Hollywood legend Ed Asner has outraged Republicans over this animated short that Sean Hannity of Fox News characterized as a “disgusting hit piece” and “propaganda.” This eight-minute animated video that channels Occupy Wall Street claims that “the rich” obtained their wealth through tax loopholes, tax cuts, and tax evasion – and shows some of them […]
Why Donald Trump’s flip-flop on taxes is so astonishing… Presumed Republican nominee Donald Trump declared that taxes would increase “for the rich more than anybody else” during a possible Trump presidency. Trump had previously released a detailed tax plan that the non-partisan Tax Policy Center determined “would give the top 0.1% of income earners like […]
It’s time to say goodbye to Grover Norquist and his “no new taxes” pledge. Grover Norquist has been putting his hooks into elections the last several cycles and is aggressively targeting Republican candidates this time around as well. Grover Norquist, founder and President of the lobbying group Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), famously came up […]
Ted Cruz’s entire campaign is based on a 1980s Reagan talking point. NBC News asked Ted to list his favorite presidents in observation of Presidents Day last year and, as expected, Ronald Reagan headed that list. Cruz spoke of his “moral clarity and vision” of how he “expanded freedom,” and how he “lifted millions to […]
“If you look at my father […] today, the argument against him would come from the Right; not from the Left. He would have trouble getting his own nomination, but yet he ended up being the greatest president in our lifetimes.” ~Michael Reagan Think Progress has put together a video montage (below) comparing footage of […]