The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in bonuses last year was double the total income of ALL full-time minimum wage workers. That's obscene.

Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense.

People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged.

The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.

The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.

The President's policy proposal, known as 'chained CPI,' would re-calculate the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries. That new number won't keep up with inflation on things like food and health care -- the basics that we need to live. In short, 'chained CPI' is just a fancy way to say 'cut benefits for seniors, the permanently disabled, and orphans.'

It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.