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How the Supreme Court Kicked Retirees Into the Gutter
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t r u t h o u t | 04.11
Solidarity NOT Forever: How the Supreme Court Kicked Retirees Into the Gutt=
er
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15664-solidarity-not-forever-how-the-supreme=
-court-kicked-retirees-into-the-gutter
Ann Hodges and Ellen Dannin, Truthout: The Supreme Court's decision in Alli=
ed Chemical Workers v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass to give employers complete co=
ntrol of retiree benefits undercuts the purpose of the National Labor Relat=
ions Act and leaves vulnerable retired employees powerless to protect thems=
elves from costly changes in benefits.
Chicagoans Fight for Education and Against Standardized Testing
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15660-chicagoans-fight-for-education-and-aga=
inst-standardized-testing
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: Chicago history teacher Jen Johnson sees the figh=
t against standardized testing and school closings as no less than a fight =
for the future standard of living for working people.
The Common Denominator in Gun Massacres Is Military-Style Weapons Champione=
d for Profit
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/15634-the-common-denominator-in-=
gun-massacres-is-military-style-weapons-championed-for-profit
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Tom Diaz lays out the story behind his latest book, =
The Last Gun: How Changes in the Gun Industry Are Killing Americans and Wha=
t It Will Take to Stop It.
Why We Tax: A Timely Reminder for Tax Day
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15669-why-we-tax-a-timely-reminder-for-ta=
x-day
Sam Pizzigati, Campaign for America's Future: Should taxes be a way to rais=
e revenue or a tool for combatting the concentration of wealth? A look back=
at why progressive taxation was created a half-century ago and what the po=
litical discussions happening today reveal about America's shifting priorit=
ies.
Senate Poised to Debate Gun Control Measure
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15685-senate-poised-to-debate-gun-control-me=
asure
Michael A. Memoli, McClatchy/Tribune: A rare debate has emerged as gun refo=
rm legislation in the Senate cleared a significant hurdle Wednesday.
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Dr. King's "Two Americas" Truer Now than =
Ever
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15688-dr-kings-two-americas-truer-now-tha=
n-ever
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: As American society's ch=
asm between the superrich and poor grows wider and deeper, Martin Luther Ki=
ng, Jr.'s words are as prescient as ever.
Newark Students Defy Threats to Protest Attacks on Public Education
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15687-newark-students-defy-threats-to-protes=
t-attacks-on-public-education
Rania Khalek, Truthout: On Tuesday, up to 2,000 students from at least a do=
zen public high schools in Newark, New Jersey, walked out of class to prote=
st years of budget cuts, school closings and teacher layoffs - while others=
reportedly were held in school by lockdowns and threats.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Immigration Reform Rallies Spread From Coas=
t to Coast, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15690-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-immigra=
tion-reform-rallies-spread-from-coast-to-coast-and-more
Jim Javinsky, The Thom Hartmann Program: In today's On the News segment: Re=
publicans have no shame when it comes to refusing help for those in need; t=
housands rallied around our nation yesterday to urge Congress to enact comp=
rehensive immigration reform; Progressives and Tea Party members have found=
something to agree on =E2=80=93 their opposition to the so-called Monsanto=
Protection Act; and more.
Norman Solomon | Time to Bell the Obama Cat
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15676-time-to-bell-the-obama-cat
Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Blog: With President Barack Obama's recent=
announcement that he is going to make Social Security cuts, a diverse set =
of progressive groups are disgruntled with Obama like never before.
Paul Krugman: Poland's Risky Euro Gamble
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15667-polands-risky-euro-gamble
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Despite Poland's relative economic stability a=
mid the European economic crisis, its leaders seem bent on giving disaster =
a chance.
A Tax Day Plan for Righting the Republic
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15670-a-tax-day-plan-for-righting-the-republ=
ic-just-doing-whats-popular-would-make-us-healthier-wealthier-wiser-and-les=
s-indebted
Mattea Kramer, TomDispatch: Have you looked at where your tax dollars are g=
oing? The flow of money goes toward things that are contrary to what Americ=
ans want.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Elizabeth Warren Shocked by Obama CPI Proposal to Squeeze Blood Out of the =
Middle Class When the Wealthy Can Sustain Social Security
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17911-elizabeth-warren-s=
hocked-by-obama-cpi-proposal-to-squeeze-blood-out-of-the-middle-class-when-=
the-wealthy-can-sustain-social-security
Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout: President Obama's Social Secu=
rity proposal that cuts benefits to seniors could be avoided. He just need=
s to turn a regressive Social Security tax into a progressive one, and elim=
inate the tax cap benefiting the wealthy.
