Monthly Archives: April 2011

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Bad Deeds for 4-25-2011

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Jim Vogas

  U.S. Income Inequality at Record Levels – Income inequality in the United States during the past decade has spiked to levels not seen since the Roaring ’20s that led to the Great Depression. The increase of income inequality leading … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 4-23-2011

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Jim Vogas

  Republican “Medicare” Plan Will Cost an Additional $100,000 for Every Man, Woman, and Child in the Country – The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that under the Republican Budget plan authored by Rep. Paul Ryan, the increase in the … Continue reading →

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Congressman Ryan’s Wealth Transfer (Budget) Plan

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Andy Hailey

There are two parts to the Ryan budget plan: 1.) eliminate the costs of our safety net for those citizens not like Ryan and his fellow conservatives without conscience (CWC) and then 2.) take those savings in spending and transfer … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3452" target="_blank" title="Taken together, its proposals would produce the largest redistribution of income from the bottom to the top in modern U.S. history">Statement of Robert Greenstein, President, on Chairman Ryan’s Budget Plan</a>
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Imagine – Republicans Force a ‘Strike’ and Take The Entire Federal Government With Them?

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Andy Hailey

It appears to me, that even though the conservatives without conscience (CWCs) cannot support unions, especially public ones, they do support taking union type action – acting in unison as a group, like voting to strike. One difference between Congressional … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 4-8-2011

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Jim Vogas

  Republican Cuts to Community Health Centers Will Increase Federal Deficit by $15 Billion – The federal government could save $15 billion by reducing unnecessary emergency room visits through investment in community health centers. This week, new research, from the … Continue reading →

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Federal Income Taxes – Is Tax Foundation Impartial?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Andy Hailey

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “CBO data for 2007 (the most recent year available) suggest that 80 percent of U.S. households pay federal tax at a lower rate than the Tax Foundation’s estimated “average” federal tax … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.offthechartsblog.org/top-ten-tax-charts/" target="_blank" title="provide a big-picture look at the U.S. tax system">Top Ten Tax Charts</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3946" title="Figures May Mislead Policymakers, Journalists, and the Public" target="_blank">Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households’ Tax Burdens</a>, <a href="http://www.offthechartsblog.org/tax-foundation-gets-it-backwards-eitc-boosts-employment-and-work-effort/" title="EITC Boosts Employment and Work Effort" target="_blank">Tax Foundation Gets It Backwards:</a>
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Bad Deeds for 4-4-2011, Volume 2

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Jim Vogas

  Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Make Almost $1 Billion Each – And Pay Less Taxes Than You Do – Ten years ago, when the hedge fund industry was much smaller than it is today, it took 25 hedge fund … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 4-4-2011

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Jim Vogas

  Texas State Board of Education ‘Manipulated’ and ‘Politicized’ Texas Curriculum Standards According to Conservative Group – The conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute released an analysis that says Texas’ new social studies curriculum standards are so politicized that they will … Continue reading →

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Wealth Transfer – America’s Growing Plutocracy

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Andy Hailey

While reading through a 1967 college text on Today’s ISMs by William Ebenstein, I came across this statement on wealth distribution in America as of 1953: … the top 3 per cent [sic] owned 33 per cent [sic] of all … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/" target="_blank" title="The last chapter focuses on the potential for serious challenges to class and corporate dominance.">Who Rules America</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.offthechartsblog.org/top-ten-tax-charts/" target="_blank" title="provide a big-picture look at the U.S. tax system">Top Ten Tax Charts</a>
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