BREAKING: Three Bush-Appointed Judges Give Thumbs Up To Voter Disenfranchisement In Ohio

BREAKING: Three Bush-Appointed Judges Give Thumbs Up To Voter Disenfranchisement In Ohio:Late last week, a federal district court ordered Ohio to stop disenfranchising voters who are directed to vote at the wrong polling place due to poll worker error. Earlier today, a severely conservative panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit stayed this order, ruling that Ohio may disenfranchise these voters [...]/p

By Almost Every Indicator, The Housing Market Is Better Off Than It Was Four Years Ago

By Almost Every Indicator, The Housing Market Is Better Off Than It Was Four Years Ago:  President Obama is understandably reticent to tout his housing record, especially in swing states hit hard by the five-year foreclosure crisis. But with the early stages of a housing recovery underway, it’s time for [...]/p

Romney Releases Another False Ad, Revives Claim That Obama ‘Gutted’ Welfare Reform

Romney Releases Another False Ad, Revives Claim That Obama ‘Gutted’ Welfare Reform: After releasing false radio and television ads about the auto bailout, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign unveiled a new commercial that highlights another one of the candidate’s favorite false claims. This ad, first flagged by the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein, revives Romney’s claim that President Obama has “gutted the welfare work requirement” through a waiver program [...]/p

Yes, Romney's a Liar, But This Is Getting Ridiculous | Common Dreams

Yes, Romney's a Liar, But This Is Getting Ridiculous | Common Dreams
"It is no secret that political candidates are capable of doing awful things when they are reach the desperate final days of an election campaign."

Romney doubles down on Jeep lie

Major Retailer Urges Workers To Take 'Civics Course' With Anti-Obama Content | Alternet

Major Retailer Urges Workers To Take 'Civics Course' With Anti-Obama Content | Alternet
"If you live in the Midwest and you're working on a home-improvement project, you're as likely to do your shopping at a Menards store as at a Lowe's or Home Depot. With 270 stores and 40,000 employees , Menards is the third-largest home-improvement chain in the U.S., and one of the largest privately held corporations in the country. But Menards stores sell more than just lumber and building supplies; their employees are sold a bill of goods in the form of right-wing ideology."

Romney Ball Caps Made in China, Obama's Made in USA

Romney Ball Caps Made in China, Obama's Made in USA
"Kind of tells you everything you need to know about who's more likely to stand up for American workers, doesn't it?"

Chrysler CEO smacks down Romney's Jeep-to-China lies

Chrysler CEO smacks down Romney's Jeep-to-China lies
"No wonder Marchionne felt the need to write this: Romney is trying to convince Jeep workers that they are in danger of losing their jobs, pouring money into ads claiming just that. Trying to use lies to frighten people into voting for you goes beyond cynicism to being incredibly callous—something that's in line with everything we know about Mitt Romney's approach to working people. As far as he's concerned, they're backdrops or pawns or easy cuts to make. It's how he's running, and it's how he'd govern."

Someone Spread False Info on Hurricane Sandy Last Night. Guess Who?

Someone Spread False Info on Hurricane Sandy Last Night. Guess Who?
"So who is this guy? Turns out, he's a GOP consultant, hedge fund analyst and a big Romney supporter:"

Failed Bush FEMA director Michael Brown says Obama, FEMA acted too quickly in hurricane response

Failed Bush FEMA director Michael Brown says Obama, FEMA acted too quickly in hurricane response
"Un-effing-believable. The entire GOP has been having a years-long allergic reaction to the very concept of "disaster relief," we've got Mitt Romney refusing to even mention whether or not he thinks FEMA is an abomination unto the budget gods, and now out here comes the head Katrina-botcher himself, back like a bad rash"

The Corporatocracy vs. Workplace Democracy

The Corporatocracy vs. Workplace Democracy
"The corporate state today is stronger than it's ever been.

Thanks to the Supreme Court, our elections are up for sale to the highest bidder - be it a billionaire casino mogul like Sheldon Adelson or a massive transnational corporation like Koch Industries."

Everybody knows Mitt Romney is lying about Jeep moving to China. So what does he do? Tell it louder.

Everybody knows Mitt Romney is lying about Jeep moving to China. So what does he do? Tell it louder.
"Everybody knows Mitt Romney is lying about his false claim that Jeep is shipping American jobs to China."

Romney Doubles Down On Auto Industry Myth: Radio Ad Claims Chrysler Is Moving Jeep Production To China

Romney Doubles Down On Auto Industry Myth: Radio Ad Claims Chrysler Is Moving Jeep Production To China: Mitt Romney’s campaign has received a lot of negative attention for running utterly untrue television ads in Ohio that claim Chrysler is moving all of its Jeep production overseas. But that’s not stopping the candidate from making a made-for-radio version of the advertisement, repeating many of the same blatant falsehoods. The highly dubious claims in [...]/p

Where Did Paul Ryan Find Inspiration for 'Reforming' Social Security? A Brutal Military Dictatorship, Naturally | Alternet

Where Did Paul Ryan Find Inspiration for 'Reforming' Social Security? A Brutal Military Dictatorship, Naturally | Alternet
"While the Republican Party and its wealthy plutocrat backers have been accused of waging an elitist virtual war against the American majority, both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have financial and ideological ties to rich Latin American elites who have waged real wars against average citizens in their countries."

Romney’s Misleading Ad Causes Auto Workers To Think They’re Losing Their Jobs

Romney’s Misleading Ad Causes Auto Workers To Think They’re Losing Their Jobs: Mitt Romney’s misleading new advertisement is causing auto workers to fear they’re losing their jobs. The ad falsely claims car company Chrysler is moving its Jeep production to China, when in fact the company is opening up additional production there, not shifting American jobs overseas. But some auto workers have been calling their union, worried [...]/p

As governor, Mitt Romney failed Massachusetts when disaster struck

As governor, Mitt Romney failed Massachusetts when disaster struck
"Mitt Romney is all about dismantling the federal government's role in emergency management and putting the states in charge, which sort of raises the question of how Romney responded to emergencies when he was governor of Massachusetts. Would it surprise you to hear that the answer is "not well"?"

Latino Excitement at Record Levels in US Election

Latino Excitement at Record Levels in US Election
"Just over a week before the United States votes in a highly anticipated and historically tight presidential election, a new poll released Monday finds that interest by Latino voters has strengthened significantly over the past two months, and that turnout among Hispanics could be higher than the records set in 2008."

