Yesterday, a group of people associated with the Occupy group in Washington, D.C. took out a full page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle, declaring that, as the Deficit Reduction Super Committee had failed, they had some ideas to offer as to how we might create jobs, reduce the wealth divide and control spending. Their […]
Tag Archives: Deficit Reduction Super Committee
“The Super Committee failed: We have a solution…”
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 99%, Bush tax cuts, capital gains, deficit reduction, drill baby drill, foreclosure, infrastructure, job creation, Medicare, Medicare for all, military spending, Occupy, Occupy D.C., social security, solutions, Speculation Tax, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, subprime mortgage crisis, tax havens, tax loopholes, tax reform, tax the rich, wealth inequality, Works Progress Administration, writing down all underwater mortgages to market value 10 Comments
What we should be doing instead of slashing federal spending via Super Committee
It pains me admit it, but sometimes the readers of this site do a better job of expressing what I’d like to say that I do. In those instances, I feel obligated to share what they’ve written here, on the front page. At other times, I just post their ramblings up here because I’d rather […]
Posted in energy, Politics, Rants Also tagged budget cuts, budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, debt ceiling, eduction reform, energy independence, Glen S, green jobs, infrastructure, job creation, Medicaid, Medicare, social security 6 Comments
The pressure on Fred Upton begins to swell on news of his joining the Deficit Reduction Super Committee
Yesterday, I mentioned that, as Michigan Congressman Fred Upton had been appointed one of the 12 members of the Congressional Deficit Reduction Super Committee, we, the people of Michigan, should do a better job of, 1) pushing him to acknowledge that tax increases, and not just budget cuts, are needed to bridge the nation’s growing […]
Posted in Economics, Politics Also tagged debt ceiling, Fred Upton, General Electric, Kalamazoo, Michigan Citizen Action, MoveOn, Progress Michigan, Sunlight Foundation, tax the rich, taxes, transparency 8 Comments