BY SHARON MARTIN Nobody likes to pay taxes. Nobody likes to pay mortgage payments or rent, either, but we want the security of roof and walls. Taxes are a necessary part of a democracy. It’s the money we all throw into the pot. In return, we expect infrastructure and services that serve the common good….
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Famed bank robber Willie Sutton once explained that he busted into banks because “that’s where the money is.” What a small-timer! Corporate thieves – including the biggest banks – know that the big scores are in the tax code and federal budget. America’s superrich establishment decided to woo Trump and his fanatical…
BY BOB BEARDEN Social Security and Medicare are socialistic programs that benefit our citizens as they were intended. President Trump has released his 2020 proposed budget and it is in the trillions. It includes drastic cuts to Medicaid and Medicare [over a 10-year period], which would directly affect most of the people who voted him…
BY JIM HIGHTOWER What lessons can we progressives take from our ballot box wins last year [and for that matter, from our losses]? What can we do to build on these victories and produce more in this year’s elections – and in 2020? We must assess this broad strategy ourselves, for most of today’s mainline…
BY GARY EDMONDSON I recently had the honor to address some newly coined U.S. citizens and some of their classmates who will be joining us soon. Asked to differentiate the two parties, I settled on the two different perspectives on the future. Democrats look forward; Republicans look backward. From Heraclitus pointing out 2,500 years ago…
