Epstein Secrets

ers" and "takers" and the now infamous "4796". These were phases employed by Presidents Nixon and Reagan and GOP establishment leaders Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Ted Cruz. Republicans stoke this fear every time they call, President Obama dangerous or a Muslim. And when the GOP leadership does not rebuke i

and GOP establishment leaders Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Ted Cruz. Republicans stoke this fear every t

ecause anyone thinks it's the sole source of problems in Michigan or anywhere else. In late 2013, just before NAFTA turned 20, Jeff Faux, founder of the Economic Policy Institute, wrote an assessment of what NAFTA had meant. He called it "A Template for Neoliberal Globalization," and highlighted four main ways it had impacte

o they're trying to obscure their positions. Paul Ryan, for example, has lately made a transparently di

November's election, national politicians learned that this kind of talk plays badly with the public, so they're trying to obscure their positions. Paul Ryan, for example, has lately made a transparently dishonest attempt to claim that when he spoke about "takers" living off the efforts of the "makers" —

largest shareholders. The wealth of the Walton family now exceeds the wealth of the bottom 40 percent of American families combined, according to the Economic Policy Institute. And as Robert Reich asks, how can Walmart expect to continue to show fat profits when most of its customers are on a downward economic escalator? R

the nuance required in foreign policy or have a vision other than me- too... The latest dog whistle was made this week by Co-Chairman of the Romney/Ryan campaign and former Governor Sununu when he played the race card suggesting that General Collin Powell's endorsement of President Obama this week i

ldiers, sailors, astronauts, epidemiologists, antiterrorism agents, park rangers, diplomats, governors (Mr. Romney's old job) and congressmen (like Paul Ryan). At last count, government at all levels - federal, state and local — employed 22 million Americans, with the largest segment working in public ed

his comfort zone: cheerfully delivered disinformation about domestic policy. That means the economy suffers when government cuts back. A report by the Economic Policy Institute examined the effect of recent cutbacks at the state and local level — including direct loss of government jobs and indirect loss of suppliers' jobs

down to die in that anteroom of Heaven known as the Huntsville State Prison. "Justice for all" is aline item in the budget - sequestered now by the Paul Ryans of Congress and the Fix the Debt gang of plutocratic CEOs who, with a wink-wink from our president, claim, "Oh, we can't afford that!" Of the $1oo

he Walmart fortune had a net worth equivalent to the bottom 41.5 percent of Americans combined in 2010, according to an analysis from Josh Bivens at the Economic Policy Institute. While income inequality may be great for those reaping the big bucks at the top, it's likely hurting Americans overall. Between 2009 and 2011 wit