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Irreverent, entertaining, incisive articles on a variety of accounting and tax subjects.

Cenk Uygur reviews the new polls showing that President Obama is losing his base that got him elected in 2008. The Young Turks, July 26, 2011.

New polls show that President Barack Obama is losing the support of his liberal base. Cenk Uygur suggests that many Democrats and Independents will not show up at the polls in November 2012 because of their disenchantment with Obama’s Republicanism. Continue reading

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Why Cenk Uygur left MSNBC TV. Is the Reverend Al Sharpton a rascist?

Cenk Uygur left MSNBC TV because the Washington establishment did not appreciate his tone. Does the establishment now control the media? Of course! Continue reading

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Sign the petition for President Obama to raise the highest marginal tax rate on the wealthy

Isn’t it time for the super rich to pay their fair share of taxes? After all, haven’t they been the chief beneficiaries of the fruits of our labors? Continue reading

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Sign the petition to protest Governor Malloy’s Connecticut tax bill, Senate Bill No. 1239, targeting the middle class. It’s time to tax the rich, not the middle class!

Sign the petition to protest Senate Bill No. 1239, which raises tax rates on middle class residents by as much as 30% while only increasing that on its millionaires and billionaires by a mere 3%. Continue reading

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Brit Hume: Understanding the Debt Limit. Fox News, June 27, 2011.

Brit Hume’s take on the debt limit ceiling fiasco. Continue reading

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Republicans declare war on the middle class. Cenk Uygur June 24, 2011 video transcript

Senator Frank Lautenberg, Democrat from New Jersey, and former White House Deputy Secretary Bill Burton talk about some GOP governors’ recent attcks on the bargaining rights of state workers. Continue reading

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The main event: Congress takes a gamble on America’s debt. Down to the wire: GOP daring Dems to show budget backbone. Cenk Uygur June 24, 2011 video transcript

The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein shares his thoughts on why top GOP leaders fled the debt talks and how it will affect the country’s economy. Continue reading

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Mendte: Lawmakers have too many days off. Members of Congress only work half a year.

All you hear today from Congress is the need to cut: cut waste, cut spending, cut the budget. But how about cutting the number of weeks vacation that members of Congress get every year? Are you aware that members of Congress take a week off for virtually every weekday holiday and weeks off for the big holidays, accumulating nearly twenty-six weeks of vacation time every year? Talk about waste! How about cutting their vacation time? Let them just take the same number of holidays and vacation that we are allotted: the seven (7) major holidays and a couple of weeks off for a vacation. So instead of 26 weeks, let them set an example and get 3 weeks off. It’s time to cut, alright, it’s time to cut all the time off members of Congress get. Maybe by cutting all the time off, Congress will get something done and fix our economy. Continue reading

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Look who is not talking? Cantor backs out of budget talks. Cenk Uygur June 23, 2011 Video Transcript

Independent Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, former RNC Chairman Michael Steele and The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank talk about the major breakdown in budget negotiations which occurred on Thursday. Continue reading

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A brilliant, well-oiled propaganda machine, funded by big corporate interests, to steal more billions from the middle class.

Are you aware of the “echo chamber”, a brilliant, well-oil, propaganda machine infiltrating the media and sabotaging the minds of the American citizens? Continue reading

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