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Economy

Sen. Perdue lies about debt to get more money for the rich

Millionaire Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., is claiming that the Senate must approve the GOP’s “tax cut for the one percent” tax plan in order to “avoid escalating the national debt over the next decade.” How could giving millionaires $46,000 extra per year help our country save money? The short answer is, “it can’t and it won’t.” “National debt” is the reason Republicans have always given for tax reform, but the truth is it doesn’t work

Economy

Conservatives sneak backwards priorities into tax plan

Determined to secure a healthcare “win” regardless of who it affects, conservatives are slipping language into the tax bill that restricts women’s rights and attacks the ACA. Conservatives, led by a desperate Trump, buried a provision on page 93 of their 429-page proposal that would allow fetuses to be treated as individuals and named as beneficiaries of college savings accounts. This is obviously a thinly-veiled back-door attempt to establish personhood from the moment of conception.

Education

Conservatives want cuts for teachers, tax breaks for the One Percent

It’s bad enough that we live in a time where our underpaid, undervalued, overworked teachers have to spend their own money to purchase supplies. What’s worse is that now conservatives want to take money out of teachers’ pockets so they can give massive tax breaks to corporations and the One Percent. A proposed House GOP tax bill, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, would eliminate a $250 deduction that educators can use to help offset

Elections

VOTE ON NOV. 7. – Special elections a chance for progressive gains

If you’re frustrated with the many scandals stemming from Trump and conservative Georgia officials every day, then I have good news for you. Tomorrow, we have an opportunity to hit these conservatives at the only place it really counts -– at the polls. We can start chipping away at their conservative foundation right here in the Georgia Legislature. The Nov. 7 special elections are today, and there are two Georgia Senate seats and seven Georgia

Education

DeVos plans to block assistance for victims of student loan fraud

DeVos and the Department of Education don’t plan on forgiving the entire debt of students defrauded by now closed, for-profit colleges and technical programs. The Obama administration forgave the entire debt of all students who were found to be victims of fraud under the “borrower’s defense” rule. Former President Obama canceled over $550 million in loans paid by tens of thousands of students to for-profit schools that are now defunct. If DeVos goes ahead with

Ethics

Georgia’s watching you, Trump

Earlier this year, Republican leaders sat in silence when Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, lied about his reasons for doing so and then admitted publicly that it was to impede investigations into Trump and his associates. This was a blatant misuse of power, but very few members of the GOP came out to condemn the president on his actions. That begs the question: what can we expect from Republicans if Trump fires current FBI