Saturday, August 18, 2012
Hayes: A problem much bigger than Paul Ryan
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Ryan releases two years of tax returns.
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Pennsylvania takes another step to make it harder to vote.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Emails Give Glimpse Into Deals That Fueled Financial Meltdown
by Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein ProPublica, Aug. 6, 2012, 9:40 a.m.by Jake Bernstein and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, Dec. 22by Jake Bernstein and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, Aug. 26by Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein, ProPublica, April 9As ProPublica has been detailing for two years, Wall Street banks and the hedge fund Magnetar worked together to build mortgage-backed deals that the hedge fund also bet against. The more than $40 billion of deals helped fuel the crash of 2008.
Now, recently collected emails from bankers and a Magnetar executive involved in some of the deals appear to shed new light on how they did it.
Fiduciaries threatened with a loss of business if they didn't cooperate. Prime movers behind a billion-dollar deal suggesting they need to keep their actions hidden. It's all portrayed in the emails, which were included as part of a civil lawsuit against Magnetar filed in New York's Southern District Court in late June. (Our reporting is also cited in the complaint.)
Analysis: Paul Ryan Voted to Add $6.8 Trillion to the Federal Debt
Analysis: Paul Ryan Voted to Add $6.8 Trillion to the Federal Debt: Our guest blogger is Harsha Nahata, an intern at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan has gained an undeserved reputation as a “fiscal hawk,” touting his “Path to Prosperity” budget as a responsible plan to rein in what he describes as a “path to debt and decline.” But Ryan’s [...]/ Read More Here
Romney’s Impossible Tax Promise
Romney’s Impossible Tax Promise
Tax experts — including one who supports Romney’s plan — say the Republican presidential candidate’s promise to cut individual income tax rates without either favoring the wealthy or losing revenue isn’t mathematically possible. Read More Here
Tax experts — including one who supports Romney’s plan — say the Republican presidential candidate’s promise to cut individual income tax rates without either favoring the wealthy or losing revenue isn’t mathematically possible. Read More Here
Voting Access, dark money give advantage to the Republicans
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Rep. Ryan 'hasn't run the numbers' on Romney's Budget
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Why Paul Ryan’s Constitution Has A Lot More In Common With Ayn Rand Than With The Founding Fathers
Why Paul Ryan’s Constitution Has A Lot More In Common With Ayn Rand Than With The Founding Fathers: Last September, GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan spoke at the Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center, a Washington, D.C. arm of the conservative institution that was founded under the leadership of Supreme Court spouse Virginia Thomas. The speech was delivered in commemoration of Constitution Day, and it provides a fairly substantial window into how he understands [...]/ Read More Here
Michael Dukakis on Romney's 'pathetic' record as governor
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More Taxing Questions for the Romneys
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Paul Ryan rewrites romance with Ayn Rand
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Romney takes on Ryan's Social Security Baggage
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Ohio Secretary of State cancels Maddow Interview as spotlight intensifies
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Why Religious Leaders Have Condemned The Ryan-Romney Budget
Why Religious Leaders Have Condemned The Ryan-Romney Budget: Our guest blogger is Sally Steenland, Director of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Now that Mitt Romney has picked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate, Ryan’s radical budget constitutes Romney’s economic platform. The Ryan-Romney budget is based on a number of false and dangerous [...]/ Read More Here
Monday, August 13, 2012
Romney Tax Avoidance emblematic of new ruling class norms
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Paul Ryan the Bully--Motivated In Ohio
Originally published on 4/7/11
When I was in school, (no I won't say when that was), the person who beat up the most vulnerable was known as a bully.
While the mainstream media is calling Paul Ryan, Courageous, his cuts to the most vulnerable in our society brands him a bully to me. All of this, so that the uber rich can keep even more of their income.
While his plan on Medicare won't take effect on anyone currently over 55, how is a person supposed to get health care with a private company when they are over 65?
I love this country, but I feel that we can do better than this. I would be ashamed if I were Ryan. The Emperor has new clothes.
http://twitgoo.com/22xbhv
When I was in school, (no I won't say when that was), the person who beat up the most vulnerable was known as a bully.
While the mainstream media is calling Paul Ryan, Courageous, his cuts to the most vulnerable in our society brands him a bully to me. All of this, so that the uber rich can keep even more of their income.
While his plan on Medicare won't take effect on anyone currently over 55, how is a person supposed to get health care with a private company when they are over 65?
I love this country, but I feel that we can do better than this. I would be ashamed if I were Ryan. The Emperor has new clothes.
http://twitgoo.com/22xbhv
Paul Ryan Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the VP Candidate
Paul Ryan Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the VP Candidate
ProPublica, Aug. 11, 2012, 3:17 p.m.Want help going beyond the horse race? We're gathering the best stories out there on Congressman Paul Ryan, his positions, and his background. Have other stories to share? Add them in comments.
Background
Fussbudget, The New Yorker, August 2012 This sweeping profile is a great introduction to Paul Ryan and his politics. Starting in his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin, it lays out the evolution of Ryan's economic beliefs, and his rise through the G.O.P – from his early affinity to Ayn Rand to failed attempts at privatizing Social Security, to his Path to Prosperity budget plan, which would make radical changes in Medicaid and other social programs. The article also looks at the ways that federal-funded projects have helped Ryan's hometown--and notes that Ryan's plan "would drastically reduce the parts of the budget" that are funding exactly these kinds of projects.Ryan shines as GOP seeks vision, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 2009 A broad look at Ryan from his home-state paper at a time when Ryan's national profile was on the rise. Ryan discusses, among other things, how having gay friends led him to break with his party on a gay rights bill in Congress and his "real passion" -- bowhunting.
The Legendary Paul Ryan, New York Magazine, April 2012 A look at how the Republican party rallied around Ryan's "Path to Prosperity," putting the newcomer's fiscal agenda at the center of the 2012 presidential campaign well before voters had even chosen Romney as their Republican nominee.
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