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President Trump Takes Office Today…Welcome to the Era of Idiocracy

January 20, 2017 Civil Rights Conservative Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Defense Policy Donald Trump Economic Crisis Educational Policy Environmental Policy Environmental Protection extremism Foreign Policy Health Policy Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Policy Tax Policy 1 Comment

Shocking and Ominous Statistics on Economic Inequality

July 16, 2015 Austerity Budget Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Debt Economic Crisis Economics education Inequality Policy Racism 7 Comments

Comparing Punishments for Fraud: Atlanta Teachers vs. 2008 Banksters

April 20, 2015 Corporate Greed Criminal Justice Discrimination Economic Crisis Economics education Inequality Racism 7 Comments

The Republican FY16 Budget: A Right Wing Dream that Would be an American Nightmare

March 24, 2015 Budget Deregulation Economic Crisis Economics EPA extremism Insane Republicans Obama Partisan Fighting Regulation Republicans Tax Policy 2 Comments

Wall Street’s Manchurian Executives

February 20, 2015 Big Banks Corporatism Corruption Economic Crisis Economics Law and Order Money in Politics 1 Comment

Reaganomics or Rigonomics? The Right Wing’s Nonfactual Economic Ideology

February 9, 2015 Conservative Deregulation Economic Crisis Economics Tax Policy Trickle Down Economics 2 Comments

Three Graphs Paint a Foreboding Economic Picture

December 26, 2014 Corporate Greed Corporate Welfare Economic Bubble Economic Crisis Economics Tax Policy 3 Comments

What Trait is Shared by the American Corporate Elite and the Common Goldfish?

September 5, 2014 Bankers Corporate Greed Corporatism Economic Crisis Economics Inequality Poverty Taxation 2 Comments

Republicans Trade Short-Term Economic Gains for Long-Term Losses

July 14, 2014 Austerity Economic Crisis Economics education Health Policy Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Tea Party Trickle Down Economics 1 Comment

The US Distribution of Wealth is Like a Canal with Broken Locks

June 12, 2014 Democrats Distribution of Wealth Economic Crisis Economics Inequality Republicans Taxation Trickle Down Economics 3 Comments

Three Birds with One Stone: Protect the Post Office, Increase Banking Access for the Poor, and Make Student Loans More Affordable

May 22, 2014 De Economic Crisis Economics education Inequality Post Office Poverty student loans 1 Comment

The Over-Simplicity and Ineffectiveness of Right Wing Economics

May 1, 2014 Conservative Economic Crisis Economics Partisan Fighting propaganda 4 Comments

A Weak Government Power Vacuum

December 11, 2013 Conservative Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Economic Crisis Libertarian Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy Regulation Republicans Leave a comment

The Greed that Stole Thanksgiving

December 2, 2013 Corporate Greed Economic Crisis Inequality Poverty Thanksgiving worker's rights 3 Comments

An Incredibly Depressing Video Clip Describing American Wealth Inequality

October 20, 2013 Economic Crisis Economics Inequality Occupy 1 Comment

The Price of Extremism

October 18, 2013 brinksmanship Debt Debt Ceiling Economic Crisis Economics extremism Government Shutdown Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Republicans Tea Party 2 Comments

The Debt Limit Deadfall

October 7, 2013 Conservative Debt Debt Ceiling Economic Crisis Economics extremism Government Shutdown Insane Republicans Republicans Tea Party 3 Comments

Student Loan Debt and the Sticky Bubble

October 4, 2013 Debt Economic Bubble Economic Crisis Economics student loans Leave a comment

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