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feat. Howie Klein

2000-2020 Archive

Unlike Republican Voters, Republicans In Congress Want Lower Tax Rates For The Very Wealthy

Howie Klein

Feb 177 min read

Unlike Republican Voters, Republicans In Congress Want Lower Tax Rates For The Very Wealthy

Will GOP "Moderates" Stand Up For Working Class Constituents? Most Americans want these 3 bums to pay a lot more in taxes Polling has...

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Did Musk Buy A Stake In The Presidency? Or Did Trump Bring Him— And Vought— In To Do The Dirty Work?

Howie Klein

Feb 28 min read

Did Musk Buy A Stake In The Presidency? Or Did Trump Bring Him— And Vought— In To Do The Dirty Work?

Trump Is Getting Closer To Death... What Does He Care About? Trump’s deep-seated desire for public adoration is a paradox wrapped in the...

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Damn Shame That When The GOP Cuts Safety Net Benefits It Won't Be A Disaster Just For Trump Voters

Howie Klein

Dec 27, 20244 min read

Damn Shame That When The GOP Cuts Safety Net Benefits It Won't Be A Disaster Just For Trump Voters

Many Working Class Voters Helped Elect A Plutocracy Yesterday, Greg Ip claimed that cutting the deficit is easy—it’s just unpopular ....

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Will Biden Make Up What's He's Losing By Alienating Young Voters, From More Reliable Elderly Voters?

Howie Klein

Jun 15, 20244 min read

Will Biden Make Up What's He's Losing By Alienating Young Voters, From More Reliable Elderly Voters?

Will Bingo Nights & Ads On The Price Is Right Save Democracy? There’s been a lot written about Democrats panicking over Biden losing very...

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House Republicans Want To Make The Nov Election About Raising The Retirement Age— Will Dems Fight?

Howie Klein

Mar 21, 20246 min read

House Republicans Want To Make The Nov Election About Raising The Retirement Age— Will Dems Fight?

Most GOP Members Just Grabbed The 3rd Rail Of American Politics Last week, I heard Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires,...

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How Could The Voters Have Ever Let The Democrats Allow The New Deal Era To End?

Howie Klein

Nov 26, 20239 min read

How Could The Voters Have Ever Let The Democrats Allow The New Deal Era To End?

Neoliberalism Kills It’s April 19, 1935, time for the House to vote on the Social Security Act. Extremely popular with the American...

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MAGA-Mike Thinks Social Security & Medicare Is An Unfair Burden On Wealthy Americans

Howie Klein

Nov 7, 20234 min read

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...

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Should Billionaires Who Refuse To Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes Face An Automatic Capital Sentence?

Howie Klein

Nov 5, 20236 min read

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...

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While The GOP Tries Cutting Social Security & Medicare, Progressives Have Very Different Ideas

Howie Klein

Mar 23, 20238 min read

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...

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The Republicans Can't Control Their Attachment To Unpopular Extremist Measures Their Donors Demand

Howie Klein

Mar 17, 20238 min read

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...

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If McCarthy Gives In To Freedom Caucus Demands To Cut Social Welfare Programs, Who Pays Politically?

Howie Klein

Mar 11, 20234 min read

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...

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Do They Really Want To Cut Social Security Benefits?

Howie Klein

Feb 27, 20234 min read

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...

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Reactionary Republicans— The Old Country Club Variety— Have Grabbed The Third Rail And Can’t Let Go

Howie Klein

Feb 19, 20236 min read

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...

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The Economic Inequality Chasm Has Grown In The Last 40 Years-- Guest Post By Bonnie Watson Coleman

Howie Klein

Oct 23, 20225 min read

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,...

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Universal Programs Are Better-- And They Stand The Test Of Time

Howie Klein

Oct 15, 20215 min read

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...

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