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Paul Ryan’s Speech Bubble

Arnold Hamilton - August 31, 2012 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH The commentators may be raving, but if you ask me, they’re living in a bubble – along with the candidate. President Obama: Bad. Republicans: Good. My mother: My hero. Small business: Good. Government: Bad. Obama: Bad. Republicans: Good. I’ll be fair and balanced. I’m sure many of the same equations will apply […]

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What Republicans Want

Arnold Hamilton - August 31, 2012 0

BY KENNY BELFORD This information is not opinion, it's now fact. At the Republican Convention they created their official platform that their candidates are running...

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Foreign Affairs: How Romney’s Millions Went Tax-Free Overseas

Arnold Hamilton - August 30, 2012 0

BY JOE CONASON On the same day that Mitt Romney cracked his birther “joke,” new evidence indicated that he and his partners at Bain Capital have used questionable methods to avoid federal taxes – including a scheme that transforms corporate stock into untaxed offshore “derivatives” and a practice that converts management fees into capital gains, […]

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Bad Immigration Ideas From All Directions

Arnold Hamilton - August 30, 2012 0

BY FROMA HARROP No balanced talk of immigration reform is expected before the November election. But that need not stop the airing of proposals, some of them semi-formed, some half-baked. From the left, we have the TRUST Act, a bill passed by the California Legislature and now awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s uncertain signature. It would […]