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…seniors use their voting power to protect programs that redistribute even more money from the young to the old and affluent. The lie is that this is a dishonest segue…

What Brad DeLong Said.

…around the time Tim Geithner was appointed. That mobilization is just away from the voting booth and onto the streets. Give You a Hint, Barry: When even Scott Lemieux, who…

What is Happening in Italy

…be popular for some reason which I could never understand (especially because no one ever admitted voting for him). Now he is very unpopular with a favorable rating in the…

Stop Acting Surprised

…act fast. So I can understand Obama voting for this piece of $%^&. But, now that we know the thing not working, and Paulson isn’t even pretending it was intended…