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Romney's Tax-Cut Proposals Would 'Benefit the Wealthiest,' Widen the Deficit

"[Romney's] tax proposals...would largely cut taxes for the rich while driving down tax collections and widening the nation's deficit....Experts from across the spectrum acknowledge that the ...

NYT Reporters Huff: Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme

Two liberal Times reporters rush to Social Security defense against Gov. Rick Perry's "Ponzi" persecution: "While there are some superficial similarities, it is ultimately a misleading ...

Times Finally Finds a Place to Cut Spending: Afghanistan

The Times finally finds a place to cut government spending. Michael Cooper: "[The resolution] was nonetheless a remarkable signal of both the nation's spreading war weariness and the lingering ...

Times Pushes Tornadoes As Economic Stimulus

Frederic Bastiat, call your office: "There is no silver lining to a funnel cloud, as anyone who survived the tornadoes can attest, but reconstruction can help rebuild local economies as well as ...

NYT Against State Spending Cuts: Michigan's 6-Week Cut in Jobless Benefits 'Miserly,' 'Stringent'

Michael Cooper doesn't approve of Michigan's small cut in unemployment benefits: "Democrats and advocates for the unemployed expressed outrage that such a hard-hit state will become the most ...

Times Leads National Section By Hitting Obama From Left on Tax Break

Michael Cooper's story is based on report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal group and popular source for the Times that the paper consistently fails to properly label ...

'Is Wisconsin the Tunisia of Collective Bargaining Rights?'

Or maybe not so "inevitable" a question: "The parallels raise the inevitable question: Is Wisconsin the Tunisia of collective bargaining rights?" The front-page story also ignored the hateful ...

Reporter Michael Cooper Deflates Pro-Republican 'Myths of the Midterm'

Michael Cooper "debunks the myths of the midterm" in ways that each happen to make Democratic prospects look not so bleak: Return to the Republican Fold (Cooper denied it.) The Sweeping Mandate ...

Really? Nevada GOP Fears Losing 'Powerful Ally' Harry Reid

Dan Barry and Michael Cooper fail to convince with this argument in favor of the "Horatio Alger" character, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: "Some Republicans fear losing such a powerful ally in ...

The Times Helpfully Reminds Voters of Obama's $7-a-Week-Tax Cut

Michael Cooper tries to get out the word on Obama's tax cuts before it's too late: "What if a president cut Americans' income taxes by $116 billion and nobody noticed?....At Pig Pickin' and ...
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