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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16248 )
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Wind-Generated Electricity Is Slowly Growing In The U.S.
(The photo above is by John Womack, and was found at Wikipedia.) The amount of electricity generated in the United States continues to grow. In 2012, wind... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The GOP Would Deny Income To Retirees By Raising The Age To Qualify For Social...
These charts were made from information provided by the Gallup Poll between 2002 and 2014. The latest survey being done between April 3rd and 6th of 1,026... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Warren On Economic Justice
(This caricature of Senator Elizabeth Warren is by DonkeyHotey.) Americans are lucky to have Elizabeth Warren in the United States Senate. Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Repealing Obamacare Is Not Going To Be The Great Campaign Issue That...
The Republicans are still beating the drum to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Many of them still think that will be a winning campaign issue in the... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Respected Jurist Says Marijuana Should Be Legalized
Views are changing fast on marijuana in the United States. The public no longer believes the government's lies that marijuana is a dangerous drug that should... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Wants Candidates Punished For False Campaign Ads
Campaigns in this country have always been played by a different set of rules than that followed by most honest and decent people -- and many times in our... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Teabagger PAC's - Just Another Way To Con The Ignorant ?
(The image above is from addictinginfo.org.) The teabaggers are supposed to be a grassroots movement. That has never been true. The first teabagger groups were... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A National Look At The 2016 Presidential Hopefuls
The percentages shown are averages from RealClearPolitics. The Republican percentage is an average of 6 polls -- Public Policy Polling (3/6-3/9), CNN/ORC... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Saint For Pedophiles ?
Today the Catholic Church performed an action that should be viewed as an abomination. They officially declared Pope John Paul II to be a saint of the Catholic... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A New IRS Scandal (And This Time It's Real)
(The cartoon image above is by Rick McKee in The Augusta Chronicle.) The Republican Party absolutely hates the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), because the IRS... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Wisconsin Trends Progressive On Issues & Favors Hillary
Public Policy Polling recently surveyed 1,144 registered voters in Wisconsin to gauge their views on the major issues facing the United States right now. Read more
Posted on 27 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Are Not Ready For Another Bush Presidency
Establishment Republicans (i.e., Wall Street) have gotten excited recently about Jeb Bush making noises like he might run for the GOP nomination in 2016. Read more
Posted on 27 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obamacare Just Keeps Getting Worse For The Republicans
These's not much to say about this that I haven't already said. Republicans had hoped the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) would be a failure. Read more
Posted on 26 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Green Party Calls For Action To Protect Internet Equality
The following call to action was written by Green Party Shadow Cabinet member Kevin Zeese on April 25th. In what the New York Times describes as “a net... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is Your State The Best (Or Worst) Possible Place To Live ?
The information used to make these charts comes from a recent Gallup Poll. It was taken between June and December of 2013 of a random national sample of 600... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Hispanics/Asians - An Untapped Opportunity For Democrats
It is a fact that about 60% of Whites vote Republican, but in an election with a large turnout that is not enough to carry the day. Read more
Posted on 25 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Suits Trump Guns When It Comes To Stealing In The U.S.
The following chart will be rather shocking to most people in this country. We have been led to believe that street criminals, the ones who use a weapon to rob... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Is To Blame For Inaction On Climate Change
The following is a letter written to the editor of the New York Times by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). I wholeheartedly agree with what Senator Sanders... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The United States Has Very Low Taxes When Compared To Other Market-Economy...
The mantra of right-wing Republicans has been for decades now that taxes in the United States are too high -- especially the corporate taxes. Read more
Posted on 24 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Prospect Of GOP Taking The Senate Growing Dimmer
Last year, there was a lot of talk among Republicans and Beltway pundits that the Republicans would do so well in the 2014 off-year election that they might eve... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY
