Washington Liberals Blog
Greg Palast – How Billionaires Steal Elections
In this video, Greg Palast talks about his book Billionaires and Ballot Bandits, where he teams with fiery editorial cartoonist Ted Rall to name and shame the billionaires buying up our democracy, and the...
Does the data have a liberal bias? Tax cuts don’t lead to economic growth
A new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) – Congress’s nonpartisan research arm – touched a nerve among free-market ideologues, who reacted to the wonky policy brief by accusing CRS of partisanship and...
On the myth that both sides are equally at fault
From FAIR‘s Ted Koppel’s Terrible Media Criticism: Â KOPPEL: The bifurcation is really extreme. I mean, the left is further left and the right is further right. MAHER: The left is not further left. The...
Tide for Mormons: The detergent made just for Mormons and their magic underwear
Published on Sep 28, 2012 by EdwardCurrent The detergent made just for Mormons and their magic underwear. With special Purity Crystalsâ„¢
$1.6 trillion of military spending per year
including $400 billion in interest payments on debt from prior wars. Where do 53% of your Tax dollars go? To fund the most enormous war machine the world has ever known. Our defense budget...
Ann Romney concerned about her husband's mental well-being
“I think, umm, my biggest concern obviously would just be for the — ummm– his emotional well-being. I have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness, in his leadership...
The commons: the case of cars and public transportation
Someone from France told me she found it incredible that many American streets lack sidewalks. Here many communities are built for cars, not people. This is especially true of suburbs, where pedestrian traffic is...
How the rich avoid taxes: Class Warfare
“One corporation paid $26,000 a year to maintain a post office box in Bermuda as its legal headquarters. That little trick saved them $40 million in corporate taxes…Â If you raise these issues you...
When first is worst: Washington’s taxes best-in-nation at soaking the poor
Let’s hear three jeers for Washington State, which yet again has the ignoble distinction of the most regressive tax structure in the nation – a “soak the poor†system where those with the least...