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• An Uber-Wealthy Venture Capitalist Gave A TED Talk Saying Rich People Don't Create Jobs — And TED Is Refusing To Post It

  Source: Silicon Alley Insider

  As the war over income inequality wages on, super-rich Seattle entrepreneur Nick Hanauer has been raising the hackles of his fellow 1-percenters, espousing the contrarian argument that rich people don't actually create jobs.  The position is controversial — so m …

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• The Inequality Speech That TED Won't Show You - A super-rich venture capitalist tells the truth about "job-creation" and the importance of the middle class

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  It is astounding how significantly one idea can shape a society and its policies.  Consider this one. If taxes on the rich go up, job creation will go down.   This idea is an article of faith for republicans and seldom challenged by democrats and has shaped much of  …

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• How Mitt Romney gets away with his lying

  Source: The Washington Post

  Yesterday, Mitt Romney gave a big speech in which he accused Obama of lighting a “prairie fire of debt.” It’s a good line, and it has received widespread media coverage. Romney’s speech has already been dissected by Jonathan Chait and Steve Benen. They  …

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• Who Really Caused the Deficit?

  Source: Talking Points Memo

  As the chart below reveals, the main drivers of projected deficits over the next decade are the wars... in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush tax cuts and the so-called “automatic stabilizers” — unemployment insurance spending, lower tax burdens — built into e …

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• Did Scott Walker Lie Under Oath to Congress? Walker says no, but unlike the Wisconsin Governor, video doesn't lie

  Source: The Nation

  When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker met with a billionaire campaign donor a month before he launched his attack on the collective-bargaining rights of public-sector workers and public-school teachers, he engaged in a detailed discussion about undermining unions as part of a br …

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