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13 years ago @ Big Journalism - Sound Bite Of The Day:... · 1 reply · -8 points
13 years ago @ Big Journalism - Sound Bite Of The Day:... · 1 reply · -7 points
Since the 1980s, Union membership has rapidly declined, so I don't quite see your point. I think that it is in incredibly bad taste to cut Medicare benefits for future recipients(see the CBO report on the Ryan plan) while simultaneously calling for even LOWER taxes on the rich.
13 years ago @ Big Journalism - Sound Bite Of The Day:... · 6 replies · -20 points
"Reich ignores six decades of tax receipts showing how the “one percent” pay an egregiously progressive amount year after year. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay only a consumption tax, noting on income (further highlighting the need for a flat tax or simple graduated consumption tax to replace our burdensome, economy-killing Rube Goldberg-type system). Furthermore, when rates are cut, revenues increase (see the 1920s, 60s under Kennedy, and 80s)."
Wrong. Did you even watch the video? To the contrary, Reich correctly notes that the United States enjoyed its strongest growth rates while the top marginal rate was "egregiously high" as you put it. "When rates are cut, revenues increase." This is why it's almost impossible to have a discussion. When rates AREN'T cut, revenue also increases. Correlation does not imply causation.
13 years ago @ Big Journalism - This is What Totalitar... · 2 replies · -7 points
When you look at it, this level of devotion to Kim Jong Il as some sort of deity makes more sense than Christianity. Compared to Jesus, there's at least solid proof Kim Jong Il actually existed.
13 years ago @ Big Journalism - Media Matters, Despera... · 0 replies · -4 points
13 years ago @ Big Journalism - Media Matters, Despera... · 5 replies · -16 points
Yet the hypocrisy doesn't end there. You guys cheerleaded the anti-semitic smear of several journalists and commentators. Here's the best part: The vile attacks you're talking about were pretty much copied from a post on a conservative listserv by another former AIPAC official. An organized smear campaign on a listserv? Sound familiar?
I must say that I'm surprised by how commenters here can correctly defend themselves against claims of Tea Party racism, and then support these anti-semitic smears. Similar to what happened with the Tea Party, it's perfectly clear what's happening here. False claims of racism are being used to stifle debate, in this case about the lobbying efforts of a special interest group. The attack on Rosenberg(a Jewish former AIPAC official himself) is absurd on its face. By bashing Rosenberg, Dunetz is as much a "Jew basher" as he claims Rosenberg is. This latest round of anti-semitism claims is absolutely disgusting.
13 years ago @ Big Journalism - ABC World News Reports... · 0 replies · -18 points
The cartoon was used in multiple articles here about media bias. What are we supposed to think was intended when we see a racist caricature of a Jew looming over the US Media? BigJournalism should immediately apologize for using this anti-semitic cartoon.
13 years ago @ Big Journalism - ABC World News Reports... · 22 replies · -41 points
13 years ago @ Big Journalism - Saint Joan Walsh: Hypo... · 0 replies · -11 points
13 years ago @ Big Journalism - Saint Joan Walsh: Hypo... · 9 replies · -29 points