THE INVASION OF SYRIA STARTS WITH JOHN MCCAIN AND JOE LIEBERMAN… (Foreign Policy) ` Noted hawks in the U.s. Senate, John McCain and Joe Lieberman surprised everyone with an unannounced trip to the Turkey-Syria border this week to visit refugees of the Syrian uprising and, more importantly, to meet with leaders of the “Free Syrian Army” to [...]
STATE OF THE UNION? AWFULLY SHAKY. STATE OF GLOBAL CORPORATE PROFITS? NEVER BEEN BETTER. AND THERE LIES THE HEART OF AMERICA’S JOBS CRISIS… (Robert Reich) President Obama delivered his fourth State of the Union address to Congress last night, brimming with optimism and laying out another laundry list of proposals and wonderful plans that, as [...]
Swathed in comforting talking points and politically sharpened rhetoric, a seemingly innocuous report from President Obama’s “jobs panel” may be a troubling preview of the near future in Washington policymaking. It also underscores the likelihood that President plans on running his hotly contested reelection campaign and his presumptive second term as a committed centrist. One [...]
As politicians, corporate leaders and lobbyists all push for a sweeping overhaul of the tax code to lower the rates faced by American businesses, a new report finds the theory that American corporations are grossly overtaxed simply doesn’t hold water. In fact, some corporations are enjoying a tax rate in negative territory. General Electric paid [...]
With the American economy continuing to sputter, lawmakers from both parties are not shying away from offering their ideas on how to boost hiring and address the issue consistently rated as the most important by the public. Naturally, Republicans and conservative Democrats continue to call for more tax cuts as the answer to the country’s [...]
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