66%

Believe there is “strong conflict” between the rich and poor in America. In 2009, the amount was 47%. The previously most cited source of conflict — between immigrants and the native-born — fell to 62%.

It’s hard for most of us to imagine being worth a few million dollars. That’s serious greenbacks, putting us beyond worry and squarely in the land of comfort. But if we were Mitt Romney, who is worth a quarter-BILLION dollars, that would be chump change.
And while all the presidential candidates are in that comfortable, [...]

The White House is providing this handy little calculator you can use to figure out how much you’ll save on taxes if Congress passes the American Jobs Act (not likely), and how much you’ll owe if they don’t (way more likely). Start planning now how much more you’ll need to have saved in April by [...]

From Occupy Wall St. on Facebook.

Rumor has it that pictures and video of the arrest of retired Philadelphia police chief Ray Lewis at the Nov. 17 Occupy Wall Street protest are being ignored by the corporate media.
Indeed, when I did a Google search to verify the details before posting about it here, the main coverage I could find was [...]

It’s a vicious circle. The rich are using their money to secure tax provisions to let them get richer still. Rather than investing in new technology or R&D, the rich get a better return by investing in Washington.

– Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize winning economist, quoted in Rolling Stone

When I – along with 86 of my Freshmen colleagues – were elected a little more than a year ago, we pledged to change the conversation in our Nation’s Capital. Despite today’s failed resolution, I believe we have changed that conversation.

Rep. Allen West (R/Tea – Fla.), expressing his disappointment that the balanced budget amendment failed in the House, and co-opting the term, “change the conversation.” Tea partiers weren’t sent to Congress to change the conversation, they were sent to take action. Changing the conversation is the aim of the Occupy movement, which has successfully changed it from the made-up deficit crisis to income inequality and socializing risk.

This incredible photo of a woman being pepper-sprayed by riot police in Portland was taken by Randy L. Rasmussen for The Oregonian. Occupy protesters were gathering to march across a bridge at the time. Witnesses said the young woman ran blindly into the crowd and vomited immediately after the police action.

But Assistance Programs — Set to Be Cut — Are Working

80,000

Number of new jobs added in October, lowering unemployment to 9%. Republicans will need to act soon if they are going to sabotage the economy again. Look for attempts to stall the Congressional “Super Committee” that convenes soon to lower the deficit.