Is The Voter Vigilante Group True The Vote Violating Ohio Law to Intimidate Voters at the Polls? | Alternet

Is The Voter Vigilante Group True The Vote Violating Ohio Law to Intimidate Voters at the Polls? | Alternet
"A right-wing voter vigilante group, TrueTheVote, may be pushing their anti-democratic agenda into illegal territory in Ohio by interfering with that state’s official poll worker training regimen one week before the 2012 presidential election."

EXCLUSIVE: Romney Campaign Training Poll Watchers To Mislead Voters In Wisconsin

EXCLUSIVE: Romney Campaign Training Poll Watchers To Mislead Voters In Wisconsin: Mitt Romney’s campaign has been training poll watchers in Wisconsin with highly misleading — and sometimes downright false — information about voters’ rights. Documents from a recent Romney poll watcher training obtained by ThinkProgress contain several misleading or untrue claims about the rights of Wisconsin voters. A source passed along the following packet of documents, [...]/p

Early Voting Scorecard: Obama Ahead in Iowa and Nevada | Alternet

Early Voting Scorecard: Obama Ahead in Iowa and Nevada | Alternet
"With more than 10 million people already casting a ballot, early voting is on pace likely to exceed the 41 million cast in 2008. Next week will be crunch time as millions of people across the country cast ballots."

How Mitt Romney Wants to Make America Like China | Alternet

How Mitt Romney Wants to Make America Like China | Alternet
"China’s a semi-communist authoritarian gerontocracy with a horrendous human rights record, but man, look at those low wages and lack of regulation!"

President Obama Makes a Statement on Hurricane Sandy

President Obama discusses efforts underway to prepare for Hurricane Sandy and urges those who may be affected by the storm to take all needed precautions. October 29, 2012.

Romney's willingness to say anything makes integrity an issue

Mitt Romney allows himself to be led into another embarrassing lie by right-wing media and how his abandonment of his own policies and willingness to say anything on the campaign trail have left him open to questions about his integrity as a person

PERRspectives: After Bashing Auto Workers, Romney Asks for Their Votes

PERRspectives: After Bashing Auto Workers, Romney Asks for Their Votes
"In an effort to win over auto workers in Ohio and across the Midwest, Team Romney this week unveiled a jaw-droppingly fraudulent ad rewriting Mitt's opposition to the federal bailout that saved the entire industry. But largely overlooked in the shocked response to his bogus claims about Jeep shipping U.S. jobs to China has been the union-bashing that was at the center of Romney's primary campaign to win the Republican nomination for president. As a quick glance reveals, Mitt Romney may profess "I love American cars," but not the Americans who make them."

Romney Returns to His 'Obama Made the Economy Worse' Lie

Romney Returns to His 'Obama Made the Economy Worse' Lie
"That simply isn't true. And neither is Mitt Romney's two year-old slander that President Obama "made the economy worse." Romney's closing argument to voters, like his opening statement, is a Big Lie. And his ceaseless repetition hasn't made it any made it any truer."

Congresswoman Accuses Obama Of ‘Harming’ Auto Company That Went Defunct In 1988

Congresswoman Accuses Obama Of ‘Harming’ Auto Company That Went Defunct In 1988: Since the auto rescue, GM, Ford, and Chrysler are experiencing increases in sales of 10, 13, and 14 percent, respectively. Obama’s approach, which Romney vehemently opposed, helped save as many as 1.3 million jobs and the administration’s new fuel efficiency standards and incentives included in the 2009 stimulus are driving American-made cars to be become more competitive in an international market.

Mitt Romney's Terrifying Plans for FEMA and Disaster Relief | Alternet

Mitt Romney's Terrifying Plans for FEMA and Disaster Relief | Alternet
"But this system of federal involvement to mitigate the damage from natural disasters would be threatened under a Mitt Romney presidency. Romney and his vice-presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, have promised to fundamentally transform how federal disaster aid would work. If Hurricane Sandy was bearing down under a Romney-Ryan presidency, the scale of federal help would be radically different."

Romney-Ryan and the Slashing of Medicaid | Common Dreams

Romney-Ryan and the Slashing of Medicaid | Common Dreams
"If he wins, Medicaid — which now covers more than 50 million Americans, and which President Obama would expand further as part of his health reform — will face savage cuts. Estimates suggest that a Romney victory would deny health insurance to about 45 million people who would have coverage if he lost, with two-thirds of that difference due to the assault on Medicaid."

Republican Senate Candidate’s Company Collected Millions In State Subsidies While Laying Off Workers

Republican Senate Candidate’s Company Collected Millions In State Subsidies While Laying Off Workers: On her campaign website, Republican senate candidate Linda McMahon (CT) rails against “reckless” and “out of control” government spending. She calls for the institution of a Balanced Budget Amendment (despite the widespread economic damage such an amendment could cause), and specifically singles out earmarks, claiming that they displace private sector job creation. McMahon has also [...]/p

PERRspectives: Mitt Romney's Auto Neurotic Prevarication

PERRspectives: Mitt Romney's Auto Neurotic Prevarication
"Gripped by an irresistible obsession to become President of the United States, Romney will lie to voters on almost any issue, large or small. And on no point is Romney's compulsion to fabricate more pathological than on President Obama's successful rescue of the American auto industry. As his new ad designed to dupe voters in Ohio and across the industrial Midwest makes clear, the same Mitt Romney who was content to "let Detroit go bankrupt" now pretends to be its savior."

Romney Auto Bailout Ad Tells Four Myths In 30 Seconds

Romney Auto Bailout Ad Tells Four Myths In 30 Seconds: As Mitt Romney continues to struggle to explain his various positions on the auto rescue that saved General Motors and Chrysler, his presidential campaign has released an ad about the bailout that is littered with falsehoods and misdirections. Watch it: The 30-second ad is running in Ohio, a state where Romney is trailing in the [...]/p

Medicare's 'death spiral' under Romney/Ryan voucher plan confirmed in new study

Medicare's 'death spiral' under Romney/Ryan voucher plan confirmed in new study
"Another study finds that the voucher system Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan envision for Medicare will cause the program's demise."

