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Defending the indefensible
ecthompsonmd April 11, 2011

Any multi-national corporation that is paying no federal taxes should be immediately investigated by Congress. There is no excuse (unless you are Fox News and everything is hunky dory if you don’t pay any federal income taxes). From TP: Right now, the federal government is on the verge of being shutdown due to an impasse in funding negotiations. Conservatives want deep cuts to programs for Main Street Americans like the Pell Grant and Head Start, claiming that they are necessary to rein in the budget deficit. Yet at the same time, House Republicans voted unanimously to protect taxpayer giveaways to Big Oil, even with

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The Brilliance of Obama’s budget
ecthompsonmd February 15, 2011

I have talked about the importance of fixing the economy and then tackling the deficit. Unfortunately, reality has raised its ugly head. The GOP is beating the deficit drum. Americans have been led to believe that short term deficit reduction is really, really important. So, the Obama administration is walking the tightrope. Reduce the deficit while sustaining job growth. From Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: The President’s budget achieves this goal by cutting domestic discretionary programs, securing savings in entitlement programs, limiting defense expenditures, and raising revenues primarily by curbing a plethora of tax loopholes.  At the same time, it does not

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