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1 day ago ago from Food
We all know Republicans uphold Family Values and We all know only Democrats drink alcoholic beverages. (Which is their choice) But why do Rebublicans support the Tax Cuts to Multinational Corporations that make this vitrol the Liberals consume. Like Bush products or Walker Distilleries.
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In October 2008, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan famously admitted during testimony before Congress that he was wrong about regulation of the U.S. financial system. Asked by Henry Waxman (D-CA) if "your ideology was not right, it was not working?" a humbled Greenspan lamented: "I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organizations, specifically banks and others, were such as that they were best capable of ...
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20 hours ago ago from The Center for Michigan » A Forum for Our State's Future
By Susan J. Demas If you’re looking to find consensus on tax policy in Michigan, good luck. Chances are, your views on what the state should do about everything from the income tax to the beer tax are shaped more by your politics than by economics, according to economist Charles Ballard, one of the foremost tax experts in Michigan. An awful lot of it is ideology, not economics, said Ballard, a Michigan State University ...
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18 hours ago ago from The Cedar Lounge Revolution
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3 hours ago ago from Media General - NBC4i.com
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