Capitol Hill’s Rabid, Ravaging Republicans | Common Dreams

Capitol Hill’s Rabid, Ravaging Republicans | Common Dreams
"House Republicans have a conflict of interest between their families’ lungs and their corporatized minds. Resolution? Vote to weaken the Clean Air Act, drinking water safety standards, cut funding for these cancer preventing, health protecting programs while pushing for more military weapons and bloated Pentagon budgets. The Republicans went so far as to vote for polluters over children, pregnant women and people who live in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. These Republicans voted to block the EPA mercury and air toxics standards that the agency estimated would save 12,000 lives every year and prevent more than one million asthma attacks."

PERRspectives: Romney 's Closing Argument is "Obama Made Economy Worse" Lie

PERRspectives: Romney 's Closing Argument is "Obama Made Economy Worse" Lie
"Unfortunately for Romney, the facts and the overwhelming consensus of economists - including the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and John McCain's 2008 brain trust - flatly contradict Mitt's closing argument. Instead, the numbers show and the experts confirm that President Obama saved the American free-enterprise system from the abyss and averted Great Depression 2.0."

Conservatives tested which anti-Obama conspiracy films to send to voters

Conservatives tested which anti-Obama conspiracy films to send to voters
"Translation: They knew it was a rancid pile of conspiratorial, lying dung—but they still wanted to know if showing it to people would work. The conservative movement is now focus grouping its conspiracy theories to see which ones to promote to voters."

Democratic Rep. Explains Why Now Is The ‘Absolute Right Time’ To Invest In Crumbling Infrastructure

Democratic Rep. Explains Why Now Is The ‘Absolute Right Time’ To Invest In Crumbling Infrastructure: LOUISVILLE — There is no better time than now to invest in America’s crumbling infrastructure, Kentucky Rep. John Yarmuth (D) told ThinkProgress in an interview this week. With the nation facing high unemployment and in need of a massive upgrade to its roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects, the government should take advantage of historically [...]/p

Chevron Gives $2.5 Million to Conservative Super PAC | Common Dreams

Chevron Gives $2.5 Million to Conservative Super PAC | Common Dreams
"Chevron Corp., ranked No. 3 on the Fortune 500 list of largest U.S. companies, made a $2.5 million contribution on Oct. 7 to the conservativeCongressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC dedicated to electing Republicans to the House and Senate."

Bain Capital wants to silence 'Bainport'

The situation is reaching fever pitch at the Sensata factory in Freeport, Illinois. Not only is Mitt Romney's Bain Capital shipping 170 American jobs to China, as we've reported on The Ed Show, but they're now trying to crush the workers' free speech rights.

Mitt Romney stays silent on Sensata as he lies about Jeep jobs going to China

Mitt Romney stays silent on Sensata as he lies about Jeep jobs going to China
"Let's untangle the levels of nerve here. Romney is claiming that the way to keep Chrysler from moving Jeep production to China is to elect Mitt Romney. In fact, not only is Chrysler not moving Jeep production to China, it's expanding Jeep production in Michigan and Ohio. But don't worry, if you vote for Romney, he'll fight for every one of those jobs to be kept right here in America."

Romney Unaware Who Creates Wealth

Romney Unaware Who Creates Wealth
"The Republican presidential nominee apparently has no idea that "apart from nature," it is workers who are the creators of all wealth."

‘Anti-Business’ Obama Is Best President For Corporate Profits Since 1900

‘Anti-Business’ Obama Is Best President For Corporate Profits Since 1900: Since he came into office, Republicans have consistently attacked President Obama for supposedly being anti-business. As ThinkProgress noted last week, the data shows that this charge is nonsense. In fact, as the financial website Motley Fool noted today, President Obama is far and away the best president for corporate profits since 1900: Even if corporate [...]/p

Weather Channel: We've Never Seen Anything Like This Before

Weather Channel: We've Never Seen Anything Like This Before
If you live in one of the states that might be affected, and can vote early, get out there vote now.

Hey GOP...We Already have a Bill of Rights!!

Besides trying to elect one of their own - Mitt Romney - to the White House, the oligarchs have another trick up their sleeve this election. And that's to make sure their state taxes never go up again. Their plan is carried out in the form of ballot measures - often under the name of Taxpayer Bill of Rights laws - that will appear in a handful of states on Election Day that are aimed at making it very difficult to raise taxes. Such measures are on the ballot in states like Florida, Michigan, and Washington. So imagine a law - or, even more bizarre, an amendment to a state's constitution, that says, "You may not take away any tax breaks that billionaires or large corporations have without it getting at least a 2/3rds vote in the legislature, but you may lay off teachers, state troopers, repeal Meals on Wheels programs, and cut off financial aid to colleges and college students with a simple majority." And then imagine that the law went a step further and said that you can't raise taxes on billionaires or corporations, and you can't close any of the tax loopholes they use every day, but you can easily raise fees on everyday working people, so they're paying more to register their cars or park on city streets or have their garbage collected.

Six Important Things To Know Before Romney’s ‘Closing Argument’ On The Economy

Six Important Things To Know Before Romney’s ‘Closing Argument’ On The Economy: Mitt Romney will deliver what’s being billed as his “closing argument” in Ames, Iowa today, focusing his speech on the economy. Here are six important things to know before Romney takes the stage. 1) ROMNEY’S BOGUS 12 MILLION JOBS: Romney consistently promises that his policies will create 12 million jobs over his first term. But [...]/p

10 Filthy-Rich, Tax-Dodging Hypocrites Pushing Disastrous Austerity on America | Alternet

10 Filthy-Rich, Tax-Dodging Hypocrites Pushing Disastrous Austerity on America | Alternet
"Brace yourself for one of the most aggressive corporate lobbying campaigns of all time. And one of the most hypocritical."

Lies of Plutocracy: Exploding Five Myths that Dehumanize the Poor

Lies of Plutocracy: Exploding Five Myths that Dehumanize the Poor
"If you believe that poverty is the domain of the comfortably poor, black, unemployed, unmotivated and uneducated among us, you have been sadly misled. Prepare to be astonished by numbers that tell a very different story."

