Voter ID Laws Raise Debate Over Impact On Youth Vote

When consumption and investment are not powering the economy,

the government sector has to fill the gap with stimulus to boost consumer demand.

Much of the economy’s flat performance since 2011 reflects

insufficient stimulus, reinforcing insufficient demand.

That means sluggish job growth, lackluster pay and persistently weak demand. It’s not a downward spiral, but it is self-reinforcing stagnation.

**Politics, however, has gotten in the way of even basic moves to push the economy upward.**

Responding to the latest employment report, the White House noted correctly that major areas of job weakness —

**including positions in construction and teaching —

are precisely those that would have been the subject of the jobs bill proposed in 2011 by President Obama.

That legislation was blocked by Congressional Republicans.**

Mitt Romney responded to the July report by saying that the numbers reflect the failure of Mr. Obama’s policies when, in reality, they reflect the success of the Republican obstructionism.

That leaves the Federal Reserve to try to boost the economy.

But what’s needed is direct intervention in the form of more federal spending

on education, infrastructure, clean energy, basic research and job training.

Until then, we’re stuck.

Editorial

Stuck in Place

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Voter ID Laws Raise Debate Over Impact On Youth Vote

I have come to realize something terrifying...

Republicans are the new version of 'AL Queda'. They have turned to religion, volence and threats as their way of gaining political power. The AlQueda were right..the Republican Party will kill America..from within...

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Mitt Romney Peeps Some Veeps: The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For Aug. 3

This is the GOP agenda of which they are so proud:



1. Tax Policy: Tax poor and working people but not the rich;



2. Wage Policy: Encourage wages in the U.S. to fall to third world levels;



3. Trade Policy: Pass trade laws that make it easy for companies to send jobs overseas;



4. Healthcare Policy: Pass laws that enable only insurance companies to control who gets health care (including seniors) and when it is provided;



5. Education Policy: Replace public education with out of pocket private schools and home schooling;



6. Infrastructure Policy: Refuse to invest in crumbling public infrastructure such as highways, bridges, and sewer systems;



7. Environmental Policy: Pass laws and weaken regulations that enable companies to pollute the environment;



8. Energy Policy: Pass laws that enable gas and oil production and prices to be controlled by a few large companies; Make sure that there is no longer any research or work on alternative energy sources; Keep defense spending high to protect non domestic oil production;



9. Civil Rights policy: Repress rights for women and minorities and repress voting participation;



10. Social Policy: Divide the American people on cultural issues (religion, sexual orientation, gun rights, etc);



11. Political Method: Instill fear in the American public through manufactured crises and created "boogeymen". Then attack political opponents by claiming to be more "patriotic" and the better keeper of "American Values" than they.



Why would anybody support the GOP?

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Reince Priebus: Harry Reid Is A 'Dirty Liar' (VIDEO)

Presidents like Eisenhower, Ford and Reagan would not be welcome in today’s Republican Party. It has been overrun by ultra right wing zealots who espouse greed, intolerance and anti-democratic practices.

The world watches as the nation tumbles downward into an abyss — where it’s: rich vs. poor, black vs. white, truth vs. lies, young vs. old and education vs. indoctrination.

Unfortunately greed, intolerance and anti-democratic practices are very popular. Hard work, tolerance and generosity not so much. The republicans are the party of "I got mine, and the devil can take the hindmost" and that is a miserable way to live.

Are all republicans nuts, or are only nuts republicans?

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Mitt Romney Peeps Some Veeps: The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For Aug. 3

Overseas accounts + hidden tax returns = losing campaign

Vulture capitalism + outsourcing = losing campaign

Flip-flops + arrogance = losing campaign

No matter how you do the math, Mitt is a loser

Mitt just got a roll in the new Austin Powers movie, he plays MiniMe's grandfather.....MoMoneyMe................

The GOP also doesn’t believe in democracy or fair elections and what better way to circumvent the will of the people than by the heavy handed use of voter suppression legislation — passed in many GOP state controlled legislatures.



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Mitt Romney: 'I Have Paid Taxes Every Year. A Lot Of Taxes.'

The electorate should vote in their own self interest and the vast majority of that electorate is best served by President Obama and the Democratic Party.

Romney and the Republicans will do what’s best for the 1% and to hell with the “rest”. The trick for them is — they need the votes of a vast number of the “rest”. They can always count in their corner: those intolerant of others, those driven by greed and envy, those lacking in compassion and empathy, the global warming deniers, the creationists, the uninformed, and the wilfully ignorant.

Still short of votes, the GOP will use all the big money they can get from billionaires like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson to buy the election. Billionaire cash is being used to flood the airwaves to laud the non-existent attributes of their boy Romney and to denigrate President Obama in every possible way.

The GOP also doesn’t believe in democracy or fair elections and what better way to circumvent the will of the people than by the heavy handed use of voter suppression legislation — passed in many GOP state controlled legislatures.

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Obamacare Turns Into The Campaign Issue That Didn't Bark

According to a study released Wednesday by theUrban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, Romney's plan would provide large tax cuts to the very wealthy, while increasing the tax burden on the lower and middle classes.

Romney's tax cuts would produce a $360 billion revenue loss in 2015, and offsetting that would require a reduction of 65% of all available tax expenditures, according to the study.

The end result is that individuals who make less than $200,000 would actually have to pay $500 more, on average, in taxes -- a 1.2% decrease in after-tax income. Meanwhile, the after-tax income of individuals who make more than $1 million would increase by 4.1%.

Republicans are interested in power and winning elections but have no interest in using government to benefit the people. They believe that the rich and the few should rule, and the poor and the many should meekly follow.

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