DECEMBER 3, 2009 8:42AM
By J.E. Robertson
Topics: middle class, healthcare reform, healthcare, raw nerve, william shatner, rush limbaugh
AUGUST 25, 2011 8:32AM
By Steve Klingaman
Topics: economy, finance, jobs, unemployment, economic meltdown, middle class, disappearing middle class, business insider, businessinsider.com, michael snyder, 22 statistics that prove the middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in america, economic trends, falling standard of living, systemic restructuring of economy, jobless recovery. new face of poverty in america, downward mobility, hollowed-out economy, jobless recovery, 2007-09 recession, great recession
JUNE 23, 2011 3:38PM
By Rw005g
Topics: etc, liberal, conservative, populism, marxism, socialism, economics, lawyers, law, legal, attorney, attorneys, law firm, doctor, medicine, nurses, jd, md, it, computers, computer tech, specialization, middle class, pauperization, proletarianization, expert opinion, aba, ama, american bar association, american medical association, law blog, legal blog, jd, attorney blog, attorney blogger, jd blogger, law degree, social media blogger, os, open salon, os blogger, facebook, capitalism blogger, socialism, populist, populism, populist blogger, progressive blogger
NOVEMBER 9, 2010 2:02PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: making under, making less than, tax cuts for the rich, tax cuts for the wealthy, great depression, depression, 1929, hoover, depression, republican, democratic, sunset provision, sunset, expire, expiring, lower class, middle class, quarter of a million, quarter million, 250 thousand, 000, $250, $250k, egtrra, economic growth and tax relief reconciliation act of 2001, bush tax cuts, tax cuts, byrd rule, taxes, politics
FEBRUARY 24, 2011 7:18AM
By Nerdyjen
Topics: politics, business, american history, uaw, afl-cio, wisconsin, economy, middle class, unions, labor
JULY 8, 2009 10:25AM
By Floyd Elliot
Topics: fuck, words, dirty words, george carlin, class, social class, f-bomb, bourgeois, working class, middle class, humor, language, writing, speaking, english, south beach
OCTOBER 28, 2010 2:26PM
By SpiritManSF
Topics: uncle joe cannon, speaker of the house, illinois, danville, obama, banking scandal, general motors, middle class, 1950s, health care, republicans, berlin wall, video, politics, news, economy, open call
APRIL 14, 2009 2:27PM
By Michael Fox
Topics: open call, news, business, tea party, tea parties, taxes, tax revolt, sales tax, republicans, regressive taxes, recession, prop 13, progressive taxes, politics, paul krugman, orange county politics, orange county, obama campaign, middle class, howard jarvis, grover norquist, gasoline tax, elections, democrats, democratic party, california taxes, california republicans, california republican party, california property tax, california politics, california democrats, california democratic party, california budget crisis, california budget, california, automoble tax, anti-tax movement
JANUARY 12, 2012 12:20PM
By Cedar Burnett
Topics: childcare, healthcare, ulcerative colitis, chronic illness, anxiety, money, middle class, recession, economy
JUNE 16, 2009 11:01AM
By fingerlakeswanderer
Topics: why does david brooks still have a job at the new york times?, officiousness, middle class, multiculturalism, alan bloom, university of chicago, political discourse, since when does having big ears constitute political criticism?, david brooks needs a lollipop, david brooks is acting like a five-year old, snark, lorraine berry, lewis carroll, barack obama, politics, david brooks
MARCH 10, 2011 9:20AM
By Kemstone
Topics: budget, chris christie, citizens united, collective bargaining, corporate power, defense, deficit, democracy, education, koch industries, medicare, middle class, politics, protests, scott walker, social security, subsidies, taxes, unions, washington, wisconsin
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 2:38PM
By o'stephanie
Topics: middle class, promises kept, obama, mastercharge, visa, debt, credit cards
APRIL 14, 2012 7:20PM
By libbyliberalnyc
Topics: lower class, middle class, media, corporations, obama, protest, american citizens, jim macdonald
MARCH 15, 2011 10:01AM
By Kathy Knechtges
Topics: unions, teachers, middle class, liberals, jounalists
JULY 1, 2010 12:12AM
