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Author: Erik Loomis

Food Stamp Hypocrisy

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On May 25, 2013
A special day for Republican hypocrisy on food stamps. In the Senate, you have our old friend, Louisiana's David Vitter: Vitter presented the bill as prohibiting “convicted murderers, rapists, and pedophiles” from food stamp benefits. And in general those are the categories – murder, rape,...

Destination Earth

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On May 24, 2013

I love classic capitalist propaganda. Take for example, 1956's "Destination Earth." A cartoon produced by the American Petroleum Institute, it shows that oil + competition=getting rid of that dastardly Stalin.

Mike Elk has a really great piece on the 1-day federal contract workers strike. It's simple. First, our government should not be allowed to contract with employers who have a history of labor law violations. Second, all workers toiling for the federal government, whether directly...
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