higher taxes.

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Upper Class Pillaging

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Corporate Responsibility, Wall Street, Economy, Middle Class, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Obama, Obama Middle Class, Upper Class, Capitalism, Class Warfare, Barack Obama, Business News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

Warren Buffet says, "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."

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Paint McCain a Red-Baiter

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Free Markets, Joe Mccarthy, John McCain, Hewlett-Packard, Communist, Commie, Credit Default Swaps, Barack Obama, Ubs, Aig, Red States, Golden Parachute, Wall Street, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, Ceo, Deregulation, Phil Gramm, Glass-Steagall Act, Joe Mccain, Class Warfare, Carly Fiorina, Red-Baiting, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

The "small government" Bush and Republican Congress increased spending, thus replacing the budget surplus bequeathed them with deficits.

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It Isn't "Chic" to Cut Back -- It's Crucial

Betsy Perry | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Depression, Lifestyle, Class Warfare, Wealthy, Wealth, Economy, Economic Crisis, New York City, Business News
Betsy Perry

It isn't "chic" to pretend to cut back; for most of us, it's crucial. But you don't put on your down-on-my-luck face or it shows, and no one wants to hang around a loser.

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Class Warfare: The Middle Class Demands A Fair Share

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Class Warfare, Wall Street, Economy, Middle Class, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Capitalism, Business News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

Middle class Americans need to ask themselves and their government: are these giveaways and bailouts the only way to stimulate and save the economy?

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U.S. Businesses Hiding $58 Billion of Your Money

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Corporate Welfare, Corporate Crime, Class Warfare, Taxes, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

The money just never got to the government -- it's sitting in corporate coffers, gathering interest and/or being used for purposes that it was never intended for.

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The Minimum Wage: A Disgrace and a Scandal

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Taxes, Minimum Wage, Class Warfare, Poverty, U.S. Economy, Economy, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Now totaling the grand sum of $6.55 an hour, the minimum wage is a disgrace and a sad commentary about the state of our social safety net, the economy and our political system.

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Paying Off Clinton's Debt: Not A Dime For Mark Penn

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Colombia, Hillary Clinton, Karen Hughes, Corporate Power, Class Warfare, Mark Penn, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Penn has hated everything about the movement for change long before he helped pilot the Clinton presidential campaign to disaster. Now he's teaming up with Karen Hughes in a "bi-partisan" effort.

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War, The Economy And The Death of A Man

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Andrew Seabrooks, Iraq War, Class Warfare, Jobs, Afghanistan War, US Soldiers, Economy, Recession, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

In the United States, a man who wanted to work could not find enough work to keep him from being homeless. So, he went back to war so he could make enough money to survive. And he died.

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My Mother: A Nana for Obama

Sherman Yellen | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Class Warfare, Boca Raton, Obama Jewish Vote, Fdr, Obama Florida, John McCain Florida, Franklin Roosevelt, Miami, Elderly Americans, Barack Obama, Elderly Vote Florida GOP, Politics News
Sherman Yellen

Simply said, my mother would have voted for Obama to keep her promise to the future, "for the sake of the kids. I hope that many of those in Florida, and elsewhere, planning to vote for McCain think again.

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O Bubba, Where Art Thou?

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Good Ole Boys, Bill Clinton, Racism, Class Warfare, George W. Bush, The Bubba Vote, West Virginia, Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Primary, Barack Obama, Pandering, The GOP Southern Strategy, Home News
Linda Hansen

Bubba's not just in Ohio and Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky. He's not just Southern white trash. He's in every socio-economic class. Scratch his politically correct veneer and have a look-see.

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