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    Four reasons nuclear power is a very bad idea
    masbury
    by masbury  7-17-2008    7
     1. no willing investors (it's all gov't money); 2. spreads nuclear weapons technology (eg, S Korea); 3. makes fat terrorism targets; 4. waste problem unsolved
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    FACT: US economy does better under Democrats
    masbury
    by masbury  7-17-2008    9
     Graphic proof: Democratic admins usually bring growth in jobs, GDP, and stock values; Repub admins bring deficits, greater gap between rich and poor. If blue-collar Americans ever understand this, it'll be mighty bad news for Republicans.
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    NYTimes: McCain plan "cannot balance the budget"
    masbury
    by masbury  7-13-2008    4
     "Mr. McCain and his advisers must know that his numbers do not add up. But adding up is not their point. Their point is to perpetuate the fantasy that Americans can have ever bigger tax cuts and a balanced federal budget. They cannot. "
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    McCain tax cuts give Corporations $175B/year windfall
    masbury
    by masbury  7-1-2008    11
     And guess who will make up the difference?
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    Another GOP rep spread China/Cuba drilling myth
    masbury
    by masbury  6-27-2008    4
     Started by VP Cheney, who later admitted it wasn't true. This is the 3rd House Repub to pitch this whopper.
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    Obama bounces: now 51-36 over McCain
    masbury
    by masbury  6-20-2008    5
     more trusted in every category; far ahead of where Kerry or Gore were at this point in campaign
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    Oil CEO's earnings leap 4 times S&P index
    masbury
    by masbury  6-17-2008   
     Improved company performance "almost entirely due to high oil prices." But if they're not to blame for oil prices, why are they getting rewarded for them?
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    What I Did With My Stimulus Check
    masbury
    by masbury  6-12-2008   
     Rose Marie Berger: "If I have received this check in error, please let me know and I will return it to you immediately. Otherwise, I will assume that you are continuing a bad habit of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul.'”
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    Poll: Repubs prefer Dem policies (unless tipped off)
    masbury
    by masbury  5-31-2008   
     Tell them they're Dem policies, and they march away. One more time, the Red/Blue divide rings hollow.
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    Steepest decline in driving ever recorded
    masbury
    by masbury  5-27-2008   
     11 billion fewer miles driven in USA
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    Democrats now trusted more on all 10 Rasmussen issues
    masbury
    by masbury  5-14-2008    1
     another significant trend of Election 2008—there is a growing number of people who consider themselves to be Democrats. In fact, the Democrats now have the largest partisan advantage over the Republicans since Rasmussen Reports began tracking this data on a monthly basis nearly six years ago.
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    How much is a gallon of gas in the rest of the world?
    masbury
    by masbury  5-11-2008    4
     Compare US's prices with other nations: Both now higher than shown - say, a dollar - but it's not hard to see why we use so much.
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    Ask your doctor about GASTAXADROPPIN!
    masbury
    by masbury  5-9-2008    1
     Warning: In the event of a tax vacation lasting three months, see your politician immediately. And don't expect your economy to firm up again for a long time
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    The War on Greed starring Larry the Loophole [3 min]
    masbury
    by masbury  5-7-2008   
     How tax loopholes favor corporate buyouts, cause job losses, strain school and road budgets, and give rapid wealth growth to the very rich.
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    Slams on Obama get little traction
    masbury
    by masbury  5-7-2008   
     Other than over 65, he does well among whites; "elitist" charge and Wright connection unimportant; economy and war main issues
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    Why the gas tax cut is a bad idea
    masbury
    by masbury  5-1-2008   
     likely to boost consumption, increase emissions, drive up gas price
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    GAO: Faulty defense accounting, 3rd year in a row
    masbury
    by masbury  4-30-2008    2
     Little accountability, transparency; cites large contractor billings in "miscellaneous" category; we really don't know how our money is being spent, or if contractors are taking us to the cleaners in the GWOT (global war on terror)
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    Most Americans favor increased taxes on rich
    masbury
    by masbury  4-29-2008   
     By a slight majority ...
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    House reposessed? Your lender's CEO made millions
    masbury
    by masbury  4-25-2008   
     How many payments could you make with $131M? How much loss did this fellow's choices bring to the nation's economy? How come he profits while millions lose their homes?
