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08/25/2011

Do as I say, not as I do.

A little overlooked fact about Chip Cravaack is that he worked as a pilot for the Northwest Airlines as recently as 2007 and being a pilot means that you are a member of a Union, thus receiving the benefits of union negotiated salaries, vacations, and disability payments.

08/17/2011

Please view and pass on. You will be angry after watching.

Financial gains over the last decade in the United States have been mostly made at the "tippy-top" of the economic food chain as more people fall out of the middle class. The top 20 percent of Americans now holds 84 percent of U.S. wealth, as Paul Solman found out as part of a Making Sen$e series on...

07/08/2011

Amazing, yet not surprising!

Earlier this week, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a leading voice on shrinking entitlement spending and privatizing Medicare, spent Tuesday evening sipping $350 of wine with two economist friends. He paid for one of the bottles himself after another diner at the posh eatery Bistro Bis scolded the table for

05/02/2011

There is an election taking place in Wisconsin that can be the first Republican legislative seat to fall. Steve Doyle is running for the 94th AD, near La Crosse, WI. Here is his positive campaign ad. Please support Steve at ActBlue https://secure.actblue.com/page/wisconsin94th If you have a hot election happening in your state please let us know so that we can spread the word and help you support your candidate!

Steve Doyle is running for the 94th AD.

04/27/2011

This what Republicans in Michigan think of our most precious resource - our children. Reminds you of a Charles Dickens storyline, only problem is that this is 2011, not 1843. Appalling at every level.

Foster children in Michigan would use their state-funded clothing allowance only in thrift stores under a plan suggested by State Senator Bruce Caswell.

04/26/2011

Acting like an adult can be tough for some folks.

In an interview with POLITICO, the House speaker lays out some of his terms for a deal.

04/25/2011

This is a great and funny ad about what effect the changes to medicare will have on our seniors.

Seniors will have to find $12,500 for Health Care because Republicans voted to end Medicare. How will you pay? Take action at http://www.StopBenefitCuts.com

04/21/2011

Here is video of Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin being booed as he tries to explain why people who earn $1,000,000+ a year should not be asked to share more of the burden in helping get the country back on track financially.

During a town hall meeting in Milton, a constituent who described himself as a "lifelong conservative" asked Ryan about the effects of growing income inequal...

04/19/2011

Here is an interesting link from Politico. With "The Donald" now leading the charge, one has to wonder "who are these people?

Donald Trump’s birther crusade could be a boon in Iowa, and “Romneycare” could dog the former Massachusetts governor in the first-in-the-nation caucus, a new poll shows.

04/18/2011

Interesting article on the Governor of New Jersey. It is good to keep your eyes open for all comers.

04/18/2011

Rep. Kucinich questioning Wisconsin Gov. Walker on stripping collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin workers. Thank you Ohio.

Washington D.C. (April 14, 2011) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today scored an admission from Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker that his decision to strip the rights of public workers to bargain collectively "doesn't save any" money for the Wisconsin taxpayers.

04/18/2011