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How we know that tax cuts for the rich won’t create jobs

By nikflorida on October 25, 2010

The Huffington Post reported today some figures released earlier this month by the Social Security Administration but not reported by a single news outlet or blog until today’s Tax.com commentary by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston: 1 in 34 Americans who earned wages in 2008 earned nothing in 2009. Mean, median, and [...] [...]

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Rick Barber– will he shoot you? Or just shoot off his mouth?

By nikflorida on July 14, 2010

There’s been a lot of discussion about the literal or figurative suggestions behind Alabama GOP’er Rick Barber’s “Gather Your Armies” ad that TPM says “features images of pistols, calls for impeachment and a founding father calling on conservatives to “gather” their “armies” against the IRS,” but I just wonder if folks really want someone this [...] [...]

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Caring for the sick is wrong?

By nikflorida on May 4, 2010

The dangers of increasing upward wealth redistribution in America Michael Eisner’s personal compensation was about $737 Million from 1996 to 2000, more than the annual total of all hourly employees in Orlando, Florida during that time. Meanwhile, under Eisner’s leadership, reports Forbes, Disney’s five-year net income during that same period shrank more than 3% a [...] [...]

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Goldman-Sachs fraud charges and bonuses

By nikflorida on April 18, 2010

I know I should say something about Goldman-Sachs, but I’m just too angry. I’ve noticed that some other bloggers have used words like “lie” and “bullshit.” I’m trying not to do that. Hell, Gordon Brown actually used the term “moral bankruptcy.” And I don’t much disagree with him. Neither do decision-makers [...] [...]

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Ass-U-Me: Generalizations

By nikflorida on April 16, 2010

Last night, The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart had a little fun with Fox News and the Tea Party movement. You can watch the whole rant after the jump, but let’s point out a few things right off: A new CBS/NYT poll that we referenced before found that not only are the Tea Party supporters slightly wealthier and [...] [...]

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