Drone World: What Could Go Wrong?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17910-drone-world-what-could=
-go-wrong
Judge Raises Bar for Prosecution in Bradley Manning Case
Read the Article at Al Jazeera
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/2013410183858785108.html
The Antarctic Half of the Global Thermohaline Circulation Is Faltering
Read the Article at Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/10/1200602/-The-Antarctic-Half-of-the=
-Global-Thermohaline-Circulation-Is-Faltering
David Kuo, Faith-Based Initiative Whistle Blower, Dies at 44
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17909-david-kuo-faith-based-=
initiative-whistle-blower-dies-at-44
The Madness of NYT's Tom Friedman
Read the Article at Consortium News
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/04/10/the-madness-of-nyts-tom-friedman/
Loopholes in Gun Laws Allow Buyers to Skirt Checks
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/us/gun-law-loopholes-let-buyers-skirt-bac=
kground-checks.html?hp
GOP Demands Entitlement Cuts, Then Attacks Obama for Proposing Entitlement =
Cuts
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/10/fiscal-frauds/?=
hpid=3Dz2
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Elizabeth Warren Shocked by Obama CPI Proposal to Squeeze Blood Out of the Middle Class When the Wealthy Can Sustain Social Security </strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>President Obama's Social Security proposal that cuts benefits to seniors could be avoided. He just needs to turn a regressive Social Security tax into a progressive one, and eliminate the tax cap benefiting the wealthy.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mlmBZvmH2hzhh8tLSq3VnjmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.3"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Drone World: What Could Go Wrong?</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3Sq34Evfqacbmv4OkT8q7jmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Judge Raises Bar for Prosecution in Bradley Manning Case</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZwFsf%2Fd11JQgziZ%2BSqy%2FcTmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Al Jazeera</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Antarctic Half of the Global Thermohaline Circulation Is Faltering</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PpQeusiHAT7wF5wkYCgTnTmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Daily Kos</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>David Kuo, Faith-Based Initiative Whistle Blower, Dies at 44</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ncjy84dJH4MZ7Q4IcscMrIImiQJBW8Om" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Madness of NYT's Tom Friedman</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MRJkw3plhDjQ%2BpI0CB5uDTmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Consortium News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Loopholes in Gun Laws Allow Buyers to Skirt Checks</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=L5%2B4vqvEg0kyE17DshccOTmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>GOP Demands Entitlement Cuts, Then Attacks Obama for Proposing Entitlement Cuts</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fXuXvuJfyj1x%2BmHmo%2FwmlDmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vcXpc7cWREcEDTiwMyjT4DmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Solidarity NOT Forever: How the Supreme Court Kicked Retirees Into the Gutter</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ann Hodges and Ellen Dannin, Truthout:</strong> The Supreme Court's decision in Allied Chemical Workers v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass to give employers complete control of retiree benefits undercuts the purpose of the National Labor Relations Act and leaves vulnerable retired employees powerless to protect themselves from costly changes in benefits.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zuXH619HyRO2tVnLUACg3DmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9gn5tfrXThx1c7uODODIHjmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Chicagoans Fight for Education and Against Standardized Testing</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Yana Kunichoff, Truthout:</strong> Chicago history teacher Jen Johnson sees the fight against standardized testing and school closings as no less than a fight for the future standard of living for working people.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o9mux1Y8xFJ570uJHnsCCTmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UAEFdbpJ6vExOa8%2FfSvu7zmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Common Denominator in Gun Massacres Is Military-Style Weapons Championed for Profit</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Tom Diaz lays out the story behind his latest book, The Last Gun: How Changes in the Gun Industry Are Killing Americans and What It Will Take to Stop It.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GTMb%2B0NwjAgsJNghOXGB5jmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kaaohcpDBsczdSC%2BapjbbjmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Why We Tax: A Timely Reminder for Tax Day</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Sam Pizzigati, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> Should taxes be a way to raise revenue or a tool for combatting the concentration of wealth? A look back at why progressive taxation was created a half-century ago and what the political discussions happening today reveal about America's shifting priorities.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YNN72OG1mGv6XwdYQCMwFTmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Da411Al%2BR3YDQ4ZVb1geljmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Senate Poised to Debate Gun Control Measure</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Michael A. Memoli, McClatchy/Tribune:</strong> A rare debate has emerged as gun reform legislation in the Senate cleared a significant hurdle Wednesday.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sFCBg%2BJEKqonKXiACpgqADmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S7miERIYeAvUqhZGNOkSejmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Dr. King’s "Two Americas" Truer Now than Ever</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company:</strong> As American society's chasm between the superrich and poor grows wider and deeper, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words are as prescient as ever.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sa0cE%2FtC0SONPtdrADkCjjmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uiianMTXrOe3bc8RDqx9szmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Newark Students Defy Threats to Protest Attacks on Public Education</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Rania Khalek, Truthout:</strong> On Tuesday, up to 2,000 students from at least a dozen public high schools in Newark, New Jersey, walked out of class to protest years of budget cuts, school closings and teacher layoffs - while others reportedly were held in school by lockdowns and threats.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=X5sMSL9AWKlzmln01DBejTmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Immigration Reform Rallies Spread From Coast to Coast, and More</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Jim Javinsky, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> In today's On the News segment: Republicans have no shame when it comes to refusing help for those in need; thousands rallied around our nation yesterday to urge Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform; Progressives and Tea Party members have found something to agree on – their opposition to the so-called Monsanto Protection Act; and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=i8MmdsVycRPesVAwJZ3FezmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LN9uMUZa2PKJALOYxCELdzmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Norman Solomon | Time to Bell the Obama Cat</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Blog:</strong> With President Barack Obama's recent announcement that he is going to make Social Security cuts, a diverse set of progressive groups are disgruntled with Obama like never before.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=erPBR3KXWRqYRboLH3XwBzmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=POKI8Z%2FPvwWiNhCa6s%2BYJjmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman: Poland's Risky Euro Gamble</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> Despite Poland's relative economic stability amid the European economic crisis, its leaders seem bent on giving disaster a chance.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7EzUCexk2kEcKrzL6%2BXPCTmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZwFsf%2Fd11JTf2BVqreuqFDmCSeD0RksO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Tax Day Plan for Righting the Republic</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mattea Kramer, TomDispatch:</strong> Have you looked at where your tax dollars are going? The flow of money goes toward things that are contrary to what Americans want.</p>
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