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Tag: Mitt Romney

  • Automatic from la Papa

    Automatic from la Papa

    Pope Francis calls for universal access to income, housing, and more in an Easter message to social justice organizers In a signal of solidarity, Pope Francis sent a letter to members of popular movements around the world in support of their efforts to help the less fortunate. In the letter, the Pope points out that…

  • I do not understand Sheldon Adelson

    $150,000,000 That’s how much Sheldon Adelson spent on the 2012 election. If total spending was around $2b, Adelson made up 7.5% of that spending. One dude. 7.5% of all political spending in the country. Damn. Adelson spent all that money with the slew of conservative “dark money” groups that have popped up in the wake…

  • Defining The Middle Class

    There’s been a lot of talk about the middle class, and entitlements, and who benefits from what. Newscoma reminded me I wanted to talk about this yesterday. The notion that a household income of $200,000+ makes you “middle class” is not only misguided, its not supported by the facts. Being the research goob that I…

  • Silver Spoon Endorses Silver Spoon

    To the surprise of no one, TN Gov. Bill Haslam endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican primary. Romney, who has been featured in a hit piece produced by Newt Gingrich’s “Winning Our Future” SuperPAC, which has, perhaps, done the 2012 Obama election team the biggest favor ever. It clearly draws a distinction between what some…