War Is Making You Poor Act – HR5353 : Rep. Grayson introduces a bill to cut separate funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and uses the money to eliminate federal income taxes on every American’s first $35,000 of income. Cosponsors of this bill include Ron Paul, Walter Jones, John Conyers, Lynn Woolsey, and Dennis [...]
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Also tagged Afghanistan War, Alan Grayson, Dennis Kucinich, Economy, Federal Debt, Federal Deficit, House, Iraq War, John Conyers, Lynn Woolsey, Pentagon, Taxation, Walter Jones, War Spending
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtvHAqK8P14[/youtube] 04/14/2010 - Congressman Ron Paul questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the Joint Economic Committee hearing The Economic Outlook. Topics of discussion included debt monetization, the Greece bailout, and where all that money is coming from. Watch for yourself as Bernanke nods YES to printing $1.3 trillion out of thin air to buy mortgage backed [...]
When Bush supported the partial privatization of Social Security, the proposal was so unpopular with the public that the Republican majority in Congress never allowed it to come to a vote. Bush touched the third rail of American politics — and was promptly electrocuted. Last but not least, one of the arguments that Republicans opportunistically [...]
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Also tagged Alan Greenspan, Ayn Rand, Conservatives, Corporatism, Democrats, Healthcare, Medicare, Michael Lind, Neocons, Neoliberalism, Paul Ryan, Progressives, Republicans, Social Security
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a stalwart foe of government spending, won a blowout victory Saturday in the annual Conservative Political Action Conference presidential straw poll. With participants naming “reducing the size of federal government” as their top issue, the 74-year old libertarian hero captured 31 percent of the 2,400 votes cast in the annual [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
US House Rep. Ron Paul says the CIA has in effect carried out a “coup” against the US government, and the intelligence agency needs to be “taken out.” via Ron Paul: After ‘CIA coup,’ agency ‘runs military’ | Raw Story. Way to risk your own life, Mr. Paul. The Establishment notices shit like that, yanno? [...]
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The nation’s bankers have much to be thankful for as they sit down to their turkey dinners on Thursday. At this time last year, the American financial system was near collapse, rescued only by hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars. Now the system has stabilized, and the industry is on the verge of a coup [...]
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Also tagged AFSA, Alan Grayson, Bailouts, Bank of America, Banking, Barney Frank, Bill Hempler, Bob Corker, CFPA, Chris Stinebert, Christopher Dodd, Citigroup, Congressional Black Caucus, Consumer Protection, Evan Bayh, Financial Sector, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Lobbyists, Michael Bennet, Reform, Regulation, Richard Shelby, TARP, Tim Johnson, Wells Fargo
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Friday, November 20, 2009
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_vWPAiieHU[/youtube] On The ED Show, Rep. Alan Grayson discusses the bill to audit the Fed, which passed out of the Financial Services Committee on November 20, 2009. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8EKGtf_YrY[/youtube] Rep. Alan Grayson, on November 19, 2009, argues in support of the Paul-Grayson amendment, which would subject the Federal Reserve to a complete audit. The amendment later [...]
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