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New 2010 census data show the wrenching impact of a recession that officially ended in mid-2009. It highlights the missed opportunities and dim prospects for a generation of mostly 20-somethings and 30-somethings coming of age in a prolonged slump with high unemployment.
Here is the story from the Associated Press: A low in jobs, mobility, marriage for young adults
Friday, September 23, 2011
A low in jobs, mobility, marriage for young adults
Live Coverage: Occupy Wall Street
From "Reader Supported News'" we have a "live" feed from the financial district... Live Coverage: Occupy Wall Street
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Says Executing An Innocent Man Is Not Unconstitutional
This little number comes to us via @Being Liberal and @Kelly Glover “This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is “actually” innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved, while expressing considerable doubt that any claim based on alleged “actual innocence” is constitutionally cognizable.” So, who cares that they may be innocent, they are sentenced to die so kill them."
Here's the back-story at "Addicting Info" Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Says Executing An Innocent Man Is Not Unconstitutional
Mainstream media’s failure to cover Wall Street protests
Whomever controls the media controls the people... But, no, *our* (corporate-owned) networks would never engage in any coverage blackouts or partisan censorship...
Here is Will Bunch, author of ‘The Backlash,’ on mainstream media’s failure to cover Wall Street protests from the "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" show: Mainstream media’s failure to cover Wall Street protests
U.S. Justice System Murders Troy Anthony Davis
Recanted testimony, no DNA match, no real evidence to speak of, and still, they go ahead with the execution of a man most likely innocent...
Read more at "Addicting Info" U.S. Justice System Murders Troy Anthony Davis
Sunday, September 18, 2011
House GOP Rejects Tax Cuts For Middle Class
Well, we may be witnessing a seemingly contradictory and rather unusual tax turnabout amongst our elected officials. It seems that the Republican Party managed to find a tax cut that *they* don't like - most likely because the intended beneficiaries aren't going to be their longtime BFFs - the super-wealthy or multinational corporations. (You may still want to check outside for the arrival of flying pigs...)
The article from ThinkProgress goes on to say, "Republicans finally found a tax cut they didn’t like in the payroll tax holiday. What’s unusual about the payroll tax, which funds Social Security, is that cutting it almost entirely affects middle- and working- class people. Because the tax only applies to the first roughly $100,000 a person earns someone who makes $200,000 or $300,000 gets the same tax cut as someone making $100,000."
Read the rest of this amazing "feel-good" story (just kidding)
OK... read the rest of the article describing yet another Republican Party attack on the middle-class and working poor in its long-standing war against the working classes in: House GOP Rejects Tax Cuts For Middle Class @ ThinkProgress
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Hello Corporate Profits, Goodbye Worker Pay
"Since World War II, there's never been a worse recovery for jobs and worker pay. And never a better one for corporate profits."
Read more from the Curious Capitalist blog at Time: Hello Corporate Profits, Goodbye Worker Pay - The Curious Capitalist - TIME.com
The final nail in the supply side coffin
Taxes are low and corporate profits are high, but nothing is trickling down to the American worker.
Read more at Salon: The final nail in the supply side coffin - How the World Works - Salon.com
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