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Minority Births Are New Majority
From the Wall Street Journal
For the first time in U.S. history, whites of European ancestry account for less than half of newborn children, marking a demographic tipping point that is already changing the nation's politics, economy and workforce. Among the roughly four million children born in the U.S. between July 2010 and July 2011, 50.4%...
Money Struggles, Not Mommy Wars
From E.J. Dionne at Real Clear Politics
Instead of fighting a phony mommy war over what Hilary Rosen said about Ann Romney, we should face the fact that most families these days cannot afford to have one parent stay home with the kids. This is not about "lifestyle" or "values." This is an economic struggle highlighting yet again the social...
Mitt Romney Campaign Backs Away From Kris Kobach
From the Huffington Post
Kansas secretary of state and anti-undocumented immigration hawk Kris Kobach has said he's an adviser for the Mitt Romney campaign. The Romney campaign apparently now disagrees. On Tuesday, the campaign told Politico that Kobach is a "supporter," not an adviser. This contradicts both Kobach's...
It seems that while I was dutifully sending off my tax returns last week, millionaires were dispatching lobbyists to Capitol Hill to nail down the votes needed to kill the Buffet Rule.
The Buffet Rule was actually a pretty minor change to the tax code. It would have only raised the tax rate of millionaires to the same rate of many middle-income workers. It didn’t go after the...
Congress ignores public opinion (again)
From Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse talks with Chris Hayes about why policies that are popular with the American public, for example, the 'Buffett Rule bill,' so frequently fail when put before Congress, an ostensibly representative body.
POLL: 7 out of 10 Americans support the Buffet Rule
From CNN.com
Hours before a...
