Liberals are said to favor redistribution of your property, taking your money from you, the person who did all the work, and giving your money to the lazy bum who sat on his arse while you worked the long hours and took all the risk. Taxes are characterized as taking from you that which, by [...]
Archive for November, 2010
The Fallacy of Taking Your Money
Posted in Politics on November 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Extend the Bush Tax Cuts, but…
Posted in Financial Crunch, Politics on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Washington will be consumed with thrashing out the politics and policy surrounding the Bush tax cuts. Extend for some, or extend for all? Here’s the Policy Wonk Plan: 1. Extend for all under $250k, as proposed by Obama, plus 2. Extend and Expand tax break for all, but only for creating new jobs, in the [...]
Give ‘em Green Cards
Posted in Politics on November 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Who is going to power the growth of the US economy in the decades ahead? Who will create the wealth to pay for an aging population? Answer: immigrants. Our biggest immigration problem is not keeping out illegals. Our biggest immigration problem is getting highly educated Indians and Chinese to stay in America after they get [...]
Where’s the Balance?
Posted in Politics on November 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Defenders of Murdoch’s right-wing propaganda machine often cite MSNBC as the counterweight, as a way of legitimizing Faux News’ political theater posing as a news organization. Keith Olbermann’s suspension gives the lie to this defense. While the rest of the news industry continues to attempt, however falteringly, to operate according to classical Columbia School of [...]
The Best Hope for Cohabitation
Posted in Politics on November 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
With both parties holding on to a corner of power in Washington, some predict gridlock. I prefer to see the opportunities, if there are politicians who will take it. Cohabitation holds out the possibility of centrist policies finding solid majorities in both houses. Some define centrist pragmatically – can we fracture off enough members of [...]
