Volume 72, Issue #3 | Fall 2012
In Their Own Words
?It turns out that of the 47 percent who
pay no income taxes, nearly two-thirds
do pay payroll taxes. The remaining
nearly 40 percent are the true
freeloaders who pay no federal income
tax or payroll tax. They make less than
$20,000 a year and many of them are the
nation's elderly. Romney knows them as
'personal responsibility shirkers.'
You may know them as 'the Greatest
Generation' and/or 'Nana.'?
- Jon Stewart
Working Together -- Election 2012: The Choice is Clear for American Workers
Elections are about choices. Do we want more tax breaks for the wealthy? Do we want to gut the Medicare and Social Security safety net for millions of Americans? Or do we want an economic recovery in which we participate? And how do we get there?
What happens if GOP's voter suppression works?
Suppose Mitt Romney ekes out a victory in November by a margin smaller than the number of young and minority voters who couldn't cast ballots because the photo-identification laws enacted by Republican governors and legislators kept them from the polls. What should Democrats do then? What would Republicans do? And how would other nations respond?
CWA, Allies to Register 25,000 New Pennsylvania Voters
CWA partnered with the Pennsylvania NAACP, Transport Workers Union and Amalgamated Transit Union to register 25,000 new voters in the Keystone State.