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Carl Levin: New War Tax For Rich May Be Needed To Fund Afghan War

bloomberg.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Carl Levin, Afghanistan, Afghan War, Tax Cuts, Stanley McChrystal, Peter Orszag, War Tax, Politics News

Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, ...

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White House Looking To Cut Deficit With Extra TARP Cash

wsj.com | By DEBORAH SOLOMON and JONATHAN WEISMAN | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Recovery, House, Bush, Federal Deficit, Afghanistan, Economy, Deficit Reduction, Budget Deficit, Tax Breaks, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Recession, Deficit, Politics, Bailout, Spending Cuts, Spending, Tim Geithner, Iraq War, Tax Cuts, The Fed, Treasury, Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Senate, Tarp, Tax Increases, Politics News

The Obama administration, under pressure to show it is serious about tackling the budget deficit, is seizing on an unusual target to showcase fiscal r...

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The Deficit Trap

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Cuts, Taxes, Obama Administration, Federal Budget Deficit, Economy, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Business News
Amitai Etzioni

The Obama Administration is planning to start cutting the deficit soon. Even merely to discuss tax raises, expenditure cuts, and the increases in interest rates that are entailed will slow the recovery.

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Pop Quiz: Under Reagan, What Was Peak Unemployment, How Long Before It Began Declining?

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tobacco Industry, Stimulus, Ronald Reagan, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Unemployment Rates, Tax Cuts, Politics News
Paul Abrams

As good students of history, you recognize that Reagan did not inherit the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And tax rates today are already 14% lower than Reagan's 1981 tax cut.

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Smart Profs, Teabagger Administrators -- UC Berkeley Proposes Shutting Invaluable Water Library

Patrick McCully | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Water, Tax Cuts, Teabaggers, UC Berkeley, International Rivers, Water Resources Library Uc Berkeley, California Budget Cuts, Green News
Patrick McCully

This is intellectual vandalism in keeping with the know-nothing, no-tax tendencies of the teabagging conservatives, but surely not of UC Berkeley administrators.

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Rich Germans Demand Higher Taxes

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Taxes, Money, Germany, Germans, Tax Cuts, Taxpayer Money, Taxpayers, German, World News

A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes....

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Congratulations, President Obama

Chris Campbell | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Economy, Axis of Evil, George W. Bush, President Obama, Guantanamo, Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Gay Rights, Unemployment, Martin Luther King, Tax Cuts, Health Care Reform, Jimmy Carter, Climate Change, Health Care, Politics News
Chris Campbell

I find it maddening how quickly the wolves came out. Similar to any policy move that will actually benefit Americans and our standing in the world, the right-wing goes ballistic.

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Blame it on Rio; Don't Blame it on Obama

Michael D. Brown | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Chicago Olympics, Ioc Vote, Ioc, Rio Olympics, Barack Obama, Chicago 2016, Politics News
Michael D. Brown

Brazil was among the last to enter into the current world recession, but is among the first to begin to emerge from the recession. And therein is why Chicago did not get the Olympics.

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The Commerce Secretary From Boeing

David Segal | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Gary Locke, Washington State, Wto, 787 Jetliner, Commerce Secretary, World Trade Organization, Tax Cuts, Department of Commerce, States Rights, Trade Law, Tax Breaks, Airbus, Politics News
David Segal

Former Washington governor Gary Locke has worked hard to minister to the needs of the hometown corporation. Since being appointed as commerce secretary, he has an even higher perch from which he can do so.

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Ask an Average Conservative Blogger

Edward Murray | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Birthers, Liberal Media, Rush Limbaugh, Liberals, Bloggers, George W. Bush, 9/11, Obama, Conservative, Michelle Malkin, Obama Speech, Bush Administration, Tax Cuts, Evolution, Iraq, Health Care, 9/11 Truthers, Comedy News
Edward Murray

Average Conservative Blogger responds to readers' questions.

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Funding Medicare, Funding Health Care

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Entitlements, Dedicated Funding, Social Security, Public Option, Fica, Tax Cuts, Iraq War, Medicare, Health Care, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

The debate around the future of both Medicare and Social Security almost always occurs on a separate track from broader budget discussions and assumes that there is only one way to pay for these programs.

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How Laffer Inadvertently Prophesies The Limits of Capitalism

Stephen Herrington | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: 401(K), Taxes, Wealth, Stock Market, Economy, Economic Crisis, Tax Cuts, Arthur Laffer, Wage Gap, Housing Crisis, Wealth Gap, Fiscal Responsibility, Business News
Stephen Herrington

As the very rich have increased the gulf between their wealth and that of the average citizen, two patterns have emerged.

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Top Obama Admin Economic Advisers Won't Rule Out Middle Class Tax Increase

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Taxes, Obama Administration, Middle Class Tax Cut, Barack Obama, Politics News

During last year's campaign, President Obama vowed to enact a bold agenda without raising taxes for the middle class, a pledge budget experts viewed w...

