Obama has been criticized by Republicans for attempting to renew a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia. The new START treaty would limit the number of nuclear warheads to 1,550, a two-thirds reduction from the original START treaty. The number of nuclear missile launchers will be reduced by half. It’s seen by the international community as a break through to stop [...]
“George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld covered up that hundreds of innocent men were sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp because they feared that releasing them would harm the push for war in Iraq and the broader War on Terror, according to a new document obtained by The Times.” [Read More]
Today is “Tax Freedom Day.” It’s the conservative day to remind all Americans exactly how much they pay in taxes. They say if you work from January 1st until today all of that money goes to the government in taxes and from this day forward for the rest of the year you can keep your [...]
People often talk about how our country is attempting to redistribute wealth, but people seem to ignore that the wealthiest individuals are being taxed substantially less now than during most of this country’s recent history. From 1917 until now we have had tax rates for the highest incomes groups up to 92% of their income. That rate [...]
