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MAGA-Mike Thinks Social Security & Medicare Is An Unfair Burden On Wealthy Americans
Who Will Stop The GOP From Eviscerating Those Programs? As DeSantis sees his chances of beating Trump fade away. He’s finally released as...

Howie Klein
Nov 7, 20234 min read
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Should Billionaires Who Refuse To Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes Face An Automatic Capital Sentence?
Or Just Confiscation Of 100% Of Their Wealth? I pick Door #1. But I've never been squeamish about the death penalty for wealthy...

Howie Klein
Nov 5, 20236 min read
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While The GOP Tries Cutting Social Security & Medicare, Progressives Have Very Different Ideas
Pouring gasoline onto the fire, the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter of a percent yesterday. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie...

Howie Klein
Mar 23, 20238 min read
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The Republicans Can't Control Their Attachment To Unpopular Extremist Measures Their Donors Demand
Many Of Them Are Starting To Realize DeSantis Is Too Extreme Let’s start with 2 important, loosely related questions— Why is the GOP...

Howie Klein
Mar 17, 20238 min read
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If McCarthy Gives In To Freedom Caucus Demands To Cut Social Welfare Programs, Who Pays Politically?
First Victims Are Republicans Running For Senate Mike Gallagher is a shoe-in for reelection. The 8th district, in the northeast of the...

Howie Klein
Mar 11, 20234 min read
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Do They Really Want To Cut Social Security Benefits?
They Sure Do... Did You Vote For One Of Them? Progressives have proposed bills to protect and expand Social Security benefits by raising...

Howie Klein
Feb 27, 20234 min read
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Reactionary Republicans— The Old Country Club Variety— Have Grabbed The Third Rail And Can’t Let Go
Biden And Trump will Eat Them Alive Neither Trump nor Biden has clean hands when it comes to Social Security. Trump is an inveterate liar...

Howie Klein
Feb 19, 20236 min read
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The Economic Inequality Chasm Has Grown In The Last 40 Years-- Guest Post By Bonnie Watson Coleman
I first met Bonnie in 2013 when she was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly. When Rush Holt decided to run for the U.S. Senate,...

Howie Klein
Oct 23, 20225 min read
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Universal Programs Are Better-- And They Stand The Test Of Time
Means testing has always sounded, at least on the surface, like it makes sense-- just help the poor, not rich people who don't really...

Howie Klein
Oct 15, 20215 min read
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