From ThinkProgress: It turns out that 96 percent of Americans have used government assistance at one point or another in their lives, ranging from Social Security to grant programs. In a New York Times op-ed Monday, Professors Suzanne Mettler and John Sides point out that a vast majority of Americans…
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From LA Times: The Romney campaign spent $4.04 million on payroll in August — nearly twice as much as it spent in July — while the Obama campaign spent $4.37 million, according to campaign finance disclosures filed last week with the Federal Election Commission. But the president appears to be…
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Larry Spotted Crow Mann of Indian Country Today nails it: For a man who prides himself on being a great businessman, Mitt Romney now carries the ignoble distinction of CEO of the most disastrous, chaotic and self-imploding campaign in modern history. In a perpetual drunken kabuki dance, Mitt has staggered,…
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From US News: Maybe Mitt Romney thinks he lives in Switzerland? When the former Massachusetts governor released his official 2011 tax return Friday, he (or whoever actually filled out the form) appeared to have mistakenly referred to the United States as a foreign country. “If you have a foreign address,”…
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From Institute for Souther Studies: If, as Romney suggested, moocherism begins with the failure to pay federal income taxes, then that label can easily be applied to many of the country’s major companies. A November 2011 report by Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy…
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Just watch it: See also, Romney’s Friday News Dump: By Romney’s Own Standard, His Tax Returns Would Disqualify Him From The Presidency (11)
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