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Texas calls for help as wildfires worsen “Gov. Rick Perry complained about the slow pace of assistance from Washington and Ft. Hood as Federal Emergency Management Agency officials arrived in Bastrop, where 600 houses were burned, to survey fire damage.” “the governor, a Republican presidential hopeful who’s made his mark blasting federal spending, asked Washington […]
Public health’s vital mission compromised
Posted on Author John Burbank
We have a lot of public heroes. We tend to think of the firefighters, EMTs and police who arrive at an accident, save lives, care for the injured, and clean up the mess. But we often ignore some lower profile public heroes, who we literally depend on for the health of our community. You can […]
Andew Mellon's anti-tax crusade in the 1920s foreshadows the Koch brothers' libertarian crusade now
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The week’s New Yorker has an article “Tax Time: why we pay” by Jill Leopre. The article decries the failure of liberals to defend taxation. Here’s some history about the 1920s anti-tax efforts of Andrew Mellon and other rich people. “The American Bankers League renamed itself the American Taxpayers League, and began sponsoring, providing literature […]