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chicks with guns

Sun, 04 May 2008 03:41:05 GMT

clipped by: tanyamm

Clip Source: www.myconfinedspace.com

Gifts For The Rich

Sat, 03 May 2008 19:47:58 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

When it comes to cutting taxes for the wealthy, President Bush can truly say, “Mission accomplished.”

The richest 1 percent of Americans received about $491 billion in tax breaks between 2001 and 2008. That’s nearly the same amount as U.S. debt held by China — $493 billion — in the form of Treasury securities.

Do you want our government to mortgage more of our nation’s future to finance tax breaks for the rich?

Tax cuts have already helped the richest 1 percent — whose annual incomes average about $1.5 million — increase their share of the nation’s income to a higher level than any year since 1928 on the eve of the Great Depression.

The International Monetary Fund says the United States is in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Yet, we are borrowing money with interest to finance tax cuts for Wall Street executives.

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The Corporate McCain

Sat, 03 May 2008 19:45:22 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: www.creators.com

Who is John McCain? His spin-meisters paint a picture of him as a straight-talker, Washington outsider, maverick reformer, determined foe of the special interests, champion of the average Joe.

Gosh, what a guy! Only, that guy is not the real John McCain. The real one is the corporate suit who has been a faithful servant to the corporate interests in his many years as head of the Senate Commerce Committee

With these corporate cronies raising campaign funds for him, it's not surprising that McCain's policy proposals would bring cheer to CEOs, not to Average Joes. His economic plan, for example, is centered on more Busheconomics, cutting corporate taxes and extending Bush's tax giveaways to the rich. How to pay for these withdrawals from our public treasury? By cutting national programs that help regular folks.

McCain's entire campaign is being paid for and run by the same corporate insiders who brought us eight years of Bush-Cheney.