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On the Occasion of the Glorious Obama Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
the tax cut for the wealthy, which will almost certainly lead to cuts to human services and attacks on Social Security, is fait accompli. Quite a few Democrats said no to this piece of shit, but in the end, too many were too scared to vote the consciences, while many others are simply not on [...]
Read More..>>Open Letter #2: Senator Casey, Why Did You Vote Against Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure?
Senator Casey:
As I have discussed in previous emails and calls to your office, your decision to support the president’s extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans was a bad idea. I did not know that it actually endangered Pennsylvania residents however: why did you, a senator whose state is plagued with crumbling [...]
Obama is Coming for Your Social Security
Via Americablog, Obama wants to cut your Social Security. And once he blows a hole in the budget with these tax cuts for the wealthy, that’s exactly what he’s gonna do:
INSKEEP: Won’t Republicans argue — and, in fact, won’t reality argue that any cuts will have to be even deeper because this package that you’re [...]
Open Letter to Bob Casey, Friend of the Wealthy
[amended from the original, which was addressed to a very good legislative aide in Casey's office. Also, instead of providing links, I have embedded them.]
Dear Senator Casey,
I am aghast and disgusted that you voted for this destructive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans.
Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. With a net worth of more half a [...]
Hamsher Speak, You Listen
You can watch the whole thing here.
and call me a firebagger all you want: jane hamsher has passion and grit that you rarely see anywhere else.
Pat Toomey: He Really IS the Manchurian Candidate
Do you support jobs in Pennsylvania? Vote for Joe Sestak.
Read More..>>The Manchurian Candidates
I have been reading several articles about how the corrupt SCOTUS decision in citizens united has opened the doors to foreign money and governments buying our elections.
like this one:
According to legal experts consulted by ThinkProgress, the Chamber is likely skirting longstanding campaign finance law that bans the involvement of foreign corporations in American elections.
In [...]
Serious Question
Booman Tribune, on the latest foreclosure/mortgage crisis:
How do you fix this? I have a bad feeling that you don’t. But, probably you need Congress to come up with some patchwork retroactive fix. Basically, you have a bunch of people who can’t pay their mortgages. But no one can prove that they have a right to [...]
Hey Pennsylvania: Bob Casey Wants to Make it Easier for Banks to Take Your House! (UPDATED)
UPDATED BELOW
Bob Casey, “friend” of working- and middle-class Pennsylvanians, is not much of a friend after all.
As you all know, we’re in the middle of a crisis: not only did the housing market collapse because of worthless fradulent mortgages, the foreclosure process is also rife with fraud and crime. As i wrote yesterday, Bank [...]
TD Bank: the Criminal Enterprise Targets Philadelphia Arts
I’ve written extensively about the criminal enterprise known as TD Bank, from the way they deliberately distorted their automatic payment system in order to wring late fees from homeowners while damaging their credit, to the way they participate in a program designed to provide loans to low/moderate-income households with bruised credit but set it up [...]
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