Signs of Intelligent Life in the Murdoch Universe. The WSJ has article on “Scientists Increasingly Link Vehicle Exhaust With Brain-Cell Damage, Higher Rates of Autism.” There should be higher taxes on gasoline!
Click: ‘Roadkill’ Democrats Want Spending Reform With Tax Hike
A couple of quotes and some thoughts. “[The founding fathers] conferred, as against the Government, the right to be left alone — the right most valued by civilized men.” — Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) US Supreme Court Justice, 1928 Indeed, the right to be left alone. That’s a profound thought in a new era…
So who are the job creators? The accepted wisdom is that the wealthy, banks and the biggest corporations are job creators. But in fact, too many are job-taker-away-ers. They suck money, our money, out of the economy and hoard it or spend it outside the country. That slows down economic activity right here in our…
If last year’s bank executive bonuses from the six biggest financial firms we bailed out went to creating jobs with middle-class jobs with benefits, the unemployment rate would plummet to 6.75% – the same as before the financial crisis. According to the latest data on year-end bank bonuses, 3.5 million jobs with benefits could’ve been…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSVP for Student Debt Jubilee & Why Higher Education Ought to Be Free Join us for the conference call interview and recording for our newest podcast. Thursday, December 22 – 5:30 PAC/8:30 EST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This year, unpaid college student loans will exceed $1 trillion for the first time. For the first time ever, student…
I have spent a number of years complaining about the interactions between Democrats and Republicans, but after the recent events involving the Keystone XL and civil liberties cave-ins, I’ve decided it’s time to stop complaining and embrace the madness. But I also feel like there’s an ugly edge to all this…that hasn’t really been fully…
Governor Gregoire and the legislature propose raising the regressive sales tax to overcome the budget shortfall that was caused by decades of tax cuts for the rich, reckless deregulation, and disastrous wars. Why don’t they instead eliminate some of the billions of dollars in tax breaks that benefit the 1%? See Demand Tax Fairness in…
Mitt Romney in Worcester 2002 “My views are progressive”
I have an image in my mind of a fat butt. One cheek is Microsoft. The other cheek is Boeing. The legislators line up to kiss them. It’s a rather crude image, but maybe it can be made cute and funny. I wish David Horsey took requests! Any artists out there? There are plenty of…