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Dan Rather, regarding this news.
more from him, here. more on the situation, here.
(via thesmithian)
Romney still won’t release his tax returns and no one is sure why.
A few popular theories: Each return provides a reminder of Romney’s Mormonism. His tax rate might have been close to zero. Romney’s income might have been extremely high.
NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous, quoted in National Journal.
Can Mitt Romney win without winning over minority voters?
(via theweekmagazine)(via theweekmagazine)
A New York City donor a few cars back, who also would not give her name, said Romney needed to do a better job connecting. “I don’t think the common person is getting it,” she said from the passenger seat of a Range Rover stamped with East Hampton beach permits. “Nobody understands why Obama is hurting them.
“We’ve got the message,” she added. “But my college kid, the baby sitters, the nails ladies — everybody who’s got the right to vote — they don’t understand what’s going on. I just think if you’re lower income — one, you’re not as educated, two, they don’t understand how it works, they don’t understand how the systems work, they don’t understand the impact.”
Before you click to enlarge, do you think the US is in the top 10?
This infographic crunches data on maternal health, economic status, education, contraception use, and other factors to show where women are doing well and where their lives can be exceptionally hard.
As this will prove to be an important election year, it is vital to be as educated as possible about whom we are supporting with our votes. Check out ThinkProgress’ analysis about the best LGBT US representatives.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) has sponsored or cosponsored 23 of the bills, making her statistically the most pro-LGBT member of Congress. An eighth-term representative from the Bay Area, Lee authored the proposed Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2011 (an LGBT-inclusive sex education bill) and the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 (a bill to improve tracking of health data for LGBT people and other minority groups). She is listed as a co-sponsor on 21 other proposals including measures to ban employment discrimination, to stop bullying in schools, and to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. Her official House website includes a page highlighting her support for LGBT equality and highlighting her status as a founding member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, of which she is currently a vice chair.
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) equaled Congresswoman Lee’s score, also backing 23. But because residents of the District of Columbia are not given full representation in Congress, she is only permitted to vote in committees. All six non-voting delegates to Congress backed at least two pro-LGBT measures.
Ten other Representatives — all Democrats — signed on to at least 20 pro-LGBT proposals, putting them just behind Lee and Norton.
Colombia’s Constitutional Court Friday approved the government’s proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cocaine and marijuana for personal use. Anyone caught with less than 20 grams of marijuana or one gram of cocaine for personal use may receive physical…
(via brashblacknonbeliever)
Mitt Romney held a presser trashing the Supreme Court’s health care decision. Here’s what it looked like.
(h/t to the AP’s Philip Elliott)
![theatlantic:
The Agonizing, Complicated Politics of Mitt Romney’s Tax Plan
Mitt Romney has two tax principles. First principle: I’m cutting taxes. Second principle: “People at the high end” should pay the same share of total taxes. Sounds simple enough. It isn’t.
About that first principle: Romney wants to extend the 2001/2003 tax cuts cuts permanently and cut each marginal tax rate by a fifth. That would bring the top marginal tax rate, now at 35 percent, down to 28 percent. To make up some lost revenue, he says he’d eliminate some deductions and exemptions.
About that second principle: “People who are at the high end” stand to keep a lot of extra money when Romney cuts their tax rates by 20 percent. But they won’t pay a higher share of overall taxes? Something’s gotta give.
Read more. [Image: Derek Thompson]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5xcvnflHt1qcokc4o1_500.png)
The Agonizing, Complicated Politics of Mitt Romney’s Tax Plan
Mitt Romney has two tax principles. First principle: I’m cutting taxes. Second principle: “People at the high end” should pay the same share of total taxes. Sounds simple enough. It isn’t.
About that first principle: Romney wants to extend the 2001/2003 tax cuts cuts permanently and cut each marginal tax rate by a fifth. That would bring the top marginal tax rate, now at 35 percent, down to 28 percent. To make up some lost revenue, he says he’d eliminate some deductions and exemptions.
About that second principle: “People who are at the high end” stand to keep a lot of extra money when Romney cuts their tax rates by 20 percent. But they won’t pay a higher share of overall taxes? Something’s gotta give.
Read more. [Image: Derek Thompson]
