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Hire a vet

This past Friday President Obama challenged business and industry to hire and train 100,000 unemployed veterans or their spouses before 2014.  The President pointed out that there are one million unemployed veterans today with a 13.3% jobless rate for post 9/11 veterans. To move the challenge along, the President has proposed the following tax credits: […]

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Debt Ceiling Deal

Below is a statement on the debt ceiling deal from Citizens for Tax Justice released 8-2-11.—————————————————————————————————- President Obama Breaks His Promise on Taxes Again The so-called “Budget Control Act” that President Obama signed into law today to increase the federal debt ceiling and reduce the federal budget deficit marks the second time the Obama administration has

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Fair and balanced???

The FOXNews of budget agreements. That’s the best description of the debt ceiling compromise passed by the House yesterday and by the Senate today. No matter how many times FOXNews calls itself “fair and balanced”, the hard evidence tells the real story of slanted and faux news at the Murdoch network. The same PR charade

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Don’t talk about it….do it

Last night we heard from President Obama and Speaker Boehner about their ideas for addressing deficit reduction and raising the debt ceiling. The President spoke about the need to close corporate tax loopholes and end offshore tax haven abuse—issues that you have heard me talk about many times. Unfortunately, neither deficit reduction plan on the table

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Repeal this!

President Obama received rousing applause Tuesday night in his State of the Union address when he called for bipartisan agreement on repealing one part of the Affordable Care Act: “We can start right now by correcting a flaw in the legislation that has placed an unnecessary bookkeeping burden on small businesses. “ All members of Congress stood up

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