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Gun Lobby’s Money and Power Still Holds Sway Over Congress

Gun Lobby’s Money and Power Still Holds Sway Over Congress

May 2, 2013 6:00 pm
An exhibitor with Smith & Wesson secures a .45 cal pistols at the display set up before the National Rifle Association’s 140th annual meetings and exhibit in 2011....

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Repatriate Prosperity

Repatriate Prosperity

Many of America’s largest global companies are lobbying hard for a tax holiday to repatriate to the U.S. nearly $1 trillion that they have amassed from foreign business. This plan as proposed will almost certainly not be enacted. The president and Congress will not agree to support a giant windfall to reward firms that exported [...]

Published by on July 1, 2011 3:44 pm
Behind the Battle Over Hidden Debit Card Fees

Behind the Battle Over Hidden Debit Card Fees

by Marian Wang, ProPublica A provision within the US Financial Reform Bill that would regulate debit card transaction fees could be postponed by a year or two following fierce objections from banks. Specifically, banks large and small are objecting to a Federal Reserve proposal to limit what are known as ‘interchange fees’ – the fees they collect [...]

Published by on March 28, 2011 6:30 pm
A Disengaged Presidency

A Disengaged Presidency

by Brent Budowsky Let’s begin a thoughtful discussion about the about the dangers of a disengaged presidency while the nation is challenged by multiple wars, punishing unemployment and a festering fiscal crisis that will someday explode, unless it is addressed credibly. The governing style and political strategy of President Obama simultaneously hurts the reelection prospects [...]

Published by on March 23, 2011 9:00 pm
Safe Nuclear Power and Tsunami Warnings, Pshaw! More Tax Cuts for the Rich!

Safe Nuclear Power and Tsunami Warnings, Pshaw! More Tax Cuts for the Rich!

UPDATED: Watching the horrific damage, explosion of a Japanese nuclear reactor and remembering the US Republican Party’s shameless lobbying attempts to get even more nuclear plants built coupled with their attempts to gut the National Weather Service and tsunami warning system budgets, I am reminded of the words of the great television writer Aaron Sorkin. [...]

Published by on March 13, 2011 5:30 am
Growing Up Union – Wisconsin as Tipping Point
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Growing Up Union – Wisconsin as Tipping Point

The line’s been crossed. Will America’s working sheep bleat in outrage on Twitter or take real action? Brainwashed by FOX, the Republican Party, American Crossroads, Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers into voting for ‘change,’ can they now see the endgame and fight for their rights? Or will they sit on the couch, load up [...]

Published by on March 10, 2011 5:18 am
General Shinseki Has a Dream

General Shinseki Has a Dream

by Brent Budowsky Let’s begin a JFK moon-shot program to end homelessnessamong American veterans within five years, and end homelessness of any American within 10 years. The ambitious goal of ending the plight of our homeless heroes within five years was originally proposed by Gen.  Eric Shinseki, the  Veteran Affairs secretary under President Obama. Shinseki is absolutely right. A national [...]

Published by on January 20, 2011 10:00 pm
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