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Thom's blog
Why the House of Representatives Doesn't Represent Americans
One of the really weird ironies of politics these days is the huge divergence between what the American people actually want and what the radical right-wingers in Washington actually do. You won't hear this on Fox So-Called News, but right now the American people are as progressive as they ever have been.
Don't believe me? Just check the polls.
The Progressive Change Institute recently asked likely 2016 voters about their views on a bunch of big issues, and it turns out that everyday Americans overwhelmingly support some of the most liberal policies around.
71 percent of all Americans support giving all students access to a debt-free college education.
70 percent support expanding Social Security.
71 percent a massive infrastructure spending program aimed at rebuilding out broken roads and bridges and putting people back to work.
59 percent support raising taxes on the wealthy so that millionaires pay the same amount in taxes as they did during the Reagan administration.
77 percent of Americans, support giving every American child free pre-K education.
And the list goes on.
58 percent of Americans support breaking up the big banks.
59 percent, meanwhile, support a basic guaranteed minimum income while a still higher percentage - 70 percent - support the creation of a "Green New Deal" that would see the government invest hundreds of millions of dollars in renewable energy.
Oh, and if that wasn't enough, support on Capitol Hill for the Congressional Progressive Caucus' annual budget, which would put into place many of these very same liberal policies, is growing.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... The BIG LIE about religious 'freedom' laws (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: The BIG LIE about religious 'freedom' laws- Karl Frisch, Democratic Strategist 
Daily Take: Why the House of Representatives Doesn't Represent Americans
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: What was Mike Pence thinking?!
Article: " Establishment Clause" by Wikipedia. " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." Quote: "The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries" by James Madison.
Bible: " Matthew 6:5-6" " But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret". Article: " 4th Amendment". " The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.".
Article: " Constitution of the United States" Article 2 section 2." ... [The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; ..." Article: " 10th Amendment" " The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people". Economic and Labor News |
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