The Math of Climate Change

A short read about a study that is another blow to skeptics of climate change.  The kicker?  This study was funded by the Koch Foundation.  That makes me giggle.

21 October 2011

24 October 2011 Addition:  Another read on this issue.

Taxes: the "Other 47 Percent"

From Brian Beutler at TPM:

Conservatives are continuing their counter-protest against the so-called "47 percent." Specifically, that's the share of recession-era households that pay no federal income taxes. Most of them pay payroll taxes and other federal taxes (not to mention state taxes), but Republicans have chosen to depict them as the free-riding half of the country.


The fact of the matter, though, is that those other taxes constitute a huge chunk of federal revenues. Check out the charts below. Over the 58 years preceding the Lesser Depression, the share of federal revenues that came from individual income taxes has remained fairly stable, fluctuating between 40 and 50 percent, and peaking just before George W. Bush slashed rates in 2001.

You can read the whole piece via this link.

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21 October 2011

Label GMO Foods

Credo Action has a campaign to submit public comments to the FDA in support of labeling requirements for genetically modified foods.  Not only are GMO foods more and more prevalent in America, but it would apprear that the FDA is about to approve a genetically modified animal for human consumption for the first time, a salmon.  Be afraid.

11 October 2011

Defend Public Media - Free Press

Free Press has launched a Defend Public Media campaign.  Part of it will allow you to get a free sticker for your car -- or you can display it elsewhere -- to express your support for public media (PBS, NPR).  Free Press would also love you to link the campaign on Facebook and you can find out details at the same link above.

11 October 2011

The Effect of the Obama Tax Plan on the Rich

Greg Sargent has an interesting piece at The Washington Post on-line on the actual effect of the Obama tax plan on the top one percent of rich Americans.  Needless to say, it isn't what they say or what is most often being portrayed in the media.

3 October 2011