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False Deficit Narrative

Tyranny of Plutocracy: Holding People Hostage Over a Fiscal & Climate Cliff

Michele Swenson | Posted 02.26.2013 | Denver
Read More: People's Budget, Economic & Climate Extortion, Tyranny of Plutocracy, Grand Bargain, Speculative Oil Derivatives, Jobs Deficit, William Black, Koch Brothers, Kochtopus, False Deficit Narrative, Alec, Simpson-Bowles, Medicare & Social Security Cuts, Privatization of Commons, Ecological Destruction, Tax Cuts for Elites, Upward Redistribution of Wealth, Victor Menotti, Job Creation, Rep. Jan Shakowsky's Fariness in Taxation Act, Denver News
Michele Swenson

The common good continues to be subordinated to the corporate bottom line in Washington, where dialogue has been almost exclusively reduced to forms of extortion of the working class by the monied class, at the expense of the planet and democracy.

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Open Letter to President Obama: Election Mandate to Govern for the Common Good of 99%, Not the Greed of 1%

Michele Swenson | Posted 01.15.2013 | Politics
Read More: Fix the Debt, Great Betrayal, Medicare-for-All, Medicare Part D, False Deficit Narrative, Wealth Transfer Upward, Inflationary Health Costs, Privatize Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security, Grand Bargain, Widening Disparity of Wealth, Huge Tax Breaks for Wealthy, Negotiate Bulk-Rate Drugs, Peter Peterson, Social Security Trust Fund, Politics News
Michele Swenson

The "Grand Bargain" promoted by Wall St. is in reality the "Great Betrayal" of the people who elected you. You, not Republicans, won a mandate to stand for people.

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Two-Party Distorted Economic Dialogue & The Need for Open Presidential Debates

Michele Swenson | Posted 11.20.2012 | Politics
Read More: Jack Rasmus, Taxpayer Subsidies, Upward Wealth Redistribution, President Obama, SLC Olympics, Cutting Medicare Medicaid & Social Security, Mitt Romney, Deficit Spending, Entitlement, $4 Trillion Income Shift, Presidential Debate Commission, Austerity, Budget Cuts, Joseph Stiglitz, Bank Bailouts, False Deficit Narrative, Wealth Inequity, Paul Ryan, Third-Party Candidates, Rent-Seeking, Politics News
Michele Swenson

The central unspoken issue in 2012 remains the continued 30-year wealth shift upward, exacerbated by Washington's false deficit narrative and calls for austerity that actually expand wealth inequity.

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