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How Stuff Works: Tickle On Economics 0

Chart showing growing disparity between the rich and everyone else since the advent of

Via Job’s Anger.

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This New Gilded Age 0

Farron looks at the “Heritage” Foundation’s Project 2025 plan to raise taxes for the poor, who have litle money, and lower taxes for the rich, who have lots of money.

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Courting Disaster 0

Joe Patrice dissects the duplicity of Cannon’s law.

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How Stuff Works: Greedflation 0

Gabby is behind her lemonade stand where lemonade is priced at $1.00.  Michael says,

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The Business of America Is Giving America the Business 0

Title:  A Brief History of Self-Regulation.  Frame One, captioned

Via Job’s Anger.

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This New Gilded Age 0

Thom explains Trumponomics.

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This New Gilded Age 0

Thom discusses how trickle-on economics has made the rich richer and the poor poorer.

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How Stuff Works 0

B. c.:  Who wins the war between the middle class and the poor?  Thor:  The rich.

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Patriot Gamer 0

Donald Trump, standing in front of Iwo Jima flag-raising statue holding a can of spray paint after spraying

And, speaking of Patriot Gamers, there’s Florida Man.

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Crossing the Jordan 0

Farron comments on Fani Willis’s response to Jim Jordan’s attempts to thwart the rule of law.

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A Picture Is Worth 0

Caption:  Deficit Attention Disorder.  Imaage:  Republican Elephant says,

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The Gut Feeler 0

Image One:  A question is posed,

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A Stand-By Guy 0

Mother and child labeled Ukraine hang by their fingertips from a cliff.  Above, Mike Johnson looks down at them saying,

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Republicans: “Help Only the Truly Needy” (Updated) 0

President Biden sits at a desk behind a sign reading

Via Job’s Anger.

Addendum:

Daniel Ruth.

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Trump’s Money Shtick 0

Seth follows the money.

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Self-Made Men Lucky Ducks 0

Sam talks with Professor Ingrid Robeyns about the tendency of persons to attribute to virtue or divine favor that which is actually the result of pure dumb luck.

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By the Numbers 0

Thom talks with New Republic Editor Michael Tomasky about the actual state of the economy and about how and why it’s not reported accurately.

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America: Should the Rich Pay Their Fair Share? 0

Republicans: Fuggedaboutit.

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Snaring the Wealth 0

Ted McLaughlin explains Republican’s social security con. The gist (emphasis added); follow the link for the complete article.

The Republicans gained enough power to change the nation’s economic policy (under Reagan–ed.). They instituted a trickle-down economic policy (telling Americans that giving more to the rich would benefit everyone). But the new policy allowed the rich to hog almost all of the rising productivity. That meant the rich got a huge increase in income and wealth, while workers were no longer sharing in the rising productivity.

Since worker wages were not rising as expected (because nothing was trickling down), the Social Security funding was also not rising. This caused the funding problem Social Security will soon see. In other words, the Republicans caused the problem with Social Security with their failed economic policy favoring the rich (at the detriment of everyone else).

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The Privatization Scam 0

Title:  Georgia Republicans' School Voucher Plan.  Image:  Public schools suffering in a hospital bed while transfusion of dollars goes into arm of man labeled

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