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ABM Memo: The Truth Behind The Minnesota “Tea Parties”.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Denise Cardinal, ABM’s Executive Director, sent out a memo this afternoon to members of the media exposing the truth behind the fiction of the Minnesota "Tea Parties." The highlights: Like …
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What Do Taxes Pay For? What Do You Appreciate Most?
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Here at ABM, we’re proposing that instead of complaining about taxes, we take the time to think about what our taxes do pay for. The Center on Budget and Policy …
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POLL: Most Americans Reject Tea Party Overtaxation Argument.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
The Minnesota Independent summarizes the results of the latest Gallup Poll, which finds that most Americans think their current tax burden is fair and reject the tea party overtaxation argument: …
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FreedomWorks: Not New to Teabagging.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
TPMDC fleshes out FreedomWorks’ involvement with the "grassroots" evolution of the tax day tea parties, w hich seem to curiously overlap with the agenda of the clients at Dick Armey’s …
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We Cannot Cut Our Way Out of the Budget Crisis.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Grace Kelly over at Minnesota Progressive Project points us to a statement from State Rep. Erin Murphy about where the budget burden falls. As the House developed our budget targets, …
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MEDIA ADVISORY: ABM to Say “Thank You Taxes” on Tax Appreciation Day.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Alliance for a Better Minnesota to Say “Thank You Taxes” on Tax Appreciation Day Americans United for Change and US PIRG to Release Shocking Report Detailing Tax Havens Cost to …
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Scarborough to Coleman: “It’s Over, Norm. It’s Over”.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
On his morning show, Morning Joe, former GOP Congressman Joe Scarborough joined chorus of Republicans telling Norm Coleman "it’s over." SCARBOROUGH: Okay, I don’t mean to keep interrupting your news, …
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Rush compares Somali Pirates to “illegal immigrants”.
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Remind me why Rep. Erik Paulsen is following Rush Limbaugh’s lead again? LIMBAUGH: By the way, I did — and I have been paying some attention to what these pirates, …