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Maddow on Republicans burying tax report: ‘Don’t like the data? Get rid of the data’
On Friday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow discussed the Republicans on Capitol Hill’s attempt to bury a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) that thoroughly debunked one of the Republican Party’s most sacred tenets, that tax cuts for the wealthy create jobs and are…
Congressional Research Service pulls study that crushed Republican tax theories
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) isn’t explaining why it recently decided to pull a study that examined Republican theories about tax cuts for the rich and found them wanting. The study looked at 65 years of tax policies and compared them with resulting effects on America’s gross domestic product, finding…
U.S. arms sales nearly triple in 2011, researchers say
US arms transfers to other countries nearly tripled last year to $66.3 billion, giving America a market share of nearly 80 percent, government researchers said Monday. The Congressional Research Service said the US figure for 2011 was the largest for a single year in the history of the arms export…
‘Super-Committee’ Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in “super committee” deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year’s budget fights, sources told Reuters. The tough stance by Democratic members of the powerful 12-member congressional panel reflects…
Obama plans $42 billion cut in war costs next year
A plan to reduce the number of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan means that the Pentagon’s war budget can be cut by $42 billion in fiscal year 2012. That’s a 26 percent decrease from fiscal 2011, when $159 billion was budgeted. “The proposed $117 billion for fiscal year 2012, which…
Conservatives growing weary of Afghan war: study
A new survey commissioned by the Afghanistan Study Group reveals that conservatives and tea party voters are growing concerned about the sustainability of US operations in Afghanistan. Sixty-six percent of conservatives said the US should diminish its military presence in Afghanistan — 39 percent supported reduced troop levels while 27…
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