Check out this cool little graphic I found on United Republic. It really makes you think about how lower taxes to industries making record profits impact YOUR bottom line. Remember to share, Kids.
LIST: Billion-Dollar Industries That Don’t Even Need The Tax Dollars You’ve Been Giving Them.
Once again, the country is held hostage, all because of a pledge given to a humorless minion of the super rich. Which is exactly the reason to not stop applying pressure, even if the election is over! Not as fun as the “kick Grover Norquist in the dick” petition, but I think its well worth signing! Had to share with you, Kids!
Cecelia –
Grover Norquist’s iron grip on Republicans in Congress is so strong that they’re afraid to raise taxes on billionaires even one red cent.
But now some Republicans claim they’re coming to their senses about Grover and his anti-tax pledge.If you agree that it’s time to stop protecting tax cuts for the rich, then sign our petition to Boehner, Cantor and the Republicans.
Click here to help us reach 250,000 strong telling Republicans to abandon Grover Norquist and his pledge to protect millionaire tax breaks. Continue reading
Insulting whole nations is not an appropriate activity for someone who wants to be President of the United States. Staging cheesy speeches to garner Jewish and Catholic votes at the expense of this country’s reputation is crazy…. Okay, not that crazy, given the state of the modern Republican party’s unprecedented love of greedy, self interested attitudes, dog whistle sound bytes, and blind devotion to staying on message, even when the message is stupid. Continue reading
Under pressure from the Internets, TED finally relented and released the video. Watch it and decide for yourself if it’s really all that controversial to say that the “super-rich are not job creators.” Then share it to as many people as you can.
BREAKING: You Know That TED Talk You Weren’t Supposed To See? Here It Is..
We’ve all heard about Human Resource managers at big corporations favoring employed candidates over unemployed job applicants. I would just like to to put it out there: Discriminating against the unemployed solely on the fact they are not currently working is morally wrong, and treasonous in light of the financial mess this country finds itself in. Continue reading
In light of his recent success after his snow dancing ceremony in Vail, Colorado, perhaps Ed Boxer, Jr. could see fit to perform his magic dance in front of the US Treasury, maybe intercede with the money gods to bring prosperity to Americans. My idea is no more silly than thinking absurd tax cuts for billionaires leads to job creation and growing the economy, or that the old trickle down economic experiment would benefit the little guy. Just saying.