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 [...]

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 [...]