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    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

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    • 4 Ratings
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    Mittens’ Etch A Sketch at full tilt

    OCTOBER 4, 2012 3:41PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: romney, reset button, presidential politics, presidential debates, presidential debate, president obama, president barack obama, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, pbs, obama, mittens romney, mitt romney, lies, liars, john kerry, jim lehrer, george w. bush, etch-a-sketch, eric fehrnstrom, big bird, barack obama, 47 percent, barack obama, big bird, george w. bush, jim lehrer, liars, lies, mitt romney, mittens romney, obama, pbs, politics, president barack obama, president obama, presidential debate, presidential debates, presidential politics, romney

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    So, who's "dependent" on government?

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 3:20PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president obama, republican party, walter lippmann, private property, rule of law, william blackstone, civil war, progressive movement, teddy roosevelt, robber barons, supreme court, income tax, democracy, state of nature, tea party, let the market decide, capitalism, socialism, supply-side economics, 47%, individualism, community, plutocracy, wall street, government dependency, survival of the fittest, herbert spencer, freedom, caveat emptor, top 1%, corporate welfare, labor unions, capital, politics, economics, mitt romney, gilded age

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    • 16 Ratings
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    Romney Exposes Inner Ayn Rand

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 3:30PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, entitlements, jospeh stiglitz, too big to fail, wall street, financialization, cato institute, barry goldwater, mormonism, christianity, poor, massachusetts, citizenship, atlas shrugged, ludwig von mises, plutocracy, capitalism, 47%, ayn rand, tea party, republican party, president obama, mitt romney, economics

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 3466 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Right wing has full bag of tricks to protect the rich

    JULY 17, 2012 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: economics, politics, arthur brooks, american enterprise institute, wall street, financial crisis, oligarchy, plutocracy, capitalism, supply side capitalism, cronyism, barney frank, elizabeth warren, free enterpise, big government, thomas frank, subprime mortgages, george w. bush, elitism, catholic church, pedophile, ayn rand, poverty, wal mart, entrepreneurs, corporate raiders, laissez faire, jonathan chait, president obama, housing bubble, whigs

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    • 6583 Views
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    Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing

    JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 3801 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2006 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Plutocrats Win. Flawless Victory.

    AUGUST 1, 2011 12:56PM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: washington, social security, republicans, politics, plutocracy, obama, medicare, democrats, debt ceiling, debt, corporate power, congress, 2012 election

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    • 45 Ratings
    • 6189 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    I Fear Frank Rich is Wrong

    MARCH 15, 2009 9:27AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: culture wars, feminism, abortion, stem cell research, right to die, gay rights, civil rights, human rights, economic disaster, kakistocracy, plutocracy, class war, lorraine berry, frank rich, belief and religion, environment, family, gay/lesbian, health, news, open call, politics, science

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