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    George Will: Limit execs salaries at bailout recipients
    masbury
    by masbury  4-22-2008    2
     Bravo! h/t Papananook!
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    McCain: "Great Progress Economically" under Bush
    masbury
    by masbury  4-19-2008   
     We were ... waist deep in the Big Muddy ...
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    "I was fortunate to have missed the Obama-Clinton debate ..."
    masbury
    by masbury  4-18-2008   
     Glenn Greenwald's insights on why the debate was so substance-free
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    Graph: Individual vs Corporate Income tax since 1940
    masbury
    by masbury  4-16-2008    22
     Corporations pay less and less of the US tax bill
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    Rightwing Reality: "Economic unease is fear Bush tax cuts might go away"
    masbury
    by masbury  4-16-2008   
     That's what those losing their homes are REALLY worried about. Big Gubmunt the problem - tax cuts the answer. Never mind that this mess wouldn't have happened without the deregulation of the industry during the Reagan and Clinton years.
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    Health CEOs and defense contractors score big during economic slide
    masbury
    by masbury  4-14-2008   
     No recession here
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    The USS Economy
    masbury
    by masbury  4-12-2008   
     political cartoon
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    McCain Econ Advisers linked to subprime crisis
    masbury
    by masbury  4-3-2008    1
     Champions of deregulation and aggressive corporate behavior
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    Oil Execs called to account for huge salaries, tax breaks
    masbury
    by masbury  4-3-2008    1
     Received $18billion in corporate welfare while profits highest ever. Republicans made the real welfare state.
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    Vote for "Corporate Hall of Shame" worst abuser of 08
    masbury
    by masbury  3-24-2008   
     ADM, Toyota, Countrywide, Mattel, Nestle, Blackwater, Wal-Mart, Wendy's among nominees.
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    85,000 farmers in India commit suicide
    masbury
    by masbury  3-23-2008    8
     Can't repay debts; US crop subsidies partly to blame
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    People who give are happier
    masbury
    by masbury  3-22-2008   
     Spending on self gives less happiness than spending on others
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    Inflation in staples many times that of luxury items
    masbury
    by masbury  3-21-2008    2
     Ah, the natural benevolence of the free market!
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    7 of 10 believe economy woe stems from Iraq war
    masbury
    by masbury  3-19-2008    1
     66% of Americans oppose it. (one wonders why Americans even consider voting for "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran")
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    Iraq vet: McCain wrong leader for Iraq
    masbury
    by masbury  3-8-2008    1
     US troops cannot solve political problems
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    World Bank VP: Iraq war cause of sub-prime loan crisis
    masbury
    by masbury  3-1-2008    6
     Has cost 50-60 times more than Bush predicted; banks responded to cash drain with cheap credit; A week's war bill could end worldwide illiteracy
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    Chris Dodd: Obama "is ready to be President"
    masbury
    by masbury  2-26-2008   
     From one who campaigned on experience
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    The Lies Behind 'Free Trade'
    Rasmus
    by Rasmus  2-5-2008    1
     This book on disastrous trade policies makes clear that it's time to dismantle the barriers that keep so much of the world so poor. Neoliberalism is a rerun of what economists suffering from "historical amnesia" believe were the key characteristics of the international economy in the golden age of liberalism (1870-1913). The Third World was not always poor and economically stagnant. Throughout the golden age of capitalism, from the Marshall Plan (1947) to the first oil shock (1973), the United States was a Good Samaritan and helped developing countries by allowing them to protect and subsidize their nascent industries. forced to adopt neoliberal policies and to open their economies to much more powerful foreign competitors on unequal terms, their growth rate fell to less than half of that recorded in the 1960s . Apologists for neoliberalism have also revived an old 19th century and neo-Nazi explanation for developmental failure - namely, culture.
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    Exxon-Mobil posts highest profit in US history
    masbury
    by masbury  2-1-2008    1
     Yet your taxes provided them with oil subsidies
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    Ralph Nader on Clinton's 90s
    masbury
    by masbury  1-26-2008    1
     A debacle of pro-corporate pandering
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    Richest Americans mostly inherited wealth
    masbury
    by masbury  1-17-2008    2
     And so many defend those poor folks who start the 10k 9000 meters ahead of everybody else.
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