Great Quotes
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” John Steinbeck
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Worst Voter Suppression Bill In The Nation
“if it hurts a bunch of lazy blacks that wants the government to give them everything, so be it.” “the law is going to kick the Democrats in the butt.”
Don Yelton was a precinct chair in the Buncombe County, North Carolina
NY Daily News Denounces GOP Senate as "Traitors
The NY Daily News is a reactionary paper, owned by a neo-conservative, which endorsed George W. Bush and Mitt Romney.
“… 47 Republican U.S. senators engaged in treachery by sending a letter to the mullahs aimed at cutting the legs out from under America’s commander-in-chief. … We strenuously condemn their betrayal of the U.S. constitutional system …
Common core is not a federal law
“Common core is not a federal law and, therefore, cannot be repealed by the federal government. “
Every Claim In This Ted Cruz Statement Is Completely False
It started with a tweet.
The Republican Plan To Sabotage Food Stamps
“It’s not a sincere attempt to give power to the states. It’s a smokescreen to find … way to protect tax breaks for the rich,” … the mechanism GOP lawmakers used to effect … cuts in early 2014 relied on taking program control away from state officials.
“They’re for more Washington control when it takes money away from poor people, and they’re for more state control when it takes money away from poor people. That’s the only …
Employer Was Robbing Them Blind
On net, employers steal more from their workers each year than what actual robbers take from every heist and hold-up in the country combined.
Workers Say While They Were Serving The Rich Their Employer Was Robbing Them Blind
A company that makes high-end airline food is being accused of wage theft at Los Angeles International…
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Minimum Wage
Business is about making a profit. To be successful, i.e. to make a profit, a business must receive more for the product or service provided than it cost to produce it. That cost includes every expense that must be incurred to produce the product or service. If the price doesn’t cover the cost AND provide a sufficient excess, the business will die.
North Carolina Republicans empower magistrates to refuse to marry blacks, Jews, gays
If you cannot reconcile your personal beliefs with your job duties, you need to find a different job.
Scott Walker
They want the UW System to be a glorified technical school that produces workers for corporations
Bernie Sanders on Economics
The six largest banks now have assets equivalent to 61 percent of our gross domestic product, over $9.8 trillion. They underwrite more than half the mortgages in the country and issue more than two-thirds of all credit cards.
To Counter Rise of Oligarchy, Sanders Pitches Progressive Economic Vision
In a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday morning, Sen.