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Advice to the Special Budget Committee: Go After Tax Evaders, Spare Seniors

Pursuant to the recent debt ceiling agreement, Congress has begun setting up what's officially called the Joint Special Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.  Much of the speculation about what this committee will do has centered on two questions:

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The Bill of Rights is only one page!

Take a half hour to read the original Bill of Rights today.  Its where our Founding Father wanted us to build our foundation upon!

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What political party best suits you and why?

Before you vote along party lines, it may be a good idea to know who you really are. Most people go through life believing they are a Republican or a Democrat only to learn they're really a Libertarian, Centrist, or Statist.

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Senator Tom Davis Endorses RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!

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Ron Paul and the Age of Aquarius!

As we enter the Age of Aquarius, its ironic the symbolism directly tied to our 2012 Presidential Elections and the Primaries. The Age of Aquarius begins officially on December 21, 2012; 4 days after the president is elected and 30 days before he/she is inaugurated. Most people are... READ MORE

Obama 39%, Paul 38%

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The president and the maverick are running almost dead even in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup.  Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul earns 38% of the vote to President Obama’s 39% READ MORE

Washington Post: 'Candidate super PACs’ surge ahead in the 2012 money race

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Until this month, Steven C. Roche was one of Mitt Romney’s most trusted advisers, helping the former Massachusetts governor raise tens of millions of dollars in his long quest for the White House.  READ MORE

Bachmann, Paul Trounce Field in Iowa Straw Poll Results

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August 13, 2011. Ames, Iowa. The much anticipated Iowa Straw Poll is finally over. While the results weren’t overly surprising, there were a few items that caught some attention. With Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann  READ MORE

It’s Not Over Until All ‘57 States’ Vote

We have heard that the race for the Republican nomination is over. It isn’t. Not even by a long shot.  After Tuesday night, here’s the delegate count. Mitt Romney leads the pack with 20, followed by Rick Santorum at 12. Paul has 3, Huntsman has 2, and everyone else has zero. You need 1144 delegates to win, so every candidate has a long, long way to go.

The Top 0.1% Of The Nation Earn Half Of All Capital Gains

Capital gains are the key ingredient of income disparity in the US-- and the force behind the winner takes all mantra of our economic system. If you want  even out earning power in the U.S, you have to raise the 15% capital gains tax. 

BofA Said to Split Regulators Over Moving Merrill Derivatives to Bank Unit

Bank of America Corp. (BAC), hit by a credit downgrade last month, has moved derivatives from its Merrill Lynch unit to a subsidiary flush with insured deposits, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.

Some analysts skeptical of alleged Iranian plot

Washington (CNN) -- Did an elite branch of Iran's military handpick a divorced, 56-year-old Iranian-American used-car salesman from Texas to hire a hitman from a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate the ambassador to Saudi Arabia by blowing up a bomb in a crowded restaurant in Washington?

Occupy protesters want Romney to release tax returns; he says ‘no’

"Romney told reporters in Clinton today that he has no plans to release his income-tax returns or lists of people who are bundling donations for him."

Cain, Now Running as Outsider, Came to Washington as Lobbyist

WASHINGTON — Herman Cain, the Republican presidential candidate with the sharp wit and easy-to-remember tax plan, is a cancer survivor, radio host and former chief executive of Godfather’s Pizza. On the campaign trail, he talks up his business experience, casting himself as a “problem solver” and Washington outsider.

Bank Transfer Day: A Protest With Your Money

Occupy Wall Street has dominated headlines for the past few weeks, with advocates and critics jaw-boning over whether it was government or Wall Street that fueled the financial crisis (here's a vote for both).

Foreign profit tax break was costly bomb: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should not endorse another big tax break for overseas corporate profits because the last one in 2004-2005 was a costly failure, said U.S. congressional investigators in a report released on Monday.

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Bank of America Shifts Derivatives

Bank of America has begun the dumping of Credit Default Swaps (CDS) from one legal entity to another.  Unfortunately for the American People, the CDSs are being dumped onto the banking side which holds the deposits of the American People.

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