STFU, Conservatives: Please Reblog: What you can do today to Save Pell
In mere hours, the money that helps nearly 10 million hard-working students afford college could vanish.
President Obama just set a 36-hour deadline to reach a deal on the nation’s debt ceiling with the Republican leadership. That means Congress’ threat to slash…
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Raise America's Taxes
NYTimes’ Nicholas D. Kristof addresses President Obama’s speech, Republican Representative Paul Ryans’ proposed budget plan, and argues taxes needed to be raised instead of cutting essential programs like Medicaid.
This isn’t just an argument to get the country out of debt. We live in a society that is so apathetic we don’t even care if senior citizens can’t afford health care and proper medical attention because we don’t want to pay higher taxes.
In the end, it’s not about socialism, capitalism, etc. It’s about a common decency and humanity we’ve all lost.
House Republicans’ hopes of stripping all federal funding from Planned Parenthood hit a big obstacle Tuesday, and his name is Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass).
The junior senator from Massachusetts (and one-time Tea Party favorite) said the measure simply “goes too far.” Two other GOP senators, Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), had already voiced their opposition to the House plan. But does having a male Republican vocally support “family planning and health services for women” effectively save Planned Parenthood’s $330 million from the chopping block?
Thank you!
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Soup: Ending The Afghan War Would Save Taxpayers 40,000 Times More Money Than Defunding NPR
Ending the Afghan war would save approximately 40,000 times more taxpayer dollars than defunding NPR’s grants from agencies such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additionally, as the National Priorities Project shows, ending the…
(Source: thinkprogress.org)
