Category Archives: Bush Tax

Unifying The Democratic Caucus

Unifying The Democratic Caucus Since it's Friday, I'll pass along two good things from “Kos” – unified Democrats producing good results. In the Senate: U.S. Senate Democrats admitted on Thursday they did not do enough to protect their ousted leader, … Continue reading

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Tonight’s Debate: More Tough Questions

Tonight's Debate: More Tough Questions American Progress Bush has been preparing for tonight's townhall-style debate for the entire campaign. At 19 “Ask pResident Bush” events, he has fielded probing questions from an audience which – his handlers insist – has … Continue reading

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Vanishing State Budgets: Iowa’s Response to the 2001-2004 State Fiscal Crisis

Vanishing State Budgets: Iowa's Response to the 2001-2004 State Fiscal Crisis Iowa Policy Project New Report Compares Responses of Iowa, Other States DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa's handling of the recent fiscal crunch differed markedly from other states as Iowa … Continue reading

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Top Economists Endorse Art Small for U.S. Senate

 Top Economists Endorse Art Small for U.S. Senate Des Moines Register In an unprecedented move, top economists take sides in U.S. Senate race Washington, D.C. – Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa has done “serious harm” to the nation's economic … Continue reading

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Censored: The 10 Big Stories The National News Media Ignore

Censored: The 10 Big Stories The National News Media Ignore By Camille T. Taiara, TruthOut.org In late July more than 600 people showed up in Monterey to speak at a Federal Communications Commission hearing on ownership concentration in the news … Continue reading

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Bush Declares Ownership Society – Tells Convention He’s Ordered Invasion of Social Security Trust Fund

Bush Declares Ownership Society – Tells Convention He's Ordered Invasion of Social Security Trust Fund by Greg Palast, The Observer New York – Of all the bone-headed, whacky, breathtakingly threatening schemes George W. Bush [tried] to sell us in his … Continue reading

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Iowa Values Fund Deal Appears To Be In The Works

Iowa Values Fund Deal Appears To Be In The Works by Darrell Lewis Gov. Vilsack has called a special session of the Iowa Legislature to deal with the debacle brought on by legislative Republicans.  Until today the word was that … Continue reading

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Tax Burden Shifts to the Middle

Tax Burden Shifts to the Middle WashingtonPost.com Since 2001, Bush's tax cuts have shifted federal tax payments from the richest Americans to a wide swath of middle-class families, the Congressional Budget Office has found, a conclusion likely to roil the … Continue reading

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Kerry Slams Bush’s Idea for a National Sales Tax

Kerry Slams Bush's Idea for a National Sales Tax MercuryNews.com MIDDLE CLASS WOULD FEEL BURDEN John Kerry said Thursday that Bush's musing about a national sales tax is an insult to financially struggling voters and would amount to “one of … Continue reading

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The Republican Education Budget Shell Game: How It Affects Iowa

The Republican Education Budget Shell Game: How It Affects Iowa by Darrell Lewis As a parent of two daughters who will be attending the University of Iowa next year, I must say I am totally fed up with Republicans crowing … Continue reading

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