Washington Liberals Blog

Occupy Olympia to make the 1% pay their fair share! 0

Occupy Olympia to make the 1% pay their fair share!

“We will occupy our state capitol in Olympia during the special legislative session, and we will tell our lawmakers that we have had enough. … It’s time for the richest 1 percent to pay...

American People's Congress 0

American People's Congress

Preamble In a country as rich as ours it is unconscionable that people sleep on the streets, go hungry, lack basic health care, and remain uneducated. The United States is the only Western nation...

Making the Connections – Why Crackdown on OWS Now? 0

Making the Connections – Why Crackdown on OWS Now?

This article is somewhat speculative, but it makes a lot of sense: Making the Connections – Why Crackdown on OWS Now? “If the administration expects the austerity budget to emerge from the super committee...

Automatic cuts would exempt Social Security and Medicare 0

Automatic cuts would exempt Social Security and Medicare

According to As Deadline Nears, What If the ‘Super Committee’ Fails? The Social Security retirement program is exempt from the automatic spending cuts. The Medicaid health-care program is also protected as are veterans’ benefits,...