Anitra/economics

The House health care surtax may turn the tide of America's growing wealth gap and start rebuilding a healthy economy.

In this year's poll, slim majorities of both lower- and middle-income Americans say they pay about the right amount of taxes, while upper-income Americans tend to think they pay too much. The views of upper-income Americans have not changed in the past year, while both middle- and lower-income Americans are more likely to say they pay the right amount of tax.

From the page: "'Astroturf.' Fake grassroots. It's what you get when big business and rich zealots hire pricey consultants to manufacture public outrage. Welcome to $aveTheRich.com, a new site dedicated to documenting efforts by Fox News Network, their media personalities and a handful of conservative millionaires to deceive the press and the American public with these so-called 'Tax Day Tea Parties.' We've created this space as a clearinghouse of information to expose the truth behind the Tea Party Tantrums being held around the country."

Mainstream newspapers may be folding, but the "street papers" like Real Change, sold by homeless and low-income vendors, thrive during hard times.

From the page: "Of course, Mr Obama will make mistakes; but this is a man who listens, learns and manages well." What the Economist is telling conservatives is pretty much what I am telling my liberal friends. Obama may not always agree with you; unlike the current resident of the White House, he will listen to people he doesn't agree with!

From the page: "Government-sponsored, upside-only capitalism is the kind that's in crisis today, and we say: Good riddance. "