Ryan gets testy, calls off interview, when asked about tax cuts (video)
Paul Ryan got upset and ended an interview with a local ABC reporter for asking him a pretty simple question. It was clear that Team Romney won’t permit Ryan to do an interview, or continue an...
View ArticlePres. Clinton explains Romney’s $5 trillion tax cut for the rich (video)
President Clinton explains that Mitt Romney’s $5 trillion tax cut for the rich will lower taxes by $250,000 for the wealthy, while increasing taxes $2,000 for the middle class. The post Pres. Clinton...
View ArticleLeaked deal memo for last year’s Grand Bargain: “Obama willing to go quite far”
Is it too early to bitch about the Grand Bargain Trainwreck Obama has planned for us? Hope not. Here’s the ultimate Beltway insider, Bob Woodward, on Meet The Press with David Gregory. It seems that...
View ArticleHow many will die if Barack Obama raises the Medicare eligibility age?
UPDATE: The progressive coalition that’s working the Senate has a new whipcount page here: pol.moveon.org/fiscal-showdown-whip/index.html. It lists senators in three categories — the good, the wobbly,...
View ArticleBush tax cuts have expired, no law has replaced them
Now that the Bush tax cuts have expired, the negotiating ground has radically shifted. Or should have. Update: You can still try to screw this up in the House if you’re so inclined. Phone numbers here....
View ArticleEd Asner narrates “Tax the Rich: An animated fairy tale”
This is rather well done. In this video, Ed Asner comes to the same conclusion as many of us, and asks: Can we not tax the rich? For my own take, see here on America’s a “billionaire problem”. But I’m...
View ArticleTiny Trump
In today’s UnPresidented Podcast episode, we spend a good deal of time with a number of midterm election updates, but we also delve into: Trump’s growing public feud with Stormy Daniels; Trump lying...
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