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Convicted felons and the right to vote
Eleven states don’t restore voting rights to ex-felons, but a substantial majority of Americans believe that they should. By Ted McLaughlin | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 Attorney General Eric Holder brought up an interesting topic the other … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Disenfranchising Felons, Eric Holder, Public Opinion, Rag Bloggers, Right to Vote, Ted McLaughlin
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There is no correlation between taxes and employment
Just allowing the rich to keep more of the money they make doesn’t mean they will spend any of that money they get to keep to create any new jobs. By Ted McLaughlin | The Rag Blog | February 12, … Continue reading
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Why Congress can’t understand your financial struggle
For the first time in this country’s history, more than half of the members of Congress are at least millionaires. By Ted McLaughlin | The Rag Blog | January 11, 2014 The figures above are for Congress in 2012, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Concentration of Wealth, Congress, Congressional Wealth, Corporate, Corporate Power, Lobbyists, Rag Bloggers, Ted McLaughlin
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Ted McLaughlin : Wendy Davis, Energized Dems Deal Blow to Texas GOP and War on Women
Pro-choice demonstrators at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Sunday, June 23, 2013. More than 1,000 packed the place on Sunday and the numbers kept growing during the week. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. A new day … Continue reading
Ted McLaughlin : The Never-Ending Fight Against the Plutocrats
Sample plutocrat: William Henry Vanderbilt (1821 – 1885). Famous quote: “The public be damned.” From Famous Person Caricatures / TradeCard.com. Inset image below: Modern day robber baron David Koch. Caricature by DonkeyHotey.The never-ending fight against the plutocrats “The issue today … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Corporate Power, Economic Justice, Economics, Plutocracy, Ted McLaughlin, Trickle-Down
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Ted McLaughlin : Are We Moving Towards Single-Payer?
Photo by Glyn Lowe Photoworks / Flickr. Image from OtherWords.The pressures moving the U.S. closerto a single-payer health care system There will be a huge pressure to reform Medicaid — and the only way to reform it adequately is to … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Health Insurance, medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, Single Payer, Supreme Court, Ted McLaughlin, Universal Health Care
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Ted McLaughlin : The GOP’s Biggest Mistake
Mike Luckovich political cartoon from The Friends of Jake.GOP’s biggest mistake:The anti-woman agenda By Ted McLaughlin | The Rag Blog | April 3, 2012 I can understand some of the actions of Republicans, even though I vociferously disagree with them. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Conservative Politics, Misogyny, Republican Party, Ted McLaughlin, Women's Health
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Ted McLaughlin : Recovery is a Myth For Most Americans
Chart from Reuters / ThinkProgress.For most Americans:The recovery is a myth By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 20, 2012 The Great Depression of the 1930’s has a lot in common with the current Great Recession, which poses … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Recovery, Economy, Great Recession, Ted McLaughlin
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Ted McLaughlin : Dems are Better for the Stock Market
Chart from Bloomberg Businessweek.Against conventional wisdom:Stock market does better under Democrats By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / February 27, 2012 The Republicans claim to be the party that best benefits Big Business and Wall Street. And Wall Street … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Party, Economy, Stock Market, Ted McLaughlin, Wall Street
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Ted McLaughlin : Can the Republicans Kiss and Make Up?
And the losers are (clockwise, from upper left): Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Jon Huntsman (who dropped out of the race on Jan. 16). Caricature by DonkeyHotey / Wikimedia Commons.A tough primary season:Republican Party suicide? By … Continue reading
Ted McLaughlin : Class Conflict and the Disappearance of the Middle Class
Class conflict risesas middle class disappears The growing inequality of wealth and income in this country has reached a point where it is now causing a conflict between the rich (the 1%) and the vast majority of Americans. By Ted … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Class Warfare, Concentration of Wealth, Income Gap, Middle Class, Ted McLaughlin
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Ted McLaughlin : Are We Marching to War With Iran?
Dogs of war. Graphic from Press TV.Dogs are barking:Are we marching to war with Iran? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 9, 2012 The animosity between the United States and Iran has a longer history than most … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran War, Middle East, Ted McLaughlin, U.S. Foreign Policy, World History
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