By Mark Pritchard
Topics: espionage, middle class, bourgeoisie, lifestyle, family
MARCH 11, 2012 4:46PM
By Karen McKim
Topics: occupy, protests, middle class, labor, recalls, walker, wisconsin, politics
NOVEMBER 14, 2010 6:14PM
Topics: shell game, burden, fiscal reform, fiscal responsibility, debt, deficit, unnecessary spending, unwanted spending, self-reliant, people's business, shift, change, democrats, republicans, tea partiers, tea party, 2012, 2010, middle class, wealthy, pay for themselves, pay for, alan greenspan, david gregory, john mccain, meet the press, expiring, expire, sunset provision, sunset, bush tax cuts, tax cuts, tax breaks, politics
JANUARY 13, 2012 12:49AM
By Jimmy Zuma
Topics: politics, rush limbaugh, election, class conflict, president obama, mitt romney, middle class, jimmy zuma, republicans, independents, democrats, wealthy, citizens united, class warfare, occupy wall street, pew research center
NOVEMBER 15, 2010 7:28AM
Topics: politics, tax breaks, tax cuts, bush tax cuts, sunset, sunset provision, expire, expiring, meet the press, john mccain, david gregory, alan greenspan, pay for, pay for themselves, wealthy, middle class, transparency, honesty, yacht, 2010, 2012, tea party, tea partiers, republicans, democrats, change, shift, people's business, self-reliant, unwanted spending, unnecessary spending, deficit, debt, fiscal responsibility, fiscal reform, burden, yet another criminally horrendous tax, tax act, deceptive, misleading
OCTOBER 15, 2012 12:39PM
By Ted Frier
Topics: politics, economics, 2012 election, paul ryan, joe biden, mitt romney, president obama, supply side economics, bruce bartlett, john f. kennedy, tax cut, tax deductions, ronald reagan, president eisenhower, economic growth, trickle-down economics, bain capital, china, plutocracy, oligarchy, grover norquist, middle class, keynesian economics, stimulus package
Salon.com
Rush Limbaugh Says Poor Don't Deserve Healthcare
DECEMBER 3, 2009 8:42AM
By J.E. Robertson
Topics: middle class, healthcare reform, healthcare, raw nerve, william shatner, rush limbaugh
Middle Class Meltdown
AUGUST 25, 2011 8:32AM
By Steve Klingaman
Topics: economy, finance, jobs, unemployment, economic meltdown, middle class, disappearing middle class, business insider, businessinsider.com, michael snyder, 22 statistics that prove the middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in america, economic trends, falling standard of living, systemic restructuring of economy, jobless recovery. new face of poverty in america, downward mobility, hollowed-out economy, jobless recovery, 2007-09 recession, great recession
Is Capitalism Destroying the Learned Professions?
JUNE 23, 2011 3:38PM
By Rw005g
Topics: etc, liberal, conservative, populism, marxism, socialism, economics, lawyers, law, legal, attorney, attorneys, law firm, doctor, medicine, nurses, jd, md, it, computers, computer tech, specialization, middle class, pauperization, proletarianization, expert opinion, aba, ama, american bar association, american medical association, law blog, legal blog, jd, attorney blog, attorney blogger, jd blogger, law degree, social media blogger, os, open salon, os blogger, facebook, capitalism blogger, socialism, populist, populism, populist blogger, progressive blogger
Real Patriots Don’t Whine About Paying Taxes
NOVEMBER 9, 2010 2:02PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: making under, making less than, tax cuts for the rich, tax cuts for the wealthy, great depression, depression, 1929, hoover, depression, republican, democratic, sunset provision, sunset, expire, expiring, lower class, middle class, quarter of a million, quarter million, 250 thousand, 000, $250, $250k, egtrra, economic growth and tax relief reconciliation act of 2001, bush tax cuts, tax cuts, byrd rule, taxes, politics
There Would Be No Middle Class Without Unions.
FEBRUARY 24, 2011 7:18AM
By Nerdyjen
Topics: politics, business, american history, uaw, afl-cio, wisconsin, economy, middle class, unions, labor
The Ineffable Power Of “Fuck”
JULY 8, 2009 10:25AM
By Floyd Elliot
Topics: fuck, words, dirty words, george carlin, class, social class, f-bomb, bourgeois, working class, middle class, humor, language, writing, speaking, english, south beach
Bringing Down Walls _ Berlin Was Only The Beginning!
