Indepth Analysis of Who Benefits from Trump's Tax Reform Proposal
Submitted by Big Al on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 6:46pmWho benefits most - Rich people.
Who benefits least or not at all - everyone else.
Conclusion:
Is the Time Ripe for a New Party?
Submitted by Dirk Droll on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 4:00pmTo answer this question, two contributing questions must be answered: Is a new party necessary, and is it possible? These answers are straightforward:
- Most of us will agree that change is necessary. So, if the political monopoly formed by our twin party tyranny is beyond reform, then a new party is necessary.
- New parties started from scratch have never yet grown powerful after the first parties in our nation formed and thereafter blocked all new ones; but new parties arising from the break-up of failing major parties have succeeded! So, at least when this condition is met, it actually is possible.
So, how does the land currently lay?
The Evening Blues - 4-26-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 3:17pm
Obama: "I Didn't Run to Help Wall Street." Yet in his last days in office that's exactly what he did (and they re-paid the favor)
Submitted by Steven D on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 3:13pmPresident Obama, early in his first term on December 13, 2009 famously said in an interview with CBS that "I Did Not Run for Office to Be Helping Out a Bunch of Fat Cat Bankers on Wall Street." Yet, as one of his last official acts as President that is exactly what he did by allowing federal loan guarantees of junk derivatives based on securitized mortgage backed rental properties. Now he’s in the news again for a receiving $400,000 to give a speech to Wall Street bank!
Transgender kids: What do they know and when do they know it?
Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 2:24pmGender may be the earliest identity and social category to emerge in development, research suggests, and acquiring knowledge about one's gender is considered a critical part of early childhood development.
Trump threatens to withdraw from NAFTA
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 12:17pmIt's not a done deal. It's probably a negotiating tactic, but it's something no Democratic president would ever do. Trump could forever turn the Rust Belt red with this.
Turkey on the verge of going to war with Syrian Kurds
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 11:59amTurkey has bombed northern Iraq every once in a while for decades.
This is different.
May 1 is a Holy Day of Obligation for the 90%. BUY NOTHING.
Submitted by HenryAWallace on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 11:19am
May 1 is International Workers Day, a day of reverence for the 90%. Buy nothing. And shake an upraised fist in the general direction of privileged, Democratic Presidential turd, Grover Cleveland. He's the reason people around the world celebrate Labor Day on May 1, in rembrance of the Haymarket Affair, but you don't. It's a day for pursuing peace and remembering the bloody struggle that had to be fought (still does) simply to avoid needless workplace deaths and injuries. (I post this essay today so that you can purchase anything you may need in advance of May 1.)
If you don't know about the Haymarket Affair, your ignorance is no accident:
"Knowing This", Do you support the United States Blowing up the Earth and Destroying all Life on it?
Submitted by Big Al on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 10:57am
Many antiwar and anti-imperialism proponents and activists have lamented the state of the sheeple, the acquiescent Americans, the complicit comrades of copious crimes against humanity.
Looking for a Mother's Day Gift? Caucus Catalog is My Go To Place for Online Shopping
Submitted by Steven D on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 10:48amYes, it's that time of year when mothers (and grandmothers) are honored. True, it is a holiday based on crass commercialism, but it also affords us here at c99 the opportunity to help our friends who sell online. Take a gander at what's available, please: Caucus Catalog
