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Mitch Daniels' SOTU Response Wrong on Social Security

January 25, 2012

In the GOP response to President Obama’s state of the union address, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels argued that Social Security should be means-tested, rather than asking the rich to pay their fair share of taxes to the program. While this proposal may sound innocuous, in fact, means testing would save Social Security little money, erode its fundamental character, and cost it political support.

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Obama Pentagon Spending Cuts Will Change The Budget Debate Long Before They Reduce The Budget

By Stan Collender

January 6, 2012

Originally published at Capital Gains and Games.

There are five reasons why it was virtually inevitable the White House would make military spending an issue this year.

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War Is Over: Ending and Paying For the Iraq War

By Terrance Heath

December 30, 2011

I heard one of my favorite holiday songs on the radio yesterday — John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)." I've always loved it, but this year it holds special meaning for me — especially the children of the Harlem Community Choir singing "War is over, if you want it." on the chorus .

This holiday season, I'm getting something that — as a progressive — I have wanted for years: an end of the war in Iraq. As it happens, this "gift" is like many given and received this time of year. You never really know what you're getting until you unwrap it. Once unwrapped, it's not to be quite what you thought or hoped it would be. And, even with price tag removed, you know it cost way too much.

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Among GOP Candidates, Not a Single Friend of Social Security

By Daniel Marans

December 19, 2011

The Strengthen Social Security Campaign has created a guide evaluating the “friendliness” of six Republican candidates, “Among Republican Candidates, Not a Single Friend of Social Security.” The Campaign has also produced longer individual profiles of more »

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Future Shock and Awe

By Digby

November 14, 2011

Listening to Newtie blather on about foreign policy last night reminded me of his gooey, wannabe relationship with the military over the years. I wrote about it back in March of 2003:

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Stand With Veterans -- The Worthy 1 Percent

By Terrance Heath

November 10, 2011

This year, Veterans Day should be a day for all of us — all 99 percent of us — to stand with the 1 percent. Not, as Jim Hightower writes, the "corporate CEOs and hedge fund billionaires," but the "extra-special 1 percent of our society" who are also part of the 99 percent: the veterans of our most recent, most misguided wars, as well as those before. As Hightower said, let it not be a day to merely salute our veterans, but to stand with them and rally with them, as they have already done for us.

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Perry’s Social Security Plan: A “Monstrous Lie”

By Daniel Marans

October 26, 2011

A few weeks after calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” Rick Perry claims he has just the plan to save the program. That is nothing but a monstrous lie.

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Barney Frank Connects Defense Cuts Drive To Occupy Movement

By Isaiah J. Poole

October 14, 2011

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Explaining Ten Years of War to a Child

By Terrance Heath

October 7, 2011

This week, my eight-year-old son asked me a couple of questions about the war in Afghanistan. They were simple questions. Yet, both times I struggled to answer.

The first question came out of the blue. "Dad," he asked me, "Why did we go to war in Afghanistan?"

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