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Economic Consequences of Health Care Reform

Stephen Herrington | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, U.S. Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Health Care Reform, Tax Cuts, Economic Growth, Health Care, Business News
Stephen Herrington

What difference is there to the economy if consumers spend twice as much as other industrial nations on health care? That is the unanswered question of the health care debate.

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The Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd

David Sirota | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Health Care, Tea Party, Tax Cuts, Warren Buffett, Corporate Taxes, Tax Code, Politics News
David Sirota

The furor of the teabaggers is finally laying bare the greed and selfishness at the heart of the conservative movement. Here, I debunk the major myths coming from the Right on taxes.

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Unpatridiotic

Lance Simmens | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Tax Day Tea Party, Patriotism, The Family, High School Sports, Death Tax, Progressive-Income-Tax, Tax Cuts, Flat Tax, Unpatriotic, Patriot, States Taxing, Public Safety, Politics News
Lance Simmens

A flat tax is regressive, adversely affects the poorest the worst, and rejects the notion that those who are most able should contribute more to the perpetuation of an equitable and just society.

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Growth: Never More Needed, Never More Misunderstood

Michael Pento | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Cuts, Public Spending, Growth, Private Sector Growth, Inflation, Private Sector, Ecnomic Growth, Business News
Michael Pento

What constitutes real growth and the pathway to achieve it has never before been more confused. Real growth comes from empowering the private sector by cutting taxes and reducing public spending.

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In Dependence Day 2009

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, American Revolution, US Military, Congress, Social Security, America, Economy, Cheney, George W. Bush, President Obama, Redistribution of Wealth, Obama, Democratic Party, Bush Tax Cuts, Dick Cheney, Deficit, Military, Wealth, Tax Cuts, Enlistment Bonuses, Financial Crisis, Medicare, Republican Party, Taxes, Credit Crisis, Entitlement, Democrats, Fourth of July, Barack Obama, Iraq War, John Ensign, Federal Budget Deficit, Independence Day, Sarah Palin, Military Recruiting, Iraq, Republicans, Politics News
Larry Gellman

We have never been more reliant on the generosity of others and less able to act like grown-ups and fend for ourselves than any time since the Revolution.

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Sanford Takes Me to Sunday School

Donnie Fowler | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Enhanced Interrogations, Gop, Mark Sanford, Poor, Jesus, South Carolina, Republicans, Politics News
Donnie Fowler

South Carolina's Governor Mark Sanford announced two great epiphanies today: why he should not resign (gosh, we thought he was going to) and why his fellow South Carolina Republicans would not cooperate with him the last few years (no, it's not why you think).

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Sam Stein

VA GOP Candidate Praises Bush: I Want His Economic Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Economics, Tax Cuts, Bob Mcdonnell, Bob Mcdonnell Bush, Bush Economic Record, Bush Years, Politics News

The legacy of George W. Bush has weighed heavily on the Republican Party, casting a large shadow over GOP candidates in the past two national election...

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Weekly Audit: Ending the Economic Status Quo Economy NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Payday Loans, Finance Lobby, Newsladder, Consumer Credit Products, Banking Lobby, Banking Industry, Economy NewsLadder, Predatory Lending Laws, Subprime Mortgages, Tax Cuts, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Interest Rates, Chris Dodd, Consumer Protection, Stimulus Package, Unions, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Zach Carter, TMC MediaWire Blogger The banking lobby still holds enough sway inside the Beltway to torpedo sensible consumer protection rules, ev...

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Fear and Looting in America: How Wealth Begets Wealth on the Hill

Les Leopold | Posted 07.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Cuts, Banks, Financial Crisis, Congress, Corporate America, Lobbyists, Economy, Wealth, Lobbying, New York Times, Corporate Greed, Business News
Les Leopold

This shift in wealth in America since the 1970s created an unholy cycle of more lobbying for more benefits for the super-rich and large corporations, who in turn paid for even more lobbying -- a cycle that still is in full motion.

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We Need More Tax Justice

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Cuts, Taxes, Fukuyama, Barack Obama Taxes, War, Business News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

It is our generation's duty to lead a change, to think of a better world and future and step forward to implement it. We must dare.

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Elite Deception and the Rise of Inequality

Sahil Kapur | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush, Conservatives, Elite, John Kerry, Tax Cuts, Gop, John McCain, Democrats, Barack Obama, Deregulation, Elitism, Republicans, Politics News
Sahil Kapur

By deflecting their elitism onto their rivals, the party of plutocrats has for decades held the trust of millions of Americans while simultaneously swindling them.

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Sam Stein

Rove, Plouffe Do Battle Over Obama, Their Own Books, And More

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Plouffe, Karl Rove, Rove Plouffe, Rove Taxes Plouffe Tatxes, Ecoomy, Ethics, Tax Cuts, Spar Rove Plouffe, Panetta Institute, Max Cleland, Politics and Bipartisanship, Politics News

The two most successful modern presidential campaign gurus sparred on Monday night on topics ranging from the quality of each other's books to the siz...

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