The meme from my Republican friends who hate President Obama and Democrats in general is Obama has “bankrupted our country and eroded our civil liberties.” What short memories they have. Next week marks the tenth anniversary of the invasion of…
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Jail Time for Unpaid Debt?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
CalWatchDog’s John Seiler has this story of a Stockton man who was arrested, dragged from his home by a SWAT team, because of a missed court appointment over unpaid student loans from his estranged wife. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports…
Quick Takes on the Deficit Panel
by Saad • • 1 Comment
What are politicians and columnists saying about the new deficit panel report? Find out here.
The Middle Class is Going to Hell in a Handbasket
by Saad • • 5 Comments
Greed and the profit motive are slowly eroding the middle class. Real wages have stagnated while debt has increased for the average American family. Inside are the statistics suggesting this fearful reality.
What Reagan said to schoolkids in 1988
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
HT to our friends at MediaMatters.org, an organization that does an outstanding job of fact-checking the right wing. With the president’s to school kids on the importance of staying in school (stuff you heard from yours parents when you were…

