Obstructionist Republicans Are Trying To Sabotage The Economy So Trump Can Run On Despair
Last night, the House passed, overwhelmingly, a bipartisan tax bill 357-70. The opposition was from 23 progressives who didn’t like the...
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Howie Klein
Feb 16 min read
"Everybody" Agrees: Tax The Rich... Except The Rich, Who Don't Even Agree That They Are Rich
The Rich Have The Financial Means To Buy Political Power There are a lot of things that Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Rashida...
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Howie Klein
Jan 245 min read
When It Comes To Billionaires, What Does "Pay Their Fair Share" Mean To A Democratic Candidate?
I’m interviewing a lot of candidates this week, more than usual in just one week. They all agree that the super-rich should be “paying...
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Howie Klein
May 18, 20238 min read
Billionaires And Democracies Are Incompatible-- It's Us Or Them
I think we can all agree that billionaires shouldn’t exist. I’m not necessarily advocating executions— just taxation... say the 1944...
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Howie Klein
May 16, 20236 min read
Republican Negotiators Have Rejected Closing Every Single Tax Loophole The Dems Have Suggested
It's Like The GOP Wants To Drive The Economy Over The Fiscal Cliff Among the loopholes built into the tax code specifically to allow...
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Howie Klein
May 15, 202311 min read
For Real, How Much Of An Enemy Of Americans Are Republicans And Other Conservatives?
Yesterday, on Fox News Sunday, Byron Donalds— a former illegal drug kingpin, banker robber and bribery felon— accused Biden of “leading...
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Howie Klein
Feb 17, 20238 min read
Republican Policies Are More And More Frequently Hurting Republican Voters
I hope this doesn’t come off too much like victim-blaming but Columbiana County, Ohio— home of the East Palestine railroad disaster— is a...
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Howie Klein
Feb 15, 20233 min read
The GOP Plan For A 30% National Sales Tax Is Extremely Unpopular...But They're Still Pushing Forward
Extremist Kooks Like Traitor Greene, Biggs & Gaetz Have Now Signed On Buddy Carter’s bill to impose a 30% national sales tax on...
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Howie Klein
Feb 8, 20237 min read
There Were A Few Years That I Paid A Million Dollars In Taxes. I Felt So Proud To Be An American
Republicans Who Hate Our Country Are Anti-Tax When Georgia crackpot Buddy Carter introduced his bill to scrap the progressive tax code...
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Howie Klein
Jan 30, 20238 min read
McCarthy's Lucky There's No One Better Than Him To Take Over
Although... Kevin Hern Thinks He's Right For The Job McCarthy will meet with Biden on Wednesday to discuss the debt ceiling. Republicans...
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Howie Klein
Jan 25, 202311 min read
Congress Has A Choice— Cut Social Security Benefits Or Make The Rich Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes
Yesterday, Catherine Rampell wrote that the House Republicans “say they want to reduce deficits— but meanwhile have ruled out virtually...
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Howie Klein
Jan 18, 20236 min read
McCarthy Is Doing Something He's Never Done Before: Keeping His Promises-- & They're Bad Promises
House Fascist Fringe Cashes In All that bad behavior on the part of the GOP’s fascist fringe… it sure paid off— in spades. A year ago,...
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Howie Klein
Jan 16, 20233 min read
Ever Notice That People Who Want To Lower Taxes For The Rich, Want To Raise Them For The Non-Rich?
Earl “Buddy” Carter is a pharmacist representing a gerrymandered south Georgia congressional district, based on— and disenfranchising—...
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Howie Klein
Oct 10, 20228 min read
The Effects Of Inequality Are Both Worse And More Pervasive Than Is Generally Acknowledged
Grace Blakeley has an infuriating piece in the new Jacobin, Corporate Welfare Props Up the Billionaire Class. “The last year,” she wrote,...
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Howie Klein
Aug 13, 20226 min read
A Case For Alan Grayson
A few months ago, I spoke with Alan Grayson about his thinking about running for his old Orlando congressional seat. He was putting...
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Howie Klein
Aug 13, 20223 min read
What Republicans Fear Most: An IRS Doing Its Job
The House passed the Inflation Reduction Act yesterday— 220-207. Pelosi noted that it “saves the planet while keeping more money in your...
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Howie Klein
Aug 10, 20227 min read
Kyrsten Sinema-- Chuck Schumer's Frankenstein Monster
I can’t say I know Kyrsten Sinema well, but probably better than you do. About a dozen years ago, when she was still serving in the...
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Howie Klein
Aug 8, 20222 min read
I Would Never Vote For A Republican— And I Would Never Vote For Maggie Hassan
According to ProgressivePunch, there are 8 worse Senate Democrats than New Hampshire conservative Maggie Hassan. Hassan mostly votes the...
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Howie Klein
Aug 6, 20223 min read
Corrupt Conservatives Are Fighting To The End To Keep Drug Prices High
Big day today in DC. The Senate will start going through a plethora or idiotic amendments from Republicans trying to hold up the...
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Howie Klein
Aug 5, 202213 min read
Kyrsten Sinema Is About To Destroy Chuck Schumer's Legacy-- And Does He Ever Deserve That!
Too Bad About The Rest Of Us I saw a lady from Arizona on social media pointing out that she feels “tricked” by Kyrsten Sinema for whom...
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