Stewart Acuff

Jan 7

Dodging the Fiscal Cliff

Now that we’ve resolved or avoided the so-called fiscal cliff in a pretty strong – raising the tax rates on the wealthy, saving Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; we begin the sparring soon punching

Jan 3

Knife in the Back

“Knife in the back”… That’s the phrase the Republican Long Island Congressman Peter King said about Republican Speaker John Boehner and the Republican majority in the House of Representatives. It is “why the American people

Jan 2

NYE Deal: A Recap

Our work and the work of Americans like us paid off with a significant victory in the last two days in the resolution of the so-called fiscal cliff fight. The teabaggers and the rightwing Republican

Dec 10

Reducing Inequality

Newt Gingrich on Meet The Press said that the weakened Republican Party is incapable of winning against Hilary Clinton in 2016. It is certainly true that the Republican Party is now in disarray and rudderless

Dec 7

Senator Jim DeMint Resigns

Hallelujah! Senator Jim DeMint, radical rightwing teabagger has resigned the US Senate to run the Heritage Foundation. It makes sense. His income will triple. The Heritage Foundation is that think tank in Washington that

Dec 7

We MUST Reduce Our Awful Inequality

In our commitment to reduce the obscene, ugly, and dangerous inequality in our society, we have to look at tax policy – who pays what and who is able to hide their money and unpatriotically

Dec 6

Offshoring Jobs

We got about seven questions and comments on Daily Kos yesterday about some tax policy, especially how it is that the US tax policy encourages offshoring jobs. Senator Bernie Sanders has done a fantastic job

Dec 5

Senator Bernie Sanders and his Deficit Reduction Plan

In our commitment to reduce obscene, ugly, and cruel inequality in the US, we have to look at tax policy. Today tax policy serves to widen the gap between the rich and the rest

Nov 29

The Bush Tax Cuts MUST EXPIRE, but NOT in Exchange for Cuts to Medicare or Medicaid!

We’ve heard from several of our readers that many of you are contacting the Congress to demand that there be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. Many are forwarding the blogs to

Nov 28

We must SAVE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND SOCIAL SECURITY!

I was on David Calef’s great radio show Inside Politics last night. CLICK HERE to listen to the segment. I missed my normal slot at 1:30 est on Charles Showalter’s show because of post-holiday

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