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A new book from Dean Baker. Contents 1 Upward Redistribution of Income ....... 1 2 Where We Are and How We Got Here........ 12 3 The Grea...

Mark Neumann (in what seems a continual run for any vacant elected public office) kicked off his Wisconsin Senate campaign with a right-wing...

This is NOT democracy. For Further Reading: Gerrymandering Gerrymandering elections Redistricting or gerrymandering? Walker signs gerryma...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities comments , " In Wisconsin , lawmakers enacted over $90 million in new tax cuts for corporati...

Benjamin Landy reports , "P roductivity -– a measure of economic efficiency in terms of output per hour worked -– actually grew at the ...

I'm sure the Republicans (whom are kept awake at night worrying about debt and our children) just forgot to be outraged by the fact that...

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Everything's Made in China? Not Quite. The Hope That Flows From History Our Sputtering Economy A Second Great Depression, or Worse? Stop...

States most dependent on federal spending:

Bruce Bartlett sums up Rick Perry very nicely:

We actually have empirical evidence that shows higher tax rates , than we currently have, result in increased revenues and a better quality ...

KID: "Do you believe in Evolution?" RICK PERRY: "It's a theory that's out there. It's got some gaps in it. In Tex...

Articles thoroughly debunking the effectiveness and honesty of Mitt Romney and Rick Perry: As Bain Slashed Jobs... Bain Record of Job Cuts B...

Typical hypocrisy and myth-making coming from the right-wingers. Sean Hannity and the other FOX charlatans are complaining because Presid...

Eight months into his first term as Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker finally decides it's time to be bipartisan and focus on jobs. Do...

Here's a couple of telling graphs from an informative article by Jon Perr.

U.S. spending is slightly higher now than the late 70s, early 20s and 80s, and much less than the mid-to-late 40s - a period that coincided ...

Why didn't concealed-carry save Wisconsin State Fair from the " thugs "?

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Club for Growth celebrates death to commuter rail Desperate Milwaukee Journal EPA finds 75 water deviations Umemployment spikes under Walker

Or...The absolutely f!@#ing insane, disingenuous, and warped worldview of Republicans. The Daily Show - GOP - Special Victims Unit Get More:...

The Republicans and the Heritage Foundation feel America's poor aren't really poor. If you have a refrigerator, air conditioning, or...

1960s-Level Taxes Would Vanish The Debt CEO/Employee Pay Gap Greed, Excess and America's Class Divide Obama/Bush Effect On The Deficit I...

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Just eliminate the debt ceiling .

Infrastructure Crumbles Race To The Bottom Wisconsin Tax Avoiders Turning Tax Exemptions Into Revenue For Government Unemployment Compensati...

" Milwaukee Population in 2000: 596,974 Population in 2010: 594,833 Decline: 0.4% Despite a smaller population, the typical denizen is ...

"Business" men get paid regardless of how they perform. Run a bank into the ground and you're rewarded with millions, and offe...

Thirty years of the debt ceiling in one graph.

Why is it that even though numerous studies and analyses have found public workers total compensation is LESS than comparable educated and e...

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Ronald Reagan tripled U.S. debt. George W. Bush doubled it. Over the past 30 years, Republicans have been the party of frivolous spending. L...

Republicans committing fraud by refusing to raise the debt ceiling.

During real jobs crisis, our two political parties are discussing how to make it worse.

If you do drugs and you're poor we'll throw you into the streets. Actually you will just lose your unemployment benefits. But if th...

The U.S has the third lowest total taxes (as a percent of GDP) among 28 OECD countries. The U.S. has the second lowest corporate taxes (as a...

" The final figures show that the median pay for top executives at 200 big companies last year was $10.8 million. That works out to a 2...

Elections have consequences. State budget cuts have consequences. As James Rowen notes, Big Teacher Layoffs Announced for Milwaukee; Another...

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Is Goldman Sachs Buying Your City?

Budget serves up tax breaks for wealthiest Wisconsinites. "Walker's budget creates two new provisions to provide income tax shelter...

All Work and No Pay: The Great Speedup How State Are Rigging The 2012 Election How The U.S. Detoured To Massive Debt Mr. Keynes & The Mo...

Prosser grabbed fellow court justice's neck

Corporate Profits are at historic levels. Yet, many corporations pay an effective tax rate of zero . Although profits are up, workers are no...

Effects of Biennial Budget for Working Families GOP Panel Votes For Corporate Tax Breaks Seven Ways Walker is Trying to Screw Wisconsin'...

Brought to you by Walmart .

Company's Arena Leaves Cities With Problems House Keeps Farm Subsidies, Cuts Food Aid How Today's Conservatism Lost Touch With Reali...

The National Trust For Historic Preservation has listed Milwaukee's Soldiers Home on the 2011 list of most endangered historic places....

The financial industries profits are back at record levels. Workers' share of national income at "its lowest level since the Burea...

Structural unemployment - a location mismatch between market demand and skilled workers - is a favorite talking-point of the capitalist, b...

Rene Booker received a payout of $52,000 "for a mere 4 1/2 weeks of work," squawks the Journal Sentinel . As usual, devoid of any...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes, Kohl's searching broadly for a new headquarters . As Phil Mattera states, Job Blackmail Pays .

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Average Pay for Wisconsin CEOs Up 27% in 2010 Building Roads to Cure Congestion is an Exercise in Futility The Death of the McMansion Is Gov...

Abolish The Debt Ceiling America's Waiting Times Are The Worst In The Developed World Disappearing Emergency Rooms Expose GOP Health Car...