“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.” Edward R. Murrow var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};Tumblr (3.0; @shaitanpyrik)http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/Robert Reich: What Mitt Romney Really Represents: robertreich: It’s not just his giant income or...http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/32029898470http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/32029898470Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:15:58 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lweu8qvXkj1qhx25wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I couldn’t agree more.</p>http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/14409514570http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/14409514570Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:36:26 -0800Daily Kos: The failure of Austerity: We will continue to be told that if we lower taxes on rich...http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/14409312431http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/14409312431Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:31:47 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d4LF_r5Kqvo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://robertreich.org/post/12981927122" target="_blank">robertreich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Stop the Austerity Train Wreck!</strong><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The biggest question right now on Planet Washington is whether the congressional supercommittee will reach an agreement. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That’s the wrong question. Agreement or not, Washington is  on the road to making budget cuts that will slow the economy, increase unemployment, and impose additional hardship on millions of Americans.  </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The real question is how to stop this austerity train wreck, and substitute the following:</span><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>FIRST: no cuts before jobs are back – until unemployment is down to 5 percent. Until then, the economy needs a boost, not a cut. Consumers – whose spending is 70 percent of the economy – don’t have the money to boost the economy on their own. Their pay is dropping and they’re losing jobs. </span><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>SECOND: Make the boost big enough. 14 million Americans are out of work, and 10 million are working part time who need full-time jobs. The President’s proposed jobs program is a start but it’s tiny relative to what needs to be done. It would create fewer than 2 million jobs. We need a big jobs program – rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure, and including a WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">THIRD: To pay for this, raise taxes on the super-rich. It’s only fair. Never before has so much income and wealth been concentrated at the very top, and taxes on the top so low. Go back to the 70 percent marginal tax we had before 1980. And include more tax brackets at the top. It doesn’t make sense that any income over $375,000 is taxed at the same 35 percent, even if it’s a billion dollars. And tax all sources of income at the same rate, including capital gains.  </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>FOURTH: Cut the budget where the real bloat is. Military spending and corporate welfare. End weapons systems that don’t work and stop wars we shouldn’t be fighting to begin with, and we save over $300 billion a year. Cut corporate welfare – subsidies and special tax breaks going to big agribusiness, big oil, big pharma, and big insurance – and we save another $100 billion. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you hear me, Washington? Do these four things and restore jobs and prosperity. Fail to do these, and you’ll make things much, much worse.</p> </blockquote>http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/13021826751http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/13021826751Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:59:57 -0800Daily Kos: Dear Republican Party: This is an intervention. Seek help. Seek a new savior. Hell, do...http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/13021641749http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/13021641749Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:55:34 -0800Nine-Eleven: Chuck Wendig’s thoughts on the anniversary of that fateful day. 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When Will the Media Tell the Truth about...http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8910131422http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8910131422Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:12:07 -0700UK riots: Big Brother isn't watching you | UK news | The Guardian: Russell Brand speaks on the UK...http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8909939366http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8909939366Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:05:39 -0700IBEW Pres. Hill makes a statement on the Verizon strike.: Stand tall, stand firm, my Verizon bros...http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8909599300http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8909599300Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:53:51 -0700<a href="http://front.moveon.org/how-almost-everyone-just-got-screwed-in-one-chart/?rc=fb.fan">How YOU are geting screwed.</a>http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8803194361http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8803194361Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:38:47 -0700What We the People want:: Is irrelevant. The wealthy DON’T CARE about us. The politicians...http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8670196735http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8670196735Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:41:39 -0700<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pargon/sets/72157623594187379/">Teabonics - a set on Flickr</a>http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8559845533http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8559845533Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:55:39 -0700MEMORANDUM: Tuesdays Will Now Be Canceled To Save The Economy | MoveOn.Org: Whew! That was close.http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8449261719http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8449261719Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:14:38 -0700<a href="http://front.moveon.org/take-a-look-at-just-how-differently-two-theft-crimes-are-sentenced/?rc=fb.rp.2&rc=fb.fan">Everything That’s Wrong With American Justice In Two Graphics | MoveOn.Org</a>http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8449229560http://shaitanpyrik.tumblr.com/post/8449229560Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:13:49 -0700