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Another Shotgun Blast to a Zombie Lie

On October 7, 2011 By

Time to try again to kill the lie that government housing policy caused the subprime crisis.  Maybe this time it’ll knock the zombie down for good.  Probably not.

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We don’t need no stinkin’ EPA…

On September 18, 2011 By

Despite never actually providing a plan to create jobs, several of the leading Republican candidates for President point to federal regulations as a reason we aren’t growing jobs in the United States. We are in fact just a few tax breaks and deregulation away from renewed prosperity. And of course competition and the free market [...]

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Social Security Works…

On September 15, 2011 By

I have a couple of longer posts in the works on Social Security and Republicans and Taxes…but they aren’t ready for tonight!

But I thought I’d leave us all with this quick little tidbit: by now everyone has read the census news from any of a number of different outlets…more Americans are living in poverty [...]

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Tax Breaks create jobs…horse hockey

On June 13, 2011 By

We have continually been harangued that we need to continue to cut taxes for the wealthy and for corporations so that they have the extra wherewithal to create more jobs. We’ve just had the tenth anniversary of the original Bush tax cuts. We have a myriad of state tax cuts and credits. But unemployment is [...]

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So…about Ronald Reagan and the national debt

On April 25, 2011 By

Referencing the fact that the federal debt didn’t decrease under both Presidents Bush, here’s what far-right conservative blogger Randy Hollenbeck said:
P.S. -You on the left, I know you don’t and cannot understand this, but both President Bushes were not Conservatives, but they were Republicans.

Interestingly, Hollenbeck didn’t include Ronald Reagan in his [...]

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Palin to speak at fundraiser for “socialist” Canadian hospital

On December 13, 2009 By

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who’s made no secret of her feelings for the”socialist” health care system in Canada, is scheduled to speak at a fundraiser for a hospital and cancer center in Canada. The hospital in question, St. Peter’s Hospital, is a public hospital, and in addition to offering “socialized medicine,” it also [...]

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The myth about government health care

On November 9, 2009 By

One common conservative talking point posits that a government-run health care system would lead to a rationing of care, as was suggested in an editorial in Investors Business Daily, which used world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking as “proof” of their point:

People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where [...]

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New Book Release “Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party”

On September 8, 2009 By

Release promotion for a new book “Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party.”

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Divorce rate lower in (gay-marriage legal) Massachusetts

On September 4, 2009 By

Bruce Wilson of the Huffington Post is reporting some interesting findings debunking the myth that same-sex marriage will lead to a breakdown in the traditional family structure (emphasis mine):

Provisional data from 2008 indicates that the Massachusetts divorce rate has dropped from 2.3 per thousand in 2007 down to about 2.0 per thousand [...]

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There’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more

On October 25, 2008 By

For all the controversy Sen. John McCain and his supporters have tried to drum up about Sen. Barack Obama’s supposed socialist ideas when it comes to taxes, Sen. McCain himself has his own dirty little secret: he’s supported tax plans that tax the wealthy so the middle class can have tax relief (aka “spreading the [...]

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