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Friday, April 29, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Experts Skeptical State is Truly Broke | Chippewa News (LOCAL)
Full Article Here | Experts skeptical state is truly broke
MADISON — In his inaugural budget address, Gov. Scott Walker stood before a joint session of the Legislature and delivered the somber news: We’re broke.
“Too many politicians have failed to tell the truth about our financial crisis,” he said. “The facts are clear: Wisconsin is broke and it’s time to start paying our bills today so our kids are not stuck with even bigger bills tomorrow.”
The governor has repeated the message time and again, from his Inauguration Day speech to a “fireside chat” to discuss his proposal to limit collective bargaining for most public employees. It is usually followed by calls for budget cuts.
Trouble is, many experts say Wisconsin isn’t really broke." Full Local Article | Chippewa News
Monday, April 18, 2011
Let’s Not Be Civil - NYTimes.com
Let’s Not Be Civil - NYTimes.com
Recommended by | Roger Dobrick
Op-Ed Columnist
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: April 17, 2011
"For what it’s worth, polls suggest that the public’s priorities are nothing like those embodied in the Republican budget. Large majorities support higher, not lower, taxes on the wealthy. Large majorities — including a majority of Republicans — also oppose major changes to Medicare. Of course, the poll that matters is the one on Election Day. But that’s all the more reason to make the 2012 election a clear choice between visions.
Which brings me to those calls for a bipartisan solution. Sorry to be cynical, but right now “bipartisan” is usually code for assembling some conservative Democrats and ultraconservative Republicans — all of them with close ties to the wealthy, and many who are wealthy themselves — and having them proclaim that low taxes on high incomes and drastic cuts in social insurance are the only possible solution.
This would be a corrupt, undemocratic way to make decisions about the shape of our society even if those involved really were wise men with a deep grasp of the issues. It’s much worse when many of those at the table are the sort of people who solicit and believe the kind of policy analyses that the Heritage Foundation supplies.
So let’s not be civil. Instead, let’s have a frank discussion of our differences. In particular, if Democrats believe that Republicans are talking cruel nonsense, they should say so — and take their case to the voters.
Full Article Here | NYTimes.com
Recommended by | Roger Dobrick
Op-Ed Columnist
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: April 17, 2011
"For what it’s worth, polls suggest that the public’s priorities are nothing like those embodied in the Republican budget. Large majorities support higher, not lower, taxes on the wealthy. Large majorities — including a majority of Republicans — also oppose major changes to Medicare. Of course, the poll that matters is the one on Election Day. But that’s all the more reason to make the 2012 election a clear choice between visions.
Which brings me to those calls for a bipartisan solution. Sorry to be cynical, but right now “bipartisan” is usually code for assembling some conservative Democrats and ultraconservative Republicans — all of them with close ties to the wealthy, and many who are wealthy themselves — and having them proclaim that low taxes on high incomes and drastic cuts in social insurance are the only possible solution.
This would be a corrupt, undemocratic way to make decisions about the shape of our society even if those involved really were wise men with a deep grasp of the issues. It’s much worse when many of those at the table are the sort of people who solicit and believe the kind of policy analyses that the Heritage Foundation supplies.
So let’s not be civil. Instead, let’s have a frank discussion of our differences. In particular, if Democrats believe that Republicans are talking cruel nonsense, they should say so — and take their case to the voters.
Full Article Here | NYTimes.com
Sunday, April 17, 2011
John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting
John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting
Posted on Twitter | The Capital Times
Op/Ed: John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting.
Busting unions is a political ploy, not a fiscal necessity. Walker has divided Wisconsin, thrown our Legislature and our communities into disarray, and caused what many legal observers believe to be the most serious constitutional crisis in the modern history of the state. And for what?
Not to save money.
Not to get Wisconsin’s finances in order.
But to play politics with people’s lives.
When the time comes to hold this governor to account, much will be said on all sides. But the most powerful condemnation of Walker’s false claim that he needed to bust unions in order to balance the budget has come from the governor’s own lips.
“How much money does it save, Governor?”
“It doesn’t save any.”
