Pulling the Plug on Working Families to Give Tax Cuts to Millionaires

Seeded on Sat Apr 9, 2011 2:36 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

The Ryan budget is a remarkable document: all of its budget cuts hammer working class families, seniors, and students — while all of its tax cuts go straight to millionaires.

politics, ryan

You Can't Steal Easter Holiday We Stole from Paganism!

Seeded on Wed Apr 6, 2011 4:04 PM EDT ()

Of course, like Christmas, Easter is a Pagan holiday. It's even named after a Pagan goddess: Eostre, a West German goddess who originally applied her name to the entire month of April (Eostur-monath). Eostre, also known as Ostara, is a fertility goddess, no less.

religion, pagan, easter

America's Political Choices: Either The Right Or The Far-right

Seeded on Wed Apr 6, 2011 3:50 PM EDT (newsjunkiepost.com)

Just like American consumers have the choice of either Pepsi or Coke, voters have the choice (if they want their votes to count or be counted) between Democrats or Republicans.

politics

The 47% Don't Pay Taxes Lie

Seeded on Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:37 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Congressional Budget Office data suggests that, at most, about 10 percent of all households pay no net federal taxes. The number 10 is obviously a lot smaller than 47.

taxes, politics

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