Congress Needs to protect the low-income
Your coverage of the rise in poverty tells us that the recession isn’t over for more than 46 million poor Americans, the largest number in the 52 years the Census Bureau has been collecting poverty statistics.
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<p> Watching the Republican debate (desperately hoping for some light to shine through) about a third of the debate dealt with Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan.</p>
<p> The Cain 9-9-9 plan consists of the following:</p>
<p> A flat income tax of 9% regardless if you recycle bottles and plastics for a living or if you are Warren Buffet.</p>
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<p> We hear a lot these days about the need for “shovel ready jobs” and the lack of them, as well as the “do nothing Congress”. For those who want answers, not excuses, let’s visit some of the places where job preventers work.</p>
<p> First stop: The home of the President of the United States and his Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency. This group steals more jobs and wealth in one week than a corporate jet full of greedy bankers in a lifetime.</p>
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<p> Mitt Romney, aspirante a la nominación presidencial republicana que por estos días le huye a la reforma migratoria como el diablo a la cruz, seleccionó al ex Secretario de Comercio, Carlos Gutiérrez, uno de los negociadores de una propuesta de reforma migratoria bajo la administración de George W. Bush, como jefe del equipo asesor de su campaña en asuntos comerciales.</p>
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