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The Supercommittee Will Probably Fail. Hoorah!

Remember all that hysteria from the pro-left

…about how the Supercommittee would be the end of social security and medicare as we know it? Well, many pragmatists (like me) were trying to explain that the entire concept came about because Obama totally outmaneuvered the Republicans, forcing a deal that would result in precisely

The Flat Tax vs Fair Tax – Links For Flat Heads

People are using Flat Tax vs Fair Tax interchangeably. And as usual, our congenitally lazy media is happy to oblige any and all misunderstandings by virtue of not understanding it themselves. So here’s a few links that will help you have this annoying discussion with anyone, especially wingnuts who won’t understand any definition you give

Occupy Wall Street, The 30 Second Commercial

Occupy Wall Street, The 30 Second Commercial

Over ten days ago on Twitter, I was saying that the criticism that the #OccupyWallStreet protest “needed a message” in its early days was nonsense. Americans, nay, most citizens of the world already knew what the message was.  And that message was this:

“The 99% have a very big problem, and

Ronald Reagan: “Where Collective Bargaining Is Forbidden, Freedom Is Lost”

Flashback #1
   Well,well, well.. here's a "Dutch" treat.

After all the moronic and self-serving blather that conservatives have spewed about Ronald Reagan and unions in the past month, look at what turns up.  Now just imagine how they will twist themselves into balloon animals trying to spin this little historical artifact.  Wait for it.

In the meantime,

Rachel Maddow: Wisconsin Is About The Survival of The Democratic Party

This video will tell you just about everything you need to know about what Wisconsin is all about.

If the left doesn't rise to this challenge, this nation is a lost cause. Just book a flight to Australia, New Zealand, or some other nation where there is still a shred of decency left in their cultural

A Very Important Essay About America… Was Written About Britain

The baby boomers and the price of personal freedom

As the postwar baby boomer generation begins to enter comfortable retirement, their children face a future of massive debt and uncertainty

Yet the big question of our time, after the financial crisis and the prospect of years of low growth and high unemployment, remains what it

The Punk Patriot: Welfare Talking Points No.1

Last week, I had suggested to the Punk that he make a series of shorter, more focused explainer videos, and find a background a bit nicer than this laundry. I'm elated by his choices here. The Concorporative™ Flag is absolutely brilliant. All Corpizens™ should have one.

I think the Punk is on his way

Why It’s Hard to Cut the Federal Budget

Bob Cesca blogs the reason, but the chart says it all. 

Wingnuts think we spend a lot of money on foreign aid.  When you tell them it's peanuts, they accuse you of making up numbers. But then, they get almost everything wrong, all the time, anyway. And whatever they get right, Glenn Beck just

Some Myths About American Taxes

This is a slug for a new primer I've been meaning to write for months.  The first article is just a way to get me motivated.

5 Myths about your taxes (Washington Post)

2. Americans are overtaxed.

In 2007, federal, state and local taxes claimed about $3.8 trillion, or 27 percent of U.S. gross domestic product. That's

We Stand on the Cusp of one of Humanity’s Most Dangerous Moments

Chris Hedges is one of our most important writers because he's not afraid to see that bad people produce bad outcomes, and good people wanting good outcomes have virtually no guarantee of winning in the long run of history. They're just fond of thinking that they might.

There are about 100 excerpts I could post here