Despite Romney Claim, Chrysler Isn’t Moving Any Auto Production To China

Despite Romney Claim, Chrysler Isn’t Moving Any Auto Production To China: Mitt Romney, attempting to bolster his case to Ohio voters, misinterpreted a story and passed on an outright lie at a rally in the swing state yesterday. Reacting to a Bloomberg News story about auto manufacturer Chrysler’s plans to open a plant in China, Romney said at a rally in Defiance, Ohio that the company [...]/p

New Romney lie: Scare Ohioans by falsely claiming Chrysler may move all Jeep production to China

New Romney lie: Scare Ohioans by falsely claiming Chrysler may move all Jeep production to China
"Perhaps that willingness to lie served him well as CEO of Bain, but it's an appalling trait for a presidential candidate, let alone—God forbid—a president."

Chevron Donates $2.5 Million To GOP Super PAC In Single Largest Corporate Donation Post-Citizens United

Chevron Donates $2.5 Million To GOP Super PAC In Single Largest Corporate Donation Post-Citizens United: Chevron, the second-largest oil company in the U.S. and eighth-largest in the world, contributed $2.5 million in October to the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC to elect House Republicans. That makes Chevron’s super PAC donation the single largest from a corporation. The donation comes after House Republicans voted 109 times this Congress to enrich [...]/p

How the Wealthy Have Turned State Elections All Over America Into Their Own Personal Playgrounds | Alternet

How the Wealthy Have Turned State Elections All Over America Into Their Own Personal Playgrounds | Alternet
"The 2012 election has become a political extreme sport for wealthy individuals and corporate America, as they have blown off whatever’s left in campaign finance laws and have strutted on the electoral field as the rest of us watch like spectators from the cheap seats. But what’s not fully appreciated is how the plutocrats’ stampede doesn’t stop with the presidency, but is playing an outsized role in many down-ballot and state races."

More Republicans arrested for election fraud...

More allegations of election fraud against the Republican Party. A voter registration supervisor contracted by the Republican Party of Virginia was arrested on Thursday for destroying voter registration applications. Thirty-one-year-old Colin Small was caught throwing away a bag of filled-out voter registration forms in a dumpster. Police say the crime appears "limited in nature" but additional charges may be filed in the future. Already, the Republican National Committee is dealing with allegations of election fraud after it hired a firm known as Strategic Allied Consulting to register voters in key swing states. That firm was found to commit widespread fraud by destroying or tampering with voter registration forms filled out by Democratic voters. At least 11 counties in Florida have discovered tampered registration forms handled by the firm.

Romney, Family and Friends Connected to the Company Counting the Vote in Cincinnatti

Romney, Family and Friends Connected to the Company Counting the Vote in Cincinnatti
"The Democrats have it half right. The only way to ensure that election fraud will not happen is to have a massive voter turnout that makes cheating within the margin of error impossible. However, a citizen's obligation to vote does not negate a citizen's obligation to vigilantly defend the democratic franchise that lies at the center of our society."

Where Did the Debt Come From?

Very unwise for employers to tell employees how to vote | Economic Policy Institute

Very unwise for employers to tell employees how to vote | Economic Policy Institute
"Recent weeks have brought a rash of reports of something that used to be unthinkable in America: employers telling their workers who to vote for."

How Romney’s Tax Plan Denies $5 Billion In Credits To The Poorest Families

How Romney’s Tax Plan Denies $5 Billion In Credits To The Poorest Families: Mitt Romney’s tax plan would provide millionaires with a tax cut of $87,000, even under the very generous assumption that the plan will be paid for (which would require raising taxes on middle class families). At the same time, Romney calls for rolling back expansions of two important tax credits aimed at helping middle-class and [...]/p

CEO who took millions in stimulus tells workers to vote against Obama because big government

CEO who took millions in stimulus tells workers to vote against Obama because big government
"Another boss weighs in telling his workers to vote for Mitt Romney, and if this one takes it easier on the intimidation than many of his plutocratic brethren, he makes up for it with an extra helping of hypocrisy."

What’s At Stake When Billionaires Try to Buy Our Democracy | Common Dreams

What’s At Stake When Billionaires Try to Buy Our Democracy | Common Dreams
"The shameless spectacle of billionaires drowning the airwaves should not numb us to the consequences of what is at stake if the super rich succeed in buying our elections."

Republicans Desperate to Spin Romney as the Front-Runner Are Becoming 'Nate Silver Truthers' | Alternet

Republicans Desperate to Spin Romney as the Front-Runner Are Becoming 'Nate Silver Truthers' | Alternet
"But in recent days, the Romney-Ryan campaign has claimed that it's moving ahead. As Jonathan Chaitnoted, “This is a bluff. Romney is carefully attempting to project an atmosphere of momentum, in the hopes of winning positive media coverage and, thus, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Despite zero evidence that Romney has made any gains since receiving a healthy bounce from the first debate, reporters appear to be buying it, with a raft of lazy stories about Mitt Romney's supposed “momentum"."

Pennsylvania Bill Would Reduce Food Stamp Benefits For Women Who Cannot Prove They Were Raped | Alternet

Pennsylvania Bill Would Reduce Food Stamp Benefits For Women Who Cannot Prove They Were Raped | Alternet
"Aside from punishing women who have children, the proposed bill perpetrates a dangerous attitude toward survivors of sexual assault."

How A Proposed Pennsylvania Law Would Make Workers Pay Taxes To Their Boss

How A Proposed Pennsylvania Law Would Make Workers Pay Taxes To Their Boss: According to Good Jobs First, an organization that promotes accountability in economic development, several states allow corporations to literally pocket their employees’ tax payments. Rather than having those taxes go towards public services, the companies withhold money from their workers’ paychecks and just keep it, never remitting it to the state, under the guise of [...]/p

5 Voter Misinformation Campaigns To Watch Out For

5 Voter Misinformation Campaigns To Watch Out For: Though most voter ID laws and voter purges have been thrown out or delayed by judges, voter suppression efforts are still alive and well. With two weeks to Election Day, voters in critical swing states are being inundated with false information and intimidating messages meant to discourage them from voting. While shenanigans have been reported [...]/p

GOP-Controlled Election Board in Ohio Mails Out Wrong Date

GOP-Controlled Election Board in Ohio Mails Out Wrong Date
"It's really not hard to imagine human error in a case like this. It's just that there's a pattern. It's almost always Republican election officials making these critical mistakes, and they always seem to happen in strategically important states and counties."

Plutocrats Want to Own Your Vote

Plutocrats Want to Own Your Vote
"The new Gilded Age is roaring down on us – an uncaged tiger on a rampage."

