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Third Debate: John McFeisty -vs- Barack Obama

The third presidential debate was best.  John McCain was sometime spunky and sometimes fiery, and Barack Obama was cool, thoughtful and right as usual.
Their passion is a refreshing change from what we’re getting from the Current Occupant:  Bush now appears before the TV cameras to address the nation about the financial crisis and he delivers […]

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NEWSFLASH - John McCain is a Rich Man!

He’s so rich that he can’t even keep track of how many houses he and his wife Cindy own.  When asked about it by Poltico.com yesterday, he said:
“I think — I’ll have my staff get to you.  It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.”
He later told Politico that they have at least […]

The Downward Spiral of the Bush Years

Some happy thoughts from Bob Herbert today:
Maybe now we can stop listening to the geniuses who insisted that the way to nirvana was to ignore the broad national interest while catering to the desires of those who were already the wealthiest among us.

Former Senator Bill Bradley, in a conversation the other day, described the amount […]

Alternative Minimum Tax Blunder

The Alternative Minimum Tax instituted in 1969 was put in affect to prevent a very small number of very rich Americans from using accounting tricks to avoid paying any income taxes.  How much were the “very rich” earning in 1969?  Well the alternative tax applied to those who earned $200,000 or more.
 
So what’s $200,000 adjusted […]

Alan Greenspan’s Silly Book Tour

Everything you need to know about Alan Greenspan’s economic policy in six panels of This Modern World.
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Original post by Brad

Hey Dems! Don’t Be Afraid to be Hated!

Krugman nailed it today:
You see, the nastiness of modern American politics isn’t the result of a random outbreak of bad manners. It’s a symptom of deeper factors — mainly the growing polarization of our economy. And history says that we’ll see a return to bipartisanship only if and when that economic polarization is reversed.
After all, […]