Web-700-cant-waste-vote-SINGLE-IMAGE.png (700×3884) Paul Ryan’s speech in 3 words. GOP Supercommittee Member Admits Bush Tax Cuts Didn't Create Jobs, Can't Explain Why. By Pat Garofalo on December 4, 2011 at 12:10 pm "GOP Supercommittee Member Admits Bush Tax Cuts Didn’t Create Jobs, Can’t Explain Why" Republicans this week filibustered a Democratic plan to extend a soon-to-expire payroll tax cut, objecting to the fact that the extension was paid for by implementing a small surtax on income in excess of $1 million.
To justify their objection to taxing the wealthy, Republicans have revived their false claim that taxing the rich amounts to taxing small business owners and job creators. Bloomberg’s Al Hunt asked Rep. HUNT: Why under those pre-Bush tax cut tax rates did the economy do so well in the ‘90s? Watch it: As Center for American Progress Director of Tax and Budget Policy Michael Linden found, “in the past 60 years, job growth has actually been greater in years when the top income tax rate was much higher than it is now.” Santorum: No One Has Ever Died Because They Didn’t Have Health Care. 9 Pictures That Expose This Country's Obscene Division of Wealth | Economy. February 14, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Many people don’t understand our country’s problem of concentration of income and wealth because they don’t see it.
If people understood just how concentrated wealth has become in our country and the effect is has on our politics, our democracy and our people, they would demand our politicians do something about it. How Much Is A Billion? Some Wall Street types (and others) make over a billion dollars a year – each year. What Do People Do With SO Much? What do people do with all that money? Cars This is a Maybach. Your $1 billion will only buy you a thousand Maybach Landaulets. Here are pics of just some of Ralph Lauren’s collection of cars. Luxury Hotels This is the Mardan Palace Hotel in Turkey, Burj Al Arab in Dubai. Here is a photo gallery of some other expensive hotels, where people pay $20-30,000 per night. A billion dollars will buy you a $20,000 room every night for 137 years. No White House Christmas This Year? Updated Nov 24, 2012Forwarded email claims the Obamas will have 'holiday trees' instead of Christmas trees in the White House this year, and no ornaments with religious themes will be allowed.
Description: Email rumor Circulating since: July 2009 Status: False (see details below) Example:Email text contributed by an AOL user, Aug. 2, 2009: Hello all, Thought you might be interested in this information from the White House. This isn't a rumor; this is a fact. We have a friend at church who is a very talented artist. 2012 update: The 2012 White House Christmas tree, clearly labeled as such, was delivered to Michelle Obama at the North Portico of the White House on Nov. 23, 2012. 2011 update: As of November 2011, this two-year-old email is circulating yet again. 2010 update: As of December 2010, the same year-old email was circulating again, identically worded but now titled "White House Will Not Do Christmas," "No Christmas Tree in the White House This Year," etc.
Share This Article. Republicans In North Carolina Want To Re-Segregate Their State And Kick Women Out Of Office. There's a battle being waged in North Carolina right now which, if lost, could mean very bad things for anybody who's not a white man in that state. The issue at hand is redistricting, the process of redrawing electoral district lines to account for population shifts. As is often the case, the fight over where to draw the boundaries has devolved into quite the partisan clusterfluffernutter. The Republicans are currently in the majority, and they are trying to maximize their power by redrawing boundaries in their favor.
Shocker! But as annoying as it is, it's a commonplace occurrence during any redistricting—and, in fact, Democrats in North Carolina did something similar ten years ago when they were in control. The difference between then and now, however, is that this time around the GOP is trying to cement their power largely by reducing the influence of black voters and doing away with seats held by women. And they're right. It's happening in the House too. Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study. Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University. The poll surveyed New Jersey residents about the uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East, and where they get their news sources. The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that "people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government" and "6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government" compared to those who watch no news.
Overall, 53% of all respondents knew that Egyptians successfully overthrew Hosni Mubarak and 48% knew that Syrians have yet to overthrow their government. Dan Cassino, a political science professor at Fairleigh Dickinson, explained in a statement, "Because of the controls for partisanship, we know these results are not just driven by Republicans or other groups being more likely to watch Fox News.