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What a nicely crafted explanation of the real problems driving the US deficit. A nice piece by Move On.
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Apr 172011
Apr 162011
We at OLV are becoming big fans of the Coffee party. Initially formed to promote civil debate (as opposed to the tactics of the Tea Party), the Coffee Party seems to have found its progressive voice and is now actively calling on citizens to engage our government. Right now the focus is on calling Congress’ attention to the income disparity in this nation and refusal of our government to make corporations pays their fair share in taxes. Only 7.2 per cent of federal income is derived from corporations, while 33.7 per cent is derived from individual tax payers. By now most of us are aware of the wonderful example set by General Electric. Just what good things are they bringing to life? How about profit in excess of $12 billion. Oh, and they not only paid no taxes, but also got a big fat tax refund in excess of $3 billion. That took place while GE was shipping jobs overseas as opposed to creating them here in America. Exactly how much more profitable an environment are we supposed to create before GE decides to create some American jobs?
Here is some information from the Coffee Party. Please share it widely.
Apr 162011
Welcome to the third incarnation of One Little Victory.. and yes, the third time is the charm!
We’ve been away for some time because life has taken us in many directions, and there simply hasn’t been a lot of time for writing. Luckily for our readers, the American political system never really does seem to improve. Our head-shaking leads to muttering and grumbling. And then our grumbling leads us back to, ” Why aren’t we writing again?” So we are back, and committed to again becoming a reliable source of progressive opinion as well as a direct challenge to the right wing that has seized control of our nation.
Where previous iterations of this site mixed politics with personal interests, that is no more. From now on, it is current events and politics only. Our first couple of pieces that will follow will address what it means to be progressive. After all, we know what Glenn Beck and the right wing think of progressives, but who are we and what do we actually stand for? Follow-up pieces will focus on the shifting of American politics over the past forty years to the right, and then our contributors will let fire on various issues of the day. We will continue to post summaries and links on solid progressive pieces that we discover, just as we did on the previous site.
So with that, let me welcome back our wonderful readers. Even without fresh contant, I have been surprised to see how active the site was and how much traffic we were receiving. We know it will take some time to develop a library of content and win back a larger reader base, but we are committed to doing so and look forward to seeing what our readers have to offer.
If you are interested in being a contributor, please send us some information about you, as well as a writing sample. You can submit it to: onelittlevictoryblog@gmail.com.
Welcome back and happy reading!
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