July 2, 2012
The Individual Mandate Isn’t A Tax, Wait, It Is A Tax, Wait, It Isn’t, I Mean…
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June 28, 2012
Republican Reaction To Obamacare Supreme Court Ruling Is Way Over-The-Top
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June 28, 2012
Health Care Individual Mandate Upheld, Confidence In The Supreme Court Restored
Well, today at least.
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June 26, 2012
Video: Joe The Plumber Shuns Science In Favor Of The Holy Bible
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June 25, 2012
PA Voter ID Law Will “Allow Governor Romney To Win The State” According To Mike Turzai
Liberals and progressives already know voter suppression is the goal of the strict new voter ID laws passed by Republicans in many states. Republicans say the laws are needed because of voter fraud. This is of course bullshit because there is no voter fraud problem. No, the real goal is voter suppression. Republicans don’t care to win over minorities, instead they will do their best to make sure minorities (who overwhelming support Democrats) are unable to vote this November. Old, white Republicans see the writing is on the wall. They know how the demographics are shifting in this country. Instead of embracing change and trying to gain support of minorities, especially African-Americans, Republicans are instead doubling down on racism, bigotry and well, just plain old being an asshole.
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June 24, 2012
Insomniac Edition: Garbage – Blood For Poppies (2012)
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June 24, 2012
The Naiveté Of Advocating A Free Market Health Care System
In case you didn’t notice, the current health care system in the United States is already a free market system. There are winners and losers. There are some people who can afford to participate and others who get left behind. This is how any market works, and this is how our current health care system (which isn’t really a system at all) is working, or should I say, is not working.
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June 23, 2012
Income Inequality: Top One Percent Share Of Total Pre-Tax Income, 1913-2007
There will be naysayers who cite causality when they see a chart like the one below, and that is fine. I agree, we cannot directly correlate the top one percent’s share of total pre-tax income with all things that ail this country, but is anyone going to make the case that income inequality of this magnitude is healthy for the future of the United States?
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June 23, 2012
A Republican Narrative Dies As The Price Of Gas Keeps Falling
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