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haha, multiple longitudinal studies have shown significant differences in empathy between income levels. in response to data, the panel gets defensive. hmm, i doubt anyone on the panel is poor. these studies are merely confirming what we all know is true. rich folks are likely to give themselves ...

btw, obama is more popular than you think. voters across this country are fired up to defeat republican cynicism, economic policies that benefit the wealthy at the expense of the middle class, and the rolling back of public sector jobs and environmental regulations that protect our collective res...

yada yada yada white, wealthy privileged talking heads ignorant to the reasons behind growth in income inequality and in denial about the moral need to give back to their country. so, it's okay to cut social programs and public services but not okay to increase tax rates for the wealthiest among ...

Finally, a reasonable Republican who's doing honest work in good faith with his Democratic colleagues. Now, can this thing pass the House?

@jonspooner You can and must raise taxes. If not now, when? The Bowles-SImpson fiscal commission said you must raise revenue AND cut spending. We have fought three wars and, ridiculously, cut taxes at the same time. Now we have to raise taxes (on the top income earners) to help pay for such adven...

Hello, Phillinspaces, Obama wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. He just hasn't been able to because the American people voted in the Tea Party crowd to the House. And you want to vote HIM out of office? Does not make any sense. He wants to keep programs in place and make those who have the most ...

these guys are exactly right. tax cuts for the super rich do NOT create jobs. anyone who says tax cuts help should look at the last 30 years of data. no credible evidence whatsoever that tax cuts for the rich trickles down. if all you can do is call reich a moron for saying what is plainly true t...

obama is, um, completely right on this. most people in this country have no idea what it means to raise the debt limit, which sounds completely arbitrary to them. the truth is, this has been done since the kennedy administration something like 70 times. no one has ever raised an eyebrow. it's not...

ron paul is a hardline fool who i used to respect, but he does not live in reality. he would rather see our country default on its obligations and our credit rating trimmed. he would rather see a deep deep recession than come up with a compromised deal cutting spending and increasing revenue on m...

you should read reich's book, aftershock. reich doesn't want people to have to keep borrowing. he wants to invest in the poor and middle class through public investments. you are delusional with your "freedom" news hour and conspiracy theories. inflation is a part of world economy, not just a u.s...

the health care reform bill is not, in fact, called "ObamaCare."The bill is called HR3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and it should be referred to as such. The loaded title of this congressional hearing was “The Consequences of ObamaCare.’’ The introduction before Deval Patrick's...

I agree with Roseanne. Ted Nugent completely ignores the fact that income inequality has never been greater in this country. He blames the government, and says people should just get up off their butts and work. He blames the government for getting in the way of businesses who aren't hiring. It's...