Politics Dumpster

How We Fail: Middle America’s Inability to Gauge Wealth


We’re taught to think of wealth in absolute terms. But doing so prevents us from understanding the relative difference in the costs of living between ourselves and the fantastically over compensated. Instead, we’ve got to think of wealth in relative terms. You know what stuff costs you relative to your salary. What you don’t know [...]

Commutation of Libby sentence reveals Bush administration’s utter contempt for American laws and American citizens


I cannot express any better my feelings regarding the Bush Administration than Keith Olbermann does in this video: In that moment, Mr. Bush, you broke that fundamental compact between yourself and the majority of this nationĂ¢??s citizens Ă¢?? the ones who did not cast votes for you. In that moment, Mr. Bush, you ceased to [...]