Foreign Policy Really Is Foreign to Mitt Romney | Common Dreams

Foreign Policy Really Is Foreign to Mitt Romney | Common Dreams
"n a presidential race that is likely to be decided in manufacturing states such as Ohio and Wisconsin, where too many jobs have been offshored to China, that’s what voters want to hear in a presidential debate. And Obama was saying it."

At The Last Presidential Debate: Romney Told 24 Myths In 41 Minutes

At The Last Presidential Debate: Romney Told 24 Myths In 41 Minutes: 1) “Syria is Iran’s only ally in the Arab world. It’s their route to the sea.” Romney has his geography wrong. Syria doesn’t share a border with Iran and Iran has 1,500 miles of coastline leading to the Arabian Sea. It is also able to reach the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. 2) “And what [...]/p

Nothing Is Foreign to the Liar Willard Romney Anymore | Common Dreams

Nothing Is Foreign to the Liar Willard Romney Anymore | Common Dreams
"There is no nation in its right mind that would put its foreign policy in the hands of the Willard Romney who showed up on stage here in Boca Raton on Monday night, particularly since he had so clearly abandoned everything else he believed on the subject for the purpose of fronting himself as a moderate in order to run out the clock over the next three weeks. He knew nothing and said less."

Romney-linked Voting Machine Company Will Count Votes in Ohio and Other Crucial Swing States | Alternet

Romney-linked Voting Machine Company Will Count Votes in Ohio and Other Crucial Swing States | Alternet
"Voting machine provider Hart Intercivic will be counting the votes in various counties in the crucial swing states of Ohio and Colorado and elsewhere throughout the country come November 6—even though it has extensive corporate ties to the Mitt Romney camp, and even though a study commissioned by the state of Ohio has labeled its voting system a “failure” when it comes to protecting the integrity of election."

GOP Rep. Calls For Tax Cuts For The Wealthy, Tax Hikes For Everyone Else, And A Hit To The Economy

GOP Rep. Calls For Tax Cuts For The Wealthy, Tax Hikes For Everyone Else, And A Hit To The Economy: Tea Party Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) went on CNBC today and within the course of about two minutes managed to call for extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, while also hiking taxes on lower-income and working Americans. When asked by the host what he thought should be done about the upcoming “fiscal cliff,” [...]/p

Votes Don’t Lie: GOP Senate Candidate Falsely Claims He Never Supported Privatizing Medicare

Votes Don’t Lie: GOP Senate Candidate Falsely Claims He Never Supported Privatizing Medicare: U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) denied supporting a Republican proposal to transform Medicare into a voucher program during a debate with Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) on Saturday, despite voting in favor of such a measure in April of 2009. The Republican Congressman has sought to distance himself from Paul Ryan’s budget throughout the [...]/p

Armed forces overwhelmingly support Obama in donations

Armed forces overwhelmingly support Obama in donations
"Ahead of the foreign policy debate, Open Secrets shows that those with real skin in the game, members of the military and civilian employees of the military, are overwhelmingly supporting President Obama."

The Billionaires' Pity Party: Richest People in History Can't Stop Whining About Oppression | Alternet

The Billionaires' Pity Party: Richest People in History Can't Stop Whining About Oppression | Alternet
"America's billionaires are up in arms! Sure, they've made out like bandits, while tens of millions of Americans are still suffering - out of work, in bankruptcy, or owing more on their mortgages than their houses are worth. Along with the rest of the 1 per cent, they've captured  93 per cent of income gains  in the US in the first year of lopsided economic recovery. But that's not the point! The point is: They're the most oppressed people in the history of the world!"

GOP Gov. Nominee Opposes Equal Pay Legislation Because Government Shouldn’t ‘Micromanage The Workplace’

GOP Gov. Nominee Opposes Equal Pay Legislation Because Government Shouldn’t ‘Micromanage The Workplace’: ATKINSON, New Hampshire — The Republican nominee for governor in New Hampshire isn’t sure whether or not existing law in his state forbids pay discrimination, but he’s pretty sure it’s none of the government’s business. ThinkProgress asked Ovide Lamontagne at a campaign stop on Friday about whether a law that said men and women should [...]/p

6 Things We Need To Do To Repair America's Crumbling Democracy | Alternet

6 Things We Need To Do To Repair America's Crumbling Democracy | Alternet
"As the 2012 election crests with all its chaos— billionaire-driven TV ad wars, legal fights over voter suppression tactics, endless fundraising e-mails and worries about stealing the vote —progressives need to remember what’s been destroying our democracy and what solutions are needed to restore the balance of power in America."

14 Most Extreme Candidates | Alternet

14 Most Extreme Candidates | Alternet
"It’s well known that in recent years, this country has seen its electoral politics polarized to an extent that has only rarely been paralleled in American history. But that polarization in many cases goes far beyond anything resembling mainstream discourse, extending to men and women who are linked to hate groups and racial, ethnic, religious, anti-gay and antigovernment extremism, or who promote extremist propaganda."

Lyin' Ryan Has No Plan to Cut the Deficit - and if He Did, Romney Would Oppose It | Alternet

Lyin' Ryan Has No Plan to Cut the Deficit - and if He Did, Romney Would Oppose It | Alternet
"GOP candidates can't get their stories straight on the deficit. Maybe because they're both full of baloney."

Privatization Madness » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Privatization Madness » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"So what’s ahead? Republican legislatures are mandating privatized tax collection for local taxing authorities. We already have privatized prisons, privatized schools, privatized highways, privatized police. Will things move upwards now to the state and federal level? How long before the Berkheimer-type companies are collecting our state taxes? And with some Republicans pushing for an end to the IRS, how long before some Berkheimer clone gets the gig for collecting our federal taxes?"

Top Romney Surrogate Says Pay Equity Legislation Is ‘Nothing But An Effort To Help Trial Lawyers’

Top Romney Surrogate Says Pay Equity Legislation Is ‘Nothing But An Effort To Help Trial Lawyers’: Mitt Romney’s campaign won’t say if the GOP presidential candidate would have signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, but on Sunday Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) — a top campaign surrogate — disparaged the measure as a giveaway to trail lawyers. “I think that anyone who’s working out there and making a living, [...]/p

GOP Voter Registration Scandal Widens, Prosecutors File Criminal Charges | Alternet

GOP Voter Registration Scandal Widens, Prosecutors File Criminal Charges | Alternet
"A Virginia official is busted for tossing voter forms. Turns out he works for the national party, too."

