Bain Documents: Romney Offshore Investments Used ‘Blockers’ To Avoid Taxes The private equity firm founded by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made use of arcane techniques in several of its Cayman Islands-based funds to avoid U.S. taxes, according to a trove of Bain Capital’s private audit and finance records made public on the website Gawker…

“I believe abortion should be safe and legal in this country, i have taken that postion since the time my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 US senate canidate in 1970, i also believe since Roe V Wade has been the law of the land for 20 years we should sustain and…

Michael D. Higgins, the president of Ireland, tears into the Tea Party and its policies: You can listen to the full interview here.

This evening I attended a meeting at Bellevue City Hall of the 99% SuperPAC (People’s Action Committee). The 99% SuperPAC is a program organized by Fuse Washington, in cooperation with Working Washington. Fuse bills itself as the largest progressive organization in Washington State. Last year it led a coalition of 100+ groups pushing for a…

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Unemployment is high, income equality is increasing, tax rates are the lowest they’ve been in decades,  and US debt is about $16 trillion dollars. The debt is due to unfunded disastrous wars, bailouts for billionaires, the Reagan and Bush tax cuts for the rich, corruption, the subprime crash, and high cost medical care resulting from…

Working Washington is starting up a SuperPAC (People’s Action Committee) to fight back against the 1%, especially on fair taxation and economic justice. This is just what we need in Washington State.  They sent out an email: You’ve probably heard about SuperPACs. They’re the newest weapon in the political arsenal of the 1%. SuperPACs use…

It’s common and normal to want all sorts of things, even if we know we probably or definitely won’t  get them. Wouldn’t you love to be smarter, more disciplined, more forgiving, and more serene? Wouldn’t it be great to have millions of dollars in the bank? Wouldn’t you like to be more physically attractive? Wouldn’t…

Real Change Reads is a new program that brings people together to discuss books that matter, and launches this month with 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It. Real Change Reads builds relationships across class to identify common interests and create a movement for economic…