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    "Conservatives" Let Slip Their Radical Designs

    APRIL 5, 2012 1:51PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, right wing, republican party, supreme court, clarence thomas, conservatism, liberalism, strip search, paul ryan, safety net, military spending, ezra klein, deficit reduction, tax cuts, supply side economics, president obama, radicalism, mitt romney, neuropolitics, joe klein, charles fried, health reform, judicial activism, lewis powell, us chamber of commerce, vast right wing conspiracy, hillary clinton, bush v gore, citizens united, conservative movement, new deal, ayn rand, fdr

    • 1 Ratings
    • 176 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Class Warfare As It Really Is

    FEBRUARY 11, 2012 2:19PM

    By Dicky Neely


    Topics: politics, safety net, income disparity, rich winning, class warfare

    • 2 Ratings
    • 231 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Gingrich Wants To Give Poor Kids A Trampoline!

    FEBRUARY 6, 2012 6:32PM

    By Dicky Neely


    Topics: politics, gingrich, poor kids, safety net, trampoline, 2012 gop

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1123 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    America's Pampered Poor: Why Should MItt Care?

    FEBRUARY 3, 2012 6:26PM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: safety net, open call, very poor, very rich, mitt romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 124 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Poverty is Personal

    SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 10:04AM

    By CrazyKball


    Topics: safety net, business, homes, rents, economy, divorce, children, addiction, drugs, debt, foreclosure, housing, poor, unemployment, news, economy, business, family, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 68 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    August 4, 2011: First to Go

    AUGUST 4, 2011 9:15AM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: debt ceiling deal, spending cuts, social programs, safety net, stuff we should better remember

    • 20 Ratings
    • 885 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    A Real Show of Humanity

    AUGUST 3, 2011 4:18AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, giffords, gabby giffords, gabrielle giffords, shooting, health care, social security, medicare, safety net, cuts, budget cuts, insurance, health insurance, debt, debt limit, vote, recovery, recovered, return, returned, greeted, hug, hugs, hugged, mingled, returned to vote, historic

    • 0 Ratings
    • 107 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Social Security Must Be Saved

    JULY 10, 2011 7:50AM

    By Sam Uretsky


    Topics: safety net, wealth, trickle down, republicans, unemployment, elderly, aged, politics, economy, business

    • 0 Ratings
    • 78 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Social Security Needs Protection

    JULY 10, 2011 7:46AM

    By Sam Uretsky


    Topics: safety net, age, supply side, republics, politics, family, economy, business

    • 9 Ratings
    • 510 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Small Government and the Social Contract

    JUNE 15, 2011 8:37PM

    By toritto


    Topics: poetry, news, economy, anatole france, small government, social contract, safety net

    • 0 Ratings
    • 756 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Safety Net

    JANUARY 25, 2011 1:43PM

    By Shannon Moon


    Topics: grants, medicaid, medicare, assistance, welfare, safety net, government, democrats, republicans

    • 0 Ratings
    • 181 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    DEFEND FREEDOM! STOP SOCIALIZED OXYGEN!

    OCTOBER 22, 2010 5:51PM

    By Seth Yaffo


    Topics: conservatism, liberalism, safety net, socialism, tea party, democrats, republicans, elections, healthcare, obama

    • 4 Ratings
    • 572 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Our Patchwork Safety Net Wasn't an "Accident"

    MAY 10, 2009 4:12PM

    By Mick Arran


    Topics: safety net, conservative obstructionism

    • 8 Ratings
    • 913 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Societal Capital Remix

    JANUARY 10, 2009 10:24PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: responsibility, freedom, couch potatoes, motivation, incentives, creativity, productivity, accounting, standards, freeloaders, laziness, competition, safety net, great society, new deal, communism, capitalism, socialism, society, politics

    • 30 Ratings
    • 3283 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Credit Cards: A Tax on “Being Poor”

    JANUARY 9, 2009 7:58AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: line of credit, paygo, pay-as-you-go, capitalism, socialism, government handouts, safety net, public taxation, private taxation, public tax, public government, private tax, private government, interest, interest deduction, deductible interest, great society, new deal, double taxation, taxation, charge cards, credit cards, politics

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