[156346] in Zephyr_Bugs
Tax the Poor?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Mon Aug 15 20:34:52 2011
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:34:47 -0400 (EDT)
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t r u t h o u t | *When the discussion has moved so far to the right that Reagan would be a centrist Democrat today, you know you're in trouble.*
Against all facts and reason, the right-wing unreality has taken over the national discussion, across the spectrum. During last week's debate, every single one of the Republican candidates said they'd reject a national budget that included 10-to-1 spending cuts over taxes. Rick Perry, a former pilot and current evangelical governor of Texas, wants to tax more poor people. *Seriously* [ http://www.truth-out.org/what-slacker-nation/1313432377 ]*.*
While the rest of the world is steadily moving away from a US-centric economy, we're spinning our wheels. We can't get off of dirty energy, we can't raise taxes on the super-rich, we can't get out of the quagmire in Afghanistan and we can't stop locking up our own citizens. We can't even hold a coherent discussion about solving our greatest challenges. *Why?*
One reason is clear, and so is the solution. *Corporate media is owned and controlled by the very money-hoarders who keep us fighting each other while they sell us plastic.* The solution? Trustworthy sources must be cultivated and strengthened. New institutions must continue to grow, independent of corporate sponsorship. Media must be reorganized.
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<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.3636360983009582"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.3636360983009582">When the discussion has moved so far to the right that Reagan would be a centrist Democrat today, you know you’re in trouble.</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.3636360983009582"><br />
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<span>Against all facts and reason, the right-wing unreality has taken over the national discussion, across the spectrum. During last week’s debate, every single one of the Republican candidates said they’d reject a national budget that included 10-to-1 spending cuts over taxes. Rick Perry, a former pilot and current evangelical governor of Texas, wants to tax more poor people. <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VPEYdPbzD7kanZ1yirm%2FiHPWfK%2BGRd9A"><b><font color="#cc0000">Seriously</font></b></a></span><b><span>.</span></b><br />
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<span>While the rest of the world is steadily moving away from a US-centric economy, we’re spinning our wheels. We can’t get off of dirty energy, we can’t raise taxes on the super-rich, we can’t get out of the quagmire in Afghanistan and we can’t stop locking up our own citizens. We can’t even hold a coherent discussion about solving our greatest challenges. </span><b><span>Why?</span></b><br />
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<span>One reason is clear. <b>Corporate media is owned and controlled by the very money-hoarders who keep us fighting each other while they sell us plastic.</b> The solution? Trustworthy sources must be cultivated and strengthened. New institutions must continue to grow, independent of corporate sponsorship. Media must be reorganized. </span><br />
<br />
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