http://demradio.senate.gov/actualities/sanders/041111_Sanders.mp3
Posted on Demradio | Interview: Bernie Sanders and Ed Schultz (today)
Details began to emerge on Monday about what programs will be cut by how much as part of a $38 billion deal to keep government running for the rest of this fiscal year. Sen. Bernie Sanders called it "Robin Hood in reverse" during an interview today with radio host Ed Schultz. As more info became public on the price of averting a gov't shutdown, the senator voiced concern about the middle class bearing the brunt.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Governor Cuomo to New York's Poor and Middle Class: Drop Dead | Mother Jones
Governor Cuomo to New York's Poor and Middle Class: Drop Dead | Mother Jones
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NY has the highest income inequality in the US. Gov Cuomo is NOT helping this http://mojo.ly/gPvIXm
By James Ridgeway
Tue Mar. 29, 2011 6:15 AM PDT
"There is no country in the industrial world with as great an income disparity between the rich and poor as the United States. And within the US, there is no state where the disparity is more pronounced than New York. New York City was the center of the Great Recession, and today unemployment there stands at 9 percent and is not expected to drop any time soon. At the same time, the financial sector that caused it all has recovered nicely, and the executives are pulling down salaries and perks larger than they did before the recession."
Posted on Twitter by: MotherJones Mother Jones
NY has the highest income inequality in the US. Gov Cuomo is NOT helping this http://mojo.ly/gPvIXm
By James Ridgeway
Tue Mar. 29, 2011 6:15 AM PDT
"There is no country in the industrial world with as great an income disparity between the rich and poor as the United States. And within the US, there is no state where the disparity is more pronounced than New York. New York City was the center of the Great Recession, and today unemployment there stands at 9 percent and is not expected to drop any time soon. At the same time, the financial sector that caused it all has recovered nicely, and the executives are pulling down salaries and perks larger than they did before the recession."
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Georgia GOP Raising Taxes On Girl Scout Cookies While Cutting Taxes On Foreign Corporations
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/08/georgia-girl-scout-taxes/
(full article here)
by Alex Seitz-Wald of Think Progress on Mar 8th, 2011 at 11:05 am
"Many Georgians would be adversely affected by the tax hikes on basic commodities, including the Girl Scouts, who are worried about the “significant financial impact” the bill would have on the revenue they raise through cookie sales, which would now be subject to sales tax. Over the weekend, Marilyn Midyette, the CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, sent an email to supporters warning them that the new tax on their cookies “would take money away from Girl Scout programs“:
This significant financial impact would take money away from Girl Scout programs, camp support, financial aid and proceeds from the sale that support troop activities and community service projects.
…[P]lease contact your State House Representative and State Senator TODAY and express your concern in a courteous, Scout-like manner about our Scouts being taxed. Please reference House Bill 385. Sample letters have been provided on the left to make it easy to copy and paste into your own email. There are sample letters for girls as well as for parents and volunteers."
"Beyond Girl Scout cookies, taxes on food and gasoline are highly regressive disproportionately affecting lower and middle class consumers, who spend a larger share of their limited income on necessities like groceries than do people with higher disposable incomes."
(full article here)
by Alex Seitz-Wald of Think Progress on Mar 8th, 2011 at 11:05 am
"Many Georgians would be adversely affected by the tax hikes on basic commodities, including the Girl Scouts, who are worried about the “significant financial impact” the bill would have on the revenue they raise through cookie sales, which would now be subject to sales tax. Over the weekend, Marilyn Midyette, the CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, sent an email to supporters warning them that the new tax on their cookies “would take money away from Girl Scout programs“:
This significant financial impact would take money away from Girl Scout programs, camp support, financial aid and proceeds from the sale that support troop activities and community service projects.
…[P]lease contact your State House Representative and State Senator TODAY and express your concern in a courteous, Scout-like manner about our Scouts being taxed. Please reference House Bill 385. Sample letters have been provided on the left to make it easy to copy and paste into your own email. There are sample letters for girls as well as for parents and volunteers."
"Beyond Girl Scout cookies, taxes on food and gasoline are highly regressive disproportionately affecting lower and middle class consumers, who spend a larger share of their limited income on necessities like groceries than do people with higher disposable incomes."
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