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They have no qualms about doing nasty things such as polluting air and water and not paying their fair share in taxes. They’re called corporations, conservatives, and Koch brothers. And if, as right-to-lifers claim,...
See this concise exposé of private-equity funds in the New Yorker: Private Inequity. As a result, private-equity firms are increasingly able to profit even if the companies they run go under—an outcome made much...
The January 30th New Yorker has an article by Ryan Lizza on the “Obama Memos.” It tells that depressing story of how President Obama really believed that he could unite the country and rise...
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
(Source: Occupy Wall Street, on facebook) Someone pointed out that Dems are guilty of war-mongering and corruption too. Yes, many Dems are so centrist that they don’t count as liberal. But the Repugs are worse...
From Conservatives Consider Impeachment If They Lose To Obama. Grover Norquist of Americans For Tax Reform told National Journal that if Obama is re-elected and refuses to re-authorize the Bush-era tax cuts for millionaires,...
In 2010 Washington State voters rejected I-1098, which would have established an income tax on the wealthiest 1 or 2% of citizens. And the voters approved I-1053, which makes it very hard for legislators...
Yesterday evening the Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle held a Forum for First Congressional District Candidates at Seattle City Hall. Six candidates spoke, five Democrats (Darcy Burner, Suzan DelBene, Roger Goodman, Darshan Rauniyar, and...
https://www.voterocky.org/node/14 The Jan 17 interview is good. Anderson says the right things. Reminds me, in fact, of some of the things that Pres. Obama said. But one gets the sense that Anderson really means...
