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Good for goose good for gander

 Because of Citizens United Supreme Court decision basically justifyng corporations having individual rights- That is, the individual right to free speech - Then if they are deemed to have this individual freedom, it only follows that they must pay a tax rate at the individual effective rate and not corporate rate with only 15% for dividens etc. What is good for the gooses is good for the gander- Pay the Tax or shut up!See More
Blog post by JOHN Jan 21
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A straight line

  Language could be simple if it were not for the lies that have become necessary in a convoluted exploitative economic system. To be covert, sinister, hidden, shim-sham, shyster, sell a bill of goods, the brooklyn bridge if you will- to get over, to make it, to out wit and win over all lies inherent to Capitalism. What is wrong with people who expect politicians to not be capitalisits? Why is it people are confused about politicians taking advatage of their elected positions; as if they were…See More
Blog post by JOHN Dec 31, 2011
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Does congress matter?

Unemployment is the worst it has been in 16 years (or the last time Democrats lead Congress).http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/10/business/economy/10jobs.html?_r=1&hpEconomists are saying we are have been in a recession since December 2007 a full year after Democrats took congress.http://wwwdev.nber.org/dec2008.htmlWhy does no one blame Democrats for the…See More
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JOHN

Good for goose good for gander

Posted by JOHN on January 21, 2012 at 1:30pm

JOHN

A straight line

Posted by JOHN on December 31, 2011 at 12:00am

JOHN

A useless Rumsfeld

Posted by JOHN on March 3, 2011 at 8:00pm

JOHN

Let Love

Posted by JOHN on February 20, 2011 at 9:30pm

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Second time is no charm for Alvin Greene

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DeMint could help Obama win South Carolina in '12

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JOHN

Tax Cuts

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JOHN

TAX CUTS JOBS

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Edwin Drood

Does congress matter? 4 Replies

Unemployment is the worst it has been in 16 years (or the last time Democrats lead Congress).…Continue

Started by Edwin Drood in Provocateurs. Last reply by Makenzie A. May 15, 2009.

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Issues gone AWOL

With the election just days away, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the issues that were ignored in this campaign by both candidates. Some of those issues include poverty, immigration, crime and perhaps under that…Continue

Tags: mccain, obama, issues

Started by We Op-Ed in 2008 Presidential Election Nov 1, 2008.

geoffrey

Do you have any idea how complicated your circulatory system is?

I heard Dr. Francis Collins, director of the Human Genome Project, on NPR last week discuss his new book The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for…Continue

Tags: religion, truth, science, heidegger

Started by geoffrey in Provocateurs Feb 26, 2008.

Bill

Trade, Economic Development, ISI, Chicago-School Deregulation, & The Asian Tiger Economies (and Chile).

In light of this talk about free trade and what model works best for developing economies, I was wondering about people's thoughts on the merits of Import-Substitution-Industrialization in the early stage of a developing economy. According to some,…Continue

Tags: economics, free trade

Started by Bill in Economy Apr 25, 2008.

Justin

Racial Profiling, Airport Security, and a Mad, Mad World 2 Replies

While the history of racial profiling is most familiarly associated with cases dealing with police officers pulling over a disproportionate number of drivers who are black, let's focus this debate on airport security, Arab or Muslim Americans post…Continue

Tags: homeland security, racism, 9/11, terrorism, aclu

Started by Justin in Policy. Last reply by Daniel Cuevas Jul 4, 2008.

geoffrey

Do we really need the Second Amendment? 50 Replies

My very impoverished understanding of the Second Amd. is that it either protects the collective right to a well regulated militia, or it protects the individual's right to own a gun. Which one of these rights the second amendment protects is…Continue

Tags: gun, control, second, 2nd amendment, amendment

Started by geoffrey in Provocateurs. Last reply by j. waters May 31, 2009.

geoffrey

What is a recession? 11 Replies

There has been a lot of nervous hand-wringing over the possibility of a recession in the US economy lately, and I wonder if a good part of the brewhaha doesn't stem from a fundamental confusion about the definition of the term. A recession is a…Continue

Tags: stock, gdp, recession, market

Started by geoffrey in Economy. Last reply by Edwin Drood Dec 8, 2008.

CPD

Why Does the Reverend Wright Scandal Matter? 11 Replies

At first I assumed that the nearly universal coverage of Reverend Wright's provocative statements was due to the fact that cable news had nothing to talk about with 7 weeks to go until the Pennsylvania Primary. I wasn't so naive as to think that…Continue

Tags: presidential election, reverend wright, barack obama

Started by CPD in 2008 Presidential Election. Last reply by CPD May 12, 2008.

 
 
 

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