Does the Romney Family Now Own Your e-Vote?

Does the Romney Family Now Own Your e-Vote?
"They are especially crucial in Ohio, without which no Republican candidate has ever won the White House. In 2004, in the dead of election night, an electronic swing of more than 300,000 votes switched Ohio from the John Kerry column to George W. Bush, giving him a second term. A virtual statistical impossibility, the 6-plus% shift occurred between 12:20 and 2am election night as votes were being tallied by a GOP-controlled information technology firm on servers in a basement in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In defiance of a federal injunction, 56 of Ohio's 88 counties destroyed all election records, making a recount impossible. Ohio's governor and secretary of state in 2004 were both Republicans, as are the governors and secretaries of state in nine key swing states this year."

After Attending Stimulus Funded Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, Tea Party Rep. Dismisses Stimulus Money

After Attending Stimulus Funded Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, Tea Party Rep. Dismisses Stimulus Money: CONWAY, New Hampshire — Less than a year after attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new stimulus funded infrastructure project in New Hampshire, Rep. Frank Guinta (R-NH) derided the Recovery Act, telling constituents at a debate to ask “if that stimulus helped them.” The freshman congressman attended and spoke at a dedication of a new [...]/p

Add the auto bailout to the list of things Romney opposed but profited from

Add the auto bailout to the list of things Romney opposed but profited from
"Apparently there's nothing that Romney opposes so much he won't try to make a profit off of it. Which, actually, we already knew, thanks to his role in Bain investments in a medical-waste firm that disposed of aborted fetuses. And don't forget how Romney invested in a company founded to make profits on the aftermath of 9/11. Never mind all that profit from exactly the kind of Chinese trade practices he's campaigning against."

How The Model Tax Plan Romney Cited Could Raise One Middle-Class Woman’s Taxes By $6,000

How The Model Tax Plan Romney Cited Could Raise One Middle-Class Woman’s Taxes By $6,000:  Throughout the campaign, Mitt Romney has refused to give details when asked how he plans to pay for his nearly $4.8 trillion in tax cuts. In Tuesday night’s debate, audience member Mary Follano asked Romney how his [...]/p

Citizens United vs workers

Corporations forcing their employees to vote republican

Does the Romney Family Now Own Your e-Vote?

Does the Romney Family Now Own Your e-Vote?
"Will you cast your vote this fall on a faulty electronic machine that's partly owned by the Romney Family? Will that machine decide whether Romney will then inherit the White House?"

Meet Romney’s Economic Hit Man | Common Dreams

Meet Romney’s Economic Hit Man | Common Dreams
"Hubbard is the ideological hit man instrumental in justifying the mortgage derivatives bubble that caused the Great Recession during the George W. Bush years. He now serves as Romney’s key economic adviser and is the front-runner to be the next Treasury secretary should the Republican win."

Koch-Affiliated Group Campaigns To Make Wind Tax Credit ‘So Toxic’ Republicans Won’t Back It

Koch-Affiliated Group Campaigns To Make Wind Tax Credit ‘So Toxic’ Republicans Won’t Back It: The wind energy industry faces a lame duck fight in the House of Representatives over extending the expiring production tax credit. The tax credit has broad bipartisan support, and considering that 81 percent of U.S. wind projects are installed in Republican districts, GOP lawmakers have a good reason to support it. But with Koch Industries [...]/p

Neoconservative Jingoism Plus Mormon Delusion Equals Perpetual War | Alternet

Neoconservative Jingoism Plus Mormon Delusion Equals Perpetual War | Alternet
"You see unlike Romney's sons my military-aged son volunteered to serve our country."

GOP Congressman Admits Romney/Ryan Would ‘End Medicare As We Know It’

GOP Congressman Admits Romney/Ryan Would ‘End Medicare As We Know It’: During the fourth and final debate between incumbent Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) and his Democratic challenger, Tammy Duckworth, the Republican Congressman openly admitted that he and his GOP colleagues want to “end Medicare as we know it.” Walsh defended the Romney/Ryan plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program, which would provide retirees with a [...]/p

Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza | The Nation

Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza | The Nation
"Mitt Romney may indeed have wanted to let Detroit die. But if the auto industry was going to be bailed out after all, the Romneys apparently couldn’t resist getting in on a piece of 
the action."

Dozens of debunkings later, Romney still misleading on auto rescue

Dozens of debunkings later, Romney still misleading on auto rescue
"Romney's claim that bankruptcy would have been successful without the bailout is like arguing that a car has rolled off the assembly line ready to go just because it has wheels, ignoring that it skipped having the engine installed. If you're just looking at the car from the outside, it might seem plausible. But even a quick glance at the workings show how false it is."

Republican Congressman Says Hospitals Should Be Allowed To Turn Away Patients Who Don’t Have Insurance

Republican Congressman Says Hospitals Should Be Allowed To Turn Away Patients Who Don’t Have Insurance: CONWAY, New Hampshire — Finding bipartisan agreement on any policy is a rarity these days, but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have supported treating people who show up in the hospital, regardless of their ability to pay. Now, one Tea Party congressman is taking issue with that requirement. Giving literal meaning to his [...]/p

New Proposal Doesn’t Stop Romney’s Plan From Giving A Huge Tax Cut To The Rich

New Proposal Doesn’t Stop Romney’s Plan From Giving A Huge Tax Cut To The Rich: During Tuesday’s second presidential debate, Republican nominee Mitt Romney floated a new idea to pay for his tax plan, which provides nearly $5 trillion in tax cuts. Romney introduced this proposal after analysts showed that Romney can’t mathematically achieve his goals of reducing income tax rates by 20 percent while not increasing middle class taxes [...]/p

Virginia GOP Caught Throwing Away Voter Registrations

Virginia GOP Caught Throwing Away Voter Registrations
"You know how every time they're in control, Republicans grow the government and run into the ground to prove that government is inefficient and bloated? Well, I think it's time to realize that the GOP is now determined to prove that their cries of voter fraud are true...because they're the ones committing it."