OCTOBER 28, 2010 2:26PM
By SpiritManSF
Topics: uncle joe cannon, speaker of the house, illinois, danville, obama, banking scandal, general motors, middle class, 1950s, health care, republicans, berlin wall, video, politics, news, economy, open call
Democrats Should Be Joining the Tea Parties
APRIL 14, 2009 2:27PM
By Michael Fox
Topics: open call, news, business, tea party, tea parties, taxes, tax revolt, sales tax, republicans, regressive taxes, recession, prop 13, progressive taxes, politics, paul krugman, orange county politics, orange county, obama campaign, middle class, howard jarvis, grover norquist, gasoline tax, elections, democrats, democratic party, california taxes, california republicans, california republican party, california property tax, california politics, california democrats, california democratic party, california budget crisis, california budget, california, automoble tax, anti-tax movement
The Great Recession: Now It's Personal
JANUARY 12, 2012 12:20PM
By Cedar Burnett
Topics: childcare, healthcare, ulcerative colitis, chronic illness, anxiety, money, middle class, recession, economy
David Brooks and the Snark
JUNE 16, 2009 11:01AM
By fingerlakeswanderer
Topics: why does david brooks still have a job at the new york times?, officiousness, middle class, multiculturalism, alan bloom, university of chicago, political discourse, since when does having big ears constitute political criticism?, david brooks needs a lollipop, david brooks is acting like a five-year old, snark, lorraine berry, lewis carroll, barack obama, politics, david brooks
Boiling the Middle Class
MARCH 10, 2011 9:20AM
By Kemstone
Topics: budget, chris christie, citizens united, collective bargaining, corporate power, defense, deficit, democracy, education, koch industries, medicare, middle class, politics, protests, scott walker, social security, subsidies, taxes, unions, washington, wisconsin
Got Debt?
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 2:38PM
By o'stephanie
Topics: middle class, promises kept, obama, mastercharge, visa, debt, credit cards
Jim Macdonald’s Refreshing Appeal to Us Babbling Fools
APRIL 14, 2012 7:20PM
By libbyliberalnyc
Topics: lower class, middle class, media, corporations, obama, protest, american citizens, jim macdonald
60 Minutes Shows Its True Colors On American Workers.
MARCH 15, 2011 10:01AM
By Kathy Knechtges
Topics: unions, teachers, middle class, liberals, jounalists
No one knows I'm not a spy
JULY 1, 2010 12:12AM
By Mark Pritchard
Topics: espionage, middle class, bourgeoisie, lifestyle, family
Spring in Wisconsin: The things we do with friends
MARCH 11, 2012 4:46PM
By Karen McKim
Topics: occupy, protests, middle class, labor, recalls, walker, wisconsin, politics
Paying for Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
NOVEMBER 14, 2010 6:14PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: shell game, burden, fiscal reform, fiscal responsibility, debt, deficit, unnecessary spending, unwanted spending, self-reliant, people's business, shift, change, democrats, republicans, tea partiers, tea party, 2012, 2010, middle class, wealthy, pay for themselves, pay for, alan greenspan, david gregory, john mccain, meet the press, expiring, expire, sunset provision, sunset, bush tax cuts, tax cuts, tax breaks, politics
Shattering the class warfare taboo
JANUARY 13, 2012 12:49AM
By Jimmy Zuma
Topics: politics, rush limbaugh, election, class conflict, president obama, mitt romney, middle class, jimmy zuma, republicans, independents, democrats, wealthy, citizens united, class warfare, occupy wall street, pew research center
Honesty in our Spending Priorities
NOVEMBER 15, 2010 7:28AM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: politics, tax breaks, tax cuts, bush tax cuts, sunset, sunset provision, expire, expiring, meet the press, john mccain, david gregory, alan greenspan, pay for, pay for themselves, wealthy, middle class, transparency, honesty, yacht, 2010, 2012, tea party, tea partiers, republicans, democrats, change, shift, people's business, self-reliant, unwanted spending, unnecessary spending, deficit, debt, fiscal responsibility, fiscal reform, burden, yet another criminally horrendous tax, tax act, deceptive, misleading
Romney/Ryan and That Supply-Side Black Magic
OCTOBER 15, 2012 12:39PM
By Ted Frier
Topics: politics, economics, 2012 election, paul ryan, joe biden, mitt romney, president obama, supply side economics, bruce bartlett, john f. kennedy, tax cut, tax deductions, ronald reagan, president eisenhower, economic growth, trickle-down economics, bain capital, china, plutocracy, oligarchy, grover norquist, middle class, keynesian economics, stimulus package