Ryan's Medicare Plan Would Be a Windfall for Insurance Companies

Seeded on Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:11 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to privatize Medicare would accelerate a trend started several years ago by corporate CEOs and their political allies to shift ever-increasing amounts of risk from Big Business and the government to workers and retirees.

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Gun Rights for Terrorist Suspects?

Seeded on Fri May 7, 2010 6:52 PM EDT (The New York Times)

OK, so I understand that Americans have deeply held, passionate, and opposing views on the value and importance of gun ownership rights; however, before I read this commentary, I firmly believed that every American would think it was a good idea to DENY gun purchases to terror su …

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Fact Check Shows Gingrich's Obama Food Stamp Claim Was False
Source: newone.com
FactCheck.org has looked into Newt Gingrich’s claim that Barack Obama had put more people on Food Stamps than any President in American history and has found that it was false. More people we put on the EBT debit card program that replaced Food Stamps under George W.
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Romney: I Won't Release My Tax Returns Because 'I Don't Want To Give The Democrats A Nice Little Present'
Source: Think Progress
An obstinate Romney repeated that he will only release his returns once on April 15th. “The reason is very simple,” he said. “I want to beat Barack Obama. I don’t want to give the Democrats a nice little present of having multiple releases.”
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Romney says he pays US taxes — about 15 percent
His wealth and taxes suddenly a campaign focus, Mitt Romney said Tuesday he pays an effective federal tax rate of about 15 percent. That's far less than if his earnings were wages rather than gains from investments and dividends, and the disclosure under pressure triggered a sharp response from the Democratic White House as well as one of his GOP presidential rivals.
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The Income Gap: Unfair, Or Are We Just Jealous? : NPR
Source: NPR
A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds the income gap is now seen as a bigger source of conflict in the U.S. than race, age or national origin.
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What the GOP Doesn't Want to Talk About
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Ever since Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry started criticizing Mitt Romney's actions at Bain Capital - and talking about the thousands of people laid off as a result of Bain's investments - party leaders have essentially told them to shut up.
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