Lying about Ryan Budget, Citizen Wealth, and Poverty Reduction in the USA

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New Orleans   As children of the Cold War all of us learned there’s nothing like the “big lie.”  I can find no better proof of this than the preposterous argument made by the right when they try to twist all manner of logic and common sense to have us believe that Congressman, and now putative …

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Stuck in Place: Who is Surprised at the Lack of Mobility?

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New Orleans    The lack of social mobility has finally gotten so bad that it seems even Republicans have noticed it.  Horatio Alger and the “rags to riches” trajectory of the American dream are dead.  The new narrative is best expressed as “rags to rags, and riches to riches.”             According to a Jason DeParle piece …

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