The Value of the Value Added Tax

An excellent article about the benefits of a value added tax (VAT) that seeks to tax profit instead of just income.

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Rage powering Rudd on his journey

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Labor to form new party in North Carolina because incumbent Democrats are in Corporate America's pocket

"Our whole agenda is to turn that apple cart around and say, 'No more are we going to blindly support you because you're a Democrat,' " said Dana S. Cope, executive director of the 55,000-member State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC), which is leading the effort.

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The Public Option Is Essential To Any Legitimate Health Care Reform

David Swanson points out in this short video that the public option is essential to an Obama Health Care Reform bill.

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Republicans Celebrate Obama's Caving-in "Reversal" On Central Issue of Public Option in Health Care Debate

Obama's undeniable and very public reversal on the public insurance option in the health care debate has caused celebration among Republicans... and among those who supported him... wonderment.

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Cheney's Strategy To Avoid Prosecution for War Crimes

Cheney's strategy to avoid prosecution for war crimes is to link activities for torture policies to George W. Bush. The author makes a good case for thinking that Cheney was more upset with Bush failing to pardon him than with his failure to pardon Libby.

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Right-Wing Republications Attack Obama's Health Care Overall by Attacking Britian's NHS Public Healthcare

Defenders of Britain's system point out that the UK spends less per head on healthcare but has a higher life expectancy than the US. The World Health Organisation ranks Britain's healthcare as 18th in the world, while the US is in 37th place.

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George W Bush Invaded Iraq As a War Of Religion To Defend Israel and Western World

"Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East" and "the Biblical prophecies are about to be fulfilled" President Bush told the French President Jacques Chirac to explain why he was invading Iraq and wanted France to join a coalition of the willing.

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