What Billy Koehler's Death Reveals About Romney's Frightening Agenda | Alternet

What Billy Koehler's Death Reveals About Romney's Frightening Agenda | Alternet
Romney, a quarter-billionaire born with a silver foot in his mouth, has shielded himself from the world in which America’s many Billy Koehlers exist. Their paths don’t naturally cross. Billy Koehlers don’t hang out with Romney’s NASCAR owner pals. Billy Koehlers don’t disparage the nation’s elderly and impoverished at fundraisers in the homes of private equity moguls . FDR and JFK made an effort to understand the joys and hardships of the non-rich. But Romney hasn’t. And that’s why he so carelessly called America’s Billy Koehlers a deliberately dependent underclass, albeit one comprising 47 percent of all citizens. Because Romney knows nothing of the lives of the nation’s Billy Koehlers, the Republican nominee can dismiss their medical predicaments as nonexistent and assure wealthy donors he won’t “worry about those people.”

On NFIB Conference Call, Romney Urges Employers to Tell Employees How to Vote, Just Like the Kochs | Common Dreams

On NFIB Conference Call, Romney Urges Employers to Tell Employees How to Vote, Just Like the Kochs | Common Dreams
"GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggested to business owners they tell their employees how to vote on a June conference call organized by the National Federation for Independent Business (NFIB), an organization the Center for Media and Democracy has recently exposed as a partisan lobbying group advancing big business interests."

Employees Protest Bain, Romney As Their Jobs Are Outsourced To China

Employees Protest Bain, Romney As Their Jobs Are Outsourced To China: Sensata Technologies, an Attleboro, Massachusetts-based sensor manufacturer, is mostly owned by Bain Capital. As the company prepares to replace workers at an Illinois plant by offshoring jobs to China, soon-to-be laid off workers have been protesting both Bain Capital and the corporate values instilled by the company’s former CEO, Mitt Romney. Several protesters descended on [...]/p

Myth Master Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney told 31 lies and half-truths during just 41 minutes of speaking time...a new record. Romney managed to beat his previous mark of telling 27 lies and half-truths during the first debate - and some of last night's lies were even bigger than those from the previous debate!

Arizona GOP Senate Candidate Openly Hostile To Free School Lunch Program He Relied On As A Child

Arizona GOP Senate Candidate Openly Hostile To Free School Lunch Program He Relied On As A Child: A new Esquire profile of Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) details the Senate candidate’s hard-scrabble childhood on an Arizona cattle ranch — where he was sustained by federal school lunch programs he has repeatedly tried to hobble as a Congressman. Flake’s elder brother, Scott, explained to Esquire how they benefited from entitlement programs meant to provide [...]/p

Romney Economic Policy Director Was Lobbying For Wall Street Three Months Ago

Romney Economic Policy Director Was Lobbying For Wall Street Three Months Ago: A recently hired economic policy director for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign was a top lobbyist for JP Morgan Chase, Wall Street’s biggest bank, and federal documents show that he lobbied Congress and federal regulators this year on issues ranging from the implementation of new financial regulations to corporate tax reform. Pierce Scranton, who became Romney’s [...]/p

GOP Senate Candidate Blames Republican Leadership For Farm Bill Failure

GOP Senate Candidate Blames Republican Leadership For Farm Bill Failure: In an October 15 debate between North Dakota Senate candidates Republican Rep. Rick Berg and Democratic challenger Heidi Heitkamp, the failure of the House of Representatives to pass a farm bill was a central issue. Heitkamp called the lack of a new farm bill the “biggest failure of this Congress.” Though the Senate passed a [...]/p

Does the Romney Family Now Own Your E-Vote?

Does the Romney Family Now Own Your E-Vote?
"But these Hart machines are deeply flawed and widely know to be open to a troubling variety of attacks and breakdowns ( http://www.bradblog.com/... ).  There is no legal or other means to definitively monitor and re-check a tally compiled on Hart or other electronic voting machines.  Ohio's current governor and secretary of state are both Republicans."

Blue States Are From Scandinavia, Red States Are From Guatemala | The New Republic

Blue States Are From Scandinavia, Red States Are From Guatemala | The New Republic
"Advocates for the red-state approach to government invoke lofty principles: By resisting federal programs and defying federal laws, they say, they are standing up for liberty. These were the same arguments that the original red-staters made in the 1800s, before the Civil War, and in the 1900s, before the Civil Rights movement. Now, as then, the liberty the red states seek is the liberty to let a whole class of citizens suffer. That’s not something the rest of us should tolerate. This country has room for different approaches to policy. It doesn’t have room for different standards of human decency."

PERRspectives: Democratic Presidents Outperform GOP on Manufacturing Jobs

PERRspectives: Democratic Presidents Outperform GOP on Manufacturing Jobs
"The new study jointly performed by Pennsylvania's Keystone Research Center (KRC) and the Iowa Policy Project (IPP) found that "Democratic administrations have added an average of between 160,000 and 250,000 manufacturing jobs each year, while Republican ones have lost manufacturing jobs at about the same rate"."

Romney: Forget equal pay, ladies. How about more time to cook dinner?

Romney: Forget equal pay, ladies. How about more time to cook dinner?
"So after all this time, after repeatedly being asked to say, once and for all, whether Romney supports equal pay and what he'd do to ensure equal pay for women, Romney still can't answer that question. And it's a very important question, one women have the right to know the answer to when they're deciding the next president. You know, when they're not busy filling binders and cooking dinner."

When the President Comes to Town

When the President Comes to Town
"If you're dealing with a guy who says government doesn't create jobs right after he claims he will personally create 12 million jobs if given the top gig in government, it shouldn't be all that surprising when that guy becomes subsumed by his own demonstrable contradictions."

Romney Told 31 Myths In 41 Minutes During Last Night's Debate | Alternet

Romney Told 31 Myths In 41 Minutes During Last Night's Debate | Alternet
"During the first presidential debate in Denver, Colorado Romney managed to tell  27 myths in his 38 minutes  of speaking time. But at his second encounter with Obama in New York, the GOP presidential candidate — who has run  a post-truth campaign  from day one — outdid himself and crammed 31 myths in 41 minutes:"

Romney's Bain Capital Is Sending a Bunch of High-Tech Jobs to China on the Day Before the Election | Alternet

Romney's Bain Capital Is Sending a Bunch of High-Tech Jobs to China on the Day Before the Election | Alternet
"On the day before an election that's supposed to hinge on jobs, taxes and the middle class, Bain Capital, the company Mitt Romney founded, will close the doors of a factory in Freeport, Illinois, and ship 170 good, high-tech jobs to China."

