Monday, August 22, 2011

Help Warren Buffett raise taxes on the super rich

Help Warren Buffett raise taxes on the super rich

‎"SHARE-athon", folks! Please click "SHARE" just below this post, and share the hell out of this link!

We just sent an email, and this is getting a ton of sharing, so... let's really make it ubiquitous. Buffett's statement is getting major play -- let's push this hard!

(p.s. - if you've not shared a post before, it really just takes 5 seconds. But WOW, can it make a difference)
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In the face of massive budget shortfalls, and with a billionaire like Warren Buffett literally asking for it, there's no excuse for Congress not to vote on taxing millionaires and billionaires.

Why Is President Obama So Anxious to Cut Social Security? | Truthout

Why Is President Obama So Anxious to Cut Social Security? | Truthout

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On his tour of the Midwest last week, President Obama again indicated his interest in cutting Social Security. He repeated a proposal that his administration first put forward in the debt ceiling negotiations: he wants to cut the annual cost of living adjustment by 0.3 percentage points.

ICYMI: Thanks but no thanks, author says after Ron Johnson reads her book to kids

ICYMI: Thanks but no thanks, author says after Ron Johnson reads her book to kids

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MADISON - Sen. Ron Johnson came to Madison last week for a hypocritical photo-op, reading to children at a community health clinic, one of the very clinics that would lose valuable funding if Johnson and his Tea Party cronies get their way in repealing the successful Affordable Care Act and slashing...

Poll shows highest disapproval yet over Gov. Rick Snyder's job performance | MLive.com

Poll shows highest disapproval yet over Gov. Rick Snyder's job performance | MLive.com

According to the August survey by the Lansing firm EPIC-MRA, 62 percent disapproved of the job Snyder is performing as governor, the highest since taking office in January and up from 57 percent in July.

Maxine Waters: Tea Party Should Visit Satan at His Office (VIDEO)

Maxine Waters: Tea Party Should Visit Satan at His Office (VIDEO)

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Here is a video of Rep. Maxine Waters telling the Tea Party to “go straight to hell” to thunderous applause, WHICH IS RACIST AGAINST THE TEA PARTY, on Twitter, racist liberal fist pumps all around, etc. [YouTube]

Maxine Waters | Tea Party Can Go To Hell | Town Hall | Mediaite

Maxine Waters | Tea Party Can Go To Hell | Town Hall | Mediaite

Click LIKE if you agree that all the Dems need fire like this.
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Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is touring the country with the Congressional Black Caucus this month, and it is becoming increasingly apparent she has taken upon herself the mantle of representing the Congressional hard-left, making a splash this week by quipping that she and her constituents were ge...

Stop Coddling the Super-Rich - NYTimes.com

Stop Coddling the Super-Rich - NYTimes.com

Legal fees soar for Wisconsin taxpayers over bargaining, redistricting - JSOnline

Legal fees soar for Wisconsin taxpayers over bargaining, redistricting - JSOnline

We can't afford this guy! "Scott Walker awards no-bid contracts, topping out at a whopping $395 an hour, to politically connected GOP law firms."
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So far this year, two firms with strong Republican connections have racked up more than $700,000 in invoices and payments authorized by Gov. Scott Walker and GOP lawmakers to help represent the state in cases such as legal challenges over Walker's legislation ending most collective bargaining for pu...

Republican Corporate Chairman On Whether Tax Cuts For The Rich Create Jobs: ‘That’s So Baloney’ | ThinkProgress

Republican Corporate Chairman On Whether Tax Cuts For The Rich Create Jobs: ‘That’s So Baloney’ | ThinkProgress

‎"Iin an interview with Fox 4 News, multimillionaire Henry Bloch — co-founder and chairman emeritus of the tax preparation company H&R Block and a registered Republican — said that “the wealthy have a debt to this country. They can afford to pay it and they should.” He added that the Republican push to protect tax breaks for millionaires in order to promote job creation is “baloney“.
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Earlier this month, billionaire investor Warren Buffett wrote in a New York Times op-ed that Congress has been “coddling the super-rich,” and called for higher taxes on millionaires and billionaires. “While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to m...

Paul Weyrich - The Attorney General can Redefine what a Terrorist is for the President. - YouTube

Paul Weyrich - The Attorney General can Redefine what a Terrorist is for the President. - YouTube

Via Bob Sloan : “ALEC and Heritage Foundation co-founder, Paul Weyrich speaking about why they opposed Hillary Clinton in 2008. See how Weyrich worries that their activities would be redefined as terrorism.”
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ALEC and Heritage Foundation co-founder, Paul Weyrich speaking about why they opposed Hillary Clinton in 2008. See how Weyrich worries that their activities would be redefined as terrorism.

Michigan Stands for Democracy

Michigan Stands for Democracy

Another gudun From Wednesday Thompson. :)
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Software programmer says US elections are rigged and that US Representatives tried to pay him to rig their election vote counts. Thankyou to TheTruthPusher

Naomi Klein on the Financial Crisis, Jon Stewart, and the Shock Doctrine (2009-5) - YouTube

Naomi Klein on the Financial Crisis, Jon Stewart, and the Shock Doctrine (2009-5) - YouTube

The Shock Doctrine (2009) -- Naomi Klein - YouTube

The Shock Doctrine (2009) -- Naomi Klein - YouTube

Katherine Jane A documentary based on Naomi Klein's book, very intense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHrEH5G90wo&feature=player_embedded
The Shock Doctrine (2009) -- Naomi Klein
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A documentary adaptation Naomi Klein's 2007 book, "The Shock Doctrine".

Naomi Klein - Assault on Democracy 1-3 Democracy NOW! - YouTube

Naomi Klein - Assault on Democracy 1-3 Democracy NOW! - YouTube

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Naomi Klein - Assault on Democracy 1-3 Democracy NOW!
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Democracy NOW! DN! - As a wave of anti-union bills are introduced across the country following the wake of Wall Street financial crisis, many analysts are pi...
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Katherine Jane A documentary based on Naomi Klein's book, very intense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHrEH5G90wo&feature=player_embedded
The Shock Doctrine (2009) -- Naomi Klein
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A documentary adaptation Naomi Klein's 2007 book, "The Shock Doctrine".