Full Article | John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting
Kucinich questions Walker on Capitol Hill VIDEO
Friday, April 1, 2011
OpEdNews - Article: Let's Drop Healthcare Access on One Another, Not Bombs
OpEdNews - Article: Let's Drop Healthcare Access on One Another, Not Bombs
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Let's Drop Healthcare Access on One Another, Not Bombs http://bit.ly/gXcQIp
About Donna Smith:
Healthcare reform activist; Appeared in Michael Moore's SiCKO; Founder, American Patients United;
National Co-chair, PDA (Progressive Democrats of America)Healthcare Not Warfare campaign; Community organizer, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.
Married to Larry Smith, 33 years; mother of six and grandmother to 14.
Graduate, Colorado College, 1985.
Writing is my passion -- mostly political pieces, sometimes human interest.
I belive healthcare is a basic human right. I believe that the American people are champions of basic human rights and that we will win universal healthcare in my lifetime.
My political hero was and is Sen. Tom Daschle (former U.S. Senate majority leader from South Dakota) because of his personal decency to me when I was a constituent. Though I have not always agreed completely with him, and he has made the hugest mistake, he never looked down his nose at any person of lesser station in life. I wish he had fully paid his taxes and that we were engaged together in the fight for healthcare for all.
I was born and raised in suburban Chicago, but have lived in the western U.S, for most of my adult life until returning to Chicago in February 2008 to work for CNA/NNOC. Now I am relocating to Washington, DC, to work more directly on healthcare reform issues.
Posted on Twitter by:
opednews opednews
Let's Drop Healthcare Access on One Another, Not Bombs http://bit.ly/gXcQIp
About Donna Smith:
Healthcare reform activist; Appeared in Michael Moore's SiCKO; Founder, American Patients United;
National Co-chair, PDA (Progressive Democrats of America)Healthcare Not Warfare campaign; Community organizer, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.
Married to Larry Smith, 33 years; mother of six and grandmother to 14.
Graduate, Colorado College, 1985.
Writing is my passion -- mostly political pieces, sometimes human interest.
I belive healthcare is a basic human right. I believe that the American people are champions of basic human rights and that we will win universal healthcare in my lifetime.
My political hero was and is Sen. Tom Daschle (former U.S. Senate majority leader from South Dakota) because of his personal decency to me when I was a constituent. Though I have not always agreed completely with him, and he has made the hugest mistake, he never looked down his nose at any person of lesser station in life. I wish he had fully paid his taxes and that we were engaged together in the fight for healthcare for all.
I was born and raised in suburban Chicago, but have lived in the western U.S, for most of my adult life until returning to Chicago in February 2008 to work for CNA/NNOC. Now I am relocating to Washington, DC, to work more directly on healthcare reform issues.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
UQAM | Communiqués | Les banques canadiennes et l'évasion fiscale dans les paradis fiscaux : 16 milliards de dollars d'impôts éludés
UQAM | Communiqués | Les banques canadiennes et l'évasion fiscale dans les paradis fiscaux : 16 milliards de dollars d'impôts éludés
Posted on Twitter: CanadaUncut Canada Uncut
The 5 Cdn banks dodged $16 billion in taxes 1993-2007! http://bit.ly/eHPFeV No more cuts to public services-make tax dodgers pay! #cdnpoli
This is in FRench... but you get the point...
Posted on Twitter: CanadaUncut Canada Uncut
The 5 Cdn banks dodged $16 billion in taxes 1993-2007! http://bit.ly/eHPFeV No more cuts to public services-make tax dodgers pay! #cdnpoli
This is in FRench... but you get the point...
Monday, March 28, 2011
David Callahan: Ohio's Voter ID Law and the 2012 Election
David Callahan: Ohio's Voter ID Law and the 2012 Election
"Last year, Demos Senior Fellow Lori Minnite published a groundbreaking book with the blunt title The Myth of Voter Fraud. Minnite's research in multiple states confirmed the observations of veteran election officials in Ohio: voter fraud is not a significant problem in U.S. elections.
What is a threat to our electoral system are deliberate efforts to disenfranchise voters for partisan gain. And make no mistake: That is what is happening in Ohio."
"Last year, Demos Senior Fellow Lori Minnite published a groundbreaking book with the blunt title The Myth of Voter Fraud. Minnite's research in multiple states confirmed the observations of veteran election officials in Ohio: voter fraud is not a significant problem in U.S. elections.
What is a threat to our electoral system are deliberate efforts to disenfranchise voters for partisan gain. And make no mistake: That is what is happening in Ohio."
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