Such Is The Power of Propaganda
Why does "everyone know" that Social Security will need to be restructured? Because it has been repeated so often that people believe it is true.
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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 7]
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics
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It's been a busy week in Washington, providing lots and lots of fodder for this week's Friday Talking Points column. After being named last week's Mos...
More Proof the GOP Is Retreating In the Tax Wars
David Sirota | Posted 10.20.2007 | Politics
The Colorado Republican leadership is berating the very tax cuts they championed.
OJ Makes List Of California's Worst Tax Scofflaws
Los Angeles Times | Patrick McGreevy | Posted 10.17.2007 | Entertainment
Tapping into the fear of public humiliation to get Californians to pay up on delinquent state income taxes, the state has released a list of Californi...
Confronting the Anti-Tax Hollow Men
David Sirota | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics
That's how revolutions end -- not with a bang, but with a whimper. And that goes for the Republicans' 30-year anti-tax revolution.
Preserving "A Tax Loophole the Size of A Mack Truck"
David Sirota | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics
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The tax shenanigans are so nauseating that even some principled Republicans are outraged.
Thompson Pockets $12 Million in Acting Fees Over Last Year
politico | Kenneth P. Vogel | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics
Thompson, a former Tennessee senator who is perhaps best known for his role in NBC crime drama "Law & Order," earned as much as $12.1 million since Ja...
Roadkill: OffTheBus's Ongoing RoundUp of the Awkward, the Ugly, and the Just Plain Weird
Off The Bus | Posted 10.08.2007 | Home
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McCain's pork fetish. Richardson does weddings. Requirements for Huckabee's National Fundraising Director.
Three Card Romney
Chris Kelly | Posted 10.07.2007 | Politics
How strongly does Romney hate taxes? Last week, he not only signed a pledge to oppose all tax increases, he also snapped the pen in half, shattered the desk with a single blow, and made powerful animal love to Grover Norquist on the shards.
Do Taxes 'Hurt'? Is Government Bad?
Dave Johnson | Posted 10.07.2007 | Politics
Are taxes really an affliction? Is government really a negative force in society? Let's step back from the affliction frame for a second and take a different look at the idea of taxes and government.
Minnesota Makes (More?) News -- What Can We Learn?
Joe Bodell | Posted 09.23.2007 | Politics
"Fiscal conservative" and "fiscally responsible" are two entirely different and, in recent history, contradictory concepts. Look to Governor Tim Pawlenty to see this contradiction in action.
Column: The Lesson of the DMV
David Sirota | Posted 09.14.2007 | Politics
Conservative syndicated columnists dominate disproportionately dominate newspapers. So I am going to need readers like you to contact your local papers asking them to carry my column.
Democrats Can't Capitulate on Economic Fairness, Either
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 09.07.2007 | Business
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Should the rich and wealthy, who are making astronomical profits, be allowed to pay less than hard-working Americans?
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