Mark Maynard

“The Committee to Defraud America”

By Mark | March 3, 2018

In a move that the conservative Wall Street Journal said would “hurt the economy and his voters,” Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the United States would be imposing steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. [The tariff on steel would be 25%, while the tariff on aluminum would be 10%.] As for why Trump […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, aluminum, Apollo Global Management, background checks, blue wave, Brad McMillan, Carl Icahn, Carlos Gutierrez, carried interest, Commerce Department, Donald Trump, Dow Jones, Greg Valliere, gun control, gun rights, guns, hedge fund loophole, hedge funds, Hope Hicks, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, impeachment, insider trading, international trade, Jared Kushner, jobs, Joshua Harris, lies, Manitowoc Company, manufactured goods, manufacturing, NRA, Pennsylvania, pro-life, Qatar, Rick Saccone, Rosneft, security clearance, special elections, stock market, tariffs, Tim Murphy, trade war, white lies | 78 Comments

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Emergency Manager takeover of Michigan, and how we allowed it to happen

By Mark | July 29, 2014

I had the good fortune a week or so ago to attend the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit. Among the people that I met while there was attorney Alec Gibbs, who, in recent years, has been keeping busy representing retired public employees left without adequate insurance in the wake of the Emergency Manager takeover of […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1990, ACLU, Alec Gibbs, Ardesta, bankruptcy, big banks, busing, Chris Christie, corporate takeover of politics, David Koch, David Sirota, Dayne Walling, Democracy Defense League, Detroit, Detroit Public Schools, Ecorse, Elliott Management Corporation, Emergency Financial Control Board, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Manager, Flint, grand experiment, Greg Kaza, Headlee Amendment, Highland Park, Jennifer Granholm, John Engler, looming receivorship, Louis Schimmel, Mackinac Center, MEDC, MERS, MI Partners LLC, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Michigan Municipal Employees Retirement System, Michigan's aging cities, Miliken v Bradley, money in politics, Municipal Assistance Corporation, Municipal Loan Board, Nayyirah Shariff, NERD fund, New Jersey, New York City, Oakland County, P.A. 72, PA 4, pensions, Pontiac, privatization, Public Act 4, Public Act 72, public pension crisis, race and poverty, revenue sharing, RGA Michigan 2010, Rich Baird, Richard Dunn, Rick Snyder, Robert Perry, SAC Capital Advisors, socializing loss and privatizing gains, Steve Cohen, suburbs, The Plot against Pensions, Tom Zernick, unfunded mandates, union busting, venture capital, water, Wendy Baxter | 39 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews: Adrianne Finelli

By Mark | August 14, 2012

After living among us for the past half dozens years, Adrianne Finelli will be leaving shortly for Pennsylvania. I took the opportunity to ask her a few questions. MARK: Where will you be moving to and what will you be doing there? ADRIANNE: I’m moving back to Pennsylvania, not back to Philly, but the other […]