August 12, 2012
Romney’s Choice of Paul Ryan as VP Sends a Clear Message
Mitt Romney’s selection of Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) sends a clear message to:
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August 12, 2012
Republican David Frum Scripts Democratic ‘Paul Ryan’ Attack Ad
David Frum, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, pens an attack ad for Democrats in a short piece on The Daily Beast:
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August 11, 2012
Paul Ryan Says Rights Come from Nature and God, Not Government
After being introduced as Mitt Romney’s running mate on Saturday, Representative Paul Ryan (WI-R) said that America was founded on an idea. What is the idea? Ryan said, “Our rights, come from nature and God, not from government.” Oh really? Ryan, which God are you referring to? The Christian God? I’m willing to bet there are Americans who are members of a different faith who might think their rights come from God too. The problem is that the rights people believe they have from God might not exactly line up depending on which God they pray to. This is why Paul Ryan is wrong.
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August 11, 2012
Romney Picks Paul Ryan for Vice President – Triumph of the Tea Party?
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July 13, 2012
Mitt Romney’s offer of government of billionaires, for billionaires, by billionaires
In the Romney candidacy, the Republican party has found the apotheosis of the fact that it now represents solely the super-rich
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April 10, 2012
GOP Hell-Bent On Tax Favors For The Rich Financed By Cuts To The Poor
Republican lawmakers are locked into an ideology of trickle-down economics. They believe giving tax breaks to the rich will result in prosperity for everyone, or at least that’s what they tell the public. It’s sometimes hard to believe grown adults advocate such nonsense, but here we are, some 30+ years into a massive experiment of wealth redistribution to the top 1%. What do we have to show for it? The free-market advocates will say taxes are still too high, there are still too many government regulations, and if we cut both we will be on the road to prosperity. But whose prosperity? Does the rest of the country buy this nonsense? Apparently a large percentage of Americans do subscribe to this bombast. It’s the only way it’s lasted (even thrived) for so long.
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April 4, 2012
Obama Calls ‘Paul Ryan’ GOP Budget ‘Thinly Veiled Social Darwinism’, But There’s Nothing ‘Veiled’ About It
Speaking at an Associated Press luncheon on Tuesday, President Obama called Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Republican budget plan “thinly veiled social Darwinism.” The president was referring to the budget’s massive tax cuts for the rich and steep cuts to programs for the poor. The GOP budget is nothing more than trickle-down economic theory, a religion to Republicans. It’s also the same economic theory that has for 30 years failed to produce even a trace of the “trickle down” promised.
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March 29, 2012
House Passes Republican ‘Paul Ryan’ Budget Mostly Along Party Lines
Today the United States House of Representatives passed a Republican budget proposal revealed last week by Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan (R). It passed by a vote of 228 to 191, mostly along party lines. The GOP budget stands no chance of passing in the Senate and/or being signed by President Obama.
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March 22, 2012
Republican Budget Plan: Reich Explains Why It Is Social Darwinism
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January 10, 2012
The ‘Government Is The Problem’ Conflict Of Interest
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