Romney Decries Student Debt, But His Plans Would Make The Problem Far Worse

Romney Decries Student Debt, But His Plans Would Make The Problem Far Worse: During the second presidential debate Tuesday night, Mitt Romney was asked by a college student for assurance that he’ll be able to find a job when he graduates. Romney took the opportunity to not only discuss unemployment but the rising amount of debt held by America’s students: With half of college kids graduating this year [...]/p

Romney Adviser: Romney Would Have Opposed Lilly Ledbetter In 2009

Romney Adviser: Romney Would Have Opposed Lilly Ledbetter In 2009: At Tuesday’s presidential debate, both candidates were confronted with a question about equal pay for women, who currently make 77 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. President Obama touted his first bill signed into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which gave women more flexibility to sue over pay inequity. Romney [...]/p

Romney’s Seven Biggest Debate Lies | Common Dreams

Romney’s Seven Biggest Debate Lies | Common Dreams
"Here are the seven biggest lies Romney told:"

Will Bain-Linked E-Voting Machines Give Romney the White House?

Will Bain-Linked E-Voting Machines Give Romney the White House?
"Electronic voting machines owned by Mitt Romney's business buddies and set to count the votes in Cincinnati could decide the 2012 election."

Mary Jo Lost Her Job Because of Bain Capital. She's Got a Few Words for Mitt Romney.

Sensata worker Mary Jo lost her job due to Bain's outsourcing to China. She's got a question for Mitt Romney.

PERRspectives: Mitt Romney is "Sticking It to Seniors"

PERRspectives: Mitt Romney is "Sticking It to Seniors"
"As it turns out, what we know for sure about Mitt Romney's assault on senior citizens may pale compared to what we don't. Romney, after all, has promised to magically offset $5 trillion in tax cuts and $2 trillion in new defense spending over the next decade by closing as yet unnamed tax credits, deductions and deductions. But among Uncle Sam's $1.1 trillion in annual tax expenditures are a host of tax breaks for the elderly. That figure is forecast to hit almost $1.4 trillion by 2015. While the home mortgage and health expense deductions top that list, untaxed Social Security benefits will reach $44 billion annually in three years. And that's just one example. Mitt Romney has called for raising the retirement age to 67 for those now 55 and under. (In his 2008 campaign, Romney supported President Bush's proposal to privatize the retiree pension system.)"

Papantonio: Corporate Fraud Costs Taxpayers Billions

Mike Papantonio talks with attorney James Kauffman about the systemic fraud taking place in corporate America - fraud that the American taxpayers end up paying for.

Romney/Ryan-Like Medicare Privatization Plan Would Raise Premiums Nationwide: Report | Common Dreams

Romney/Ryan-Like Medicare Privatization Plan Would Raise Premiums Nationwide: Report | Common Dreams
"An analysis of a Medicare voucher plan generally based on the approach included in vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's budget plan passed by the House earlier this year, says that at least 6 in 10 Medicare recipients would experience higher premiums if such a plan was enacted."

Reagan Advisor: History Shows Romney’s Tax Plan Won’t Boost Job Growth

Reagan Advisor: History Shows Romney’s Tax Plan Won’t Boost Job Growth: Both Republican candidate Mitt Romney and his running-mate Paul Ryan claim that their campaign’s jobs plan is essentially its tax plan. In an ad, Romney states that “my tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business creates seven million [jobs]” out of the twelve million total he says his [...]/p

5 Facts You Should Commit To Memory Before Watching Tonight’s Debate

5 Facts You Should Commit To Memory Before Watching Tonight’s Debate: Debates move quickly. The candidates toss out facts at breakneck speeds, trying to get across their entire plans in just 90 minutes. Tonight, Obama and Romney will square off in a debate that’s been billed as high-stakes — Obama will seek to regain the momentum, while Romney hopes to sustain his. So as the candidates [...]/p

Increasing the Number of Republicans in Congress Means Billions More for the 1 Percent, Study Shows | Alternet

Increasing the Number of Republicans in Congress Means Billions More for the 1 Percent, Study Shows | Alternet
"There's a direct correlation between the composition of Congress and the richest Americans' share of pre-tax income."

5 Ways America Is Being Hollowed Out by Unfettered Corporate Greed | Alternet

5 Ways America Is Being Hollowed Out by Unfettered Corporate Greed | Alternet
"Conservatives believe that enriching individuals will eventually enrich society, and that government should not get in the way of the process. This is what happens as a result"

5 Ways the Koch Brothers' Money Has a Grip on Mitt Romney | Alternet

5 Ways the Koch Brothers' Money Has a Grip on Mitt Romney | Alternet
"It was hardly love at first sight. But once the Koch brothers threw in behind Mitt Romney, they brought the full force of their political machine."

Debt Collector Allegedly Tells Disabled Vet ‘You Should Have Died’ After Illegally Seizing Savings

Debt Collector Allegedly Tells Disabled Vet ‘You Should Have Died’ After Illegally Seizing Savings: A disabled veteran is suing Gurstel Chargo, a debt collection agency that allegedly illegally seized his savings to pay off a $6,000 defaulted student loan. According to his complaint, Michael Collier was rendered 100 percent disabled from spine and head injuries received during his time in the Army, a condition that exempts him from debt [...]/p

GOP Priorities: Raising Taxes On 13 Million Low-Income Households, Cutting Them For 7,000 Wealthy Estates

GOP Priorities: Raising Taxes On 13 Million Low-Income Households, Cutting Them For 7,000 Wealthy Estates: A mere 7,450 of the wealthiest estates in the country could receive an average tax break of $1.1 million in 2013, while over 13 million low-income families could see their tax burden increase by $1,000 or more, if proposals by the GOP were to go into effect, according to the Center On Budget and Policy [...]/p

Medicaid Expansion Could Save Michigan Almost $1 Billion

Medicaid Expansion Could Save Michigan Almost $1 Billion: The Lansing State Journal flagged a new report from a Michigan-based health policy group that found accepting Obamacare’s expansion of the Medicaid program could save the state $983 million in the first decade of operation. In particular, the additional federal dollars to fund mental health services for low-income residents and medical care for inmates will [...]/p