Author Archives: Jim Vogas

  Richest Americans could buy a $83,000 Mercedes every year if Bush tax cuts are extended – Just how much money the top one percent of earners would keep if the Bush tax cuts were allowed to continue? $83,347 each … Continue reading →

The President and Democrats Want to Give a Permanent Tax Cut to Everyone, but Republicans Want an Extra-Big Tax Cut for Millionaires Under President Obama’s plan, all Americans would receive a tax cut on the first $250,000 of their income. … Continue reading →

  Massey Energy – This spring, a coal mine explosion killed 29 people in a West Virginia mine owned and operated by Massey Energy, in the worst coal mine disaster since 1970. The mine where the disaster occurred, Upper Big … Continue reading →

  House Republicans Warn SEC Against Implementing Financial Reform Regulations – Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have been warning regulators implementing the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that the GOP is in no mood to see regulations that actually … Continue reading →

  Business May Soon be Allowed to Run Even Wilder – Today the Supreme Court heard arguments from AT&T that, if they adopt, would grant corporations the right to prevent consumers from joining class-action lawsuits. The case has so far … Continue reading →

  Texas School District Prefers Money Over Children’s Health – In some Texas districts, school is also a place children go to get sick. Several schools—located on a figurative gold mine over the gas-rich Barnett Shale formation—are accepting money from … Continue reading →

  Veterans fighting the enemy within – It seems a pity that during months of mid-term campaigning marked by heated battles over the size of government, there was no mention of the staggering costs, fiscal and otherwise, of two enduring … Continue reading →

  Top 1 Percent of Americans Reaped Two-Thirds of Income Gains in Last Economic Expansion (and you got nothing!) – If you are in the bottom 80 percent of American households, you’ve gained essentially no economic ground in the past … Continue reading →

  Five Lies That Republicans Are Spreading About Social Security – Some powerful people keep spreading lies about the program to scare people into accepting benefit cuts: Lie #1: Social Security is going broke. Reality: There is no Social Security … Continue reading →

  Rick Perry Puts Up “For Sale’ Sign on Texas – The former director of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s technology fund office has joined with a controversial beneficiary of the fund to seek meetings with current and former state officials … Continue reading →