A few days ago, Governor Rick Snyder handed out the first of his “Reinventing Michigan” awards. It went to Energetx Composites, a West Michigan manufacturer of wind turbine parts and electric vehicle frames. Knowing a little about the company, which spun out of Holland, Michigan-based S2 Yachts in 2008, I think Snyder made a great […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Michigan, Politics, Rants | Also tagged big government, clean energy, composites, Department of Energy, Energetx Composites, entrepreneurism, green economy, green jobs, Holland, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, innovation, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Business Tax, Michigan Strategic Fund, Reinventing Michigan award, Republican framing, Republican lies, Rick Snyder |
By Mark | February 9, 2011
In April 16, 2009, I reported the following to you: …President Obama gave a brilliant speech on the necessity of high-speed rail in the United States. And, in addition to the $8 billion already set aside for such projects in the stimulus bill, he suggested that we add an additional $1 billion per year for […]
Posted in Michigan, Rail, Rants | Also tagged Florida, HB 4035, high-speed rail, infrastructure, mass transit, Obama, Ohio, Rail, Ray LaHood, regional funding of mass transportation, regressive taxation, Rick Scott, Rick Snyder, tax the rich, taxes, tea party, the growing gap between rich and poor, Wayne Schmidt, Wisconsin |
By Mark | January 24, 2011
CNN has an article today on Texas Governor Rick Perry, and how, in spite of his public condemnation of the stimulus program put forward by the Obama administration, he accepted the funds and used them to cover 97% of his state’s budget shortfall in 2010. Here’s a clip: Texas Gov. Rick Perry likes to tell […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Politics | Also tagged asshole Republicans of Texas, Ayn Rand, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Libertarianism, Medicare, National Conference of State Legislatures, Obama, Rick Perry, social security, Texas |
By Mark | October 19, 2010
I’m curious to know if there’s anyone out there who doesn’t buy this, and, if so, why not. My sense is that some will say it’s unfair to lay the massive job losses that began in January 2007 at the feet of Bush, pointing to the fact that Congress was in the hands of the […]
Posted in Economics, Media, Other, Politics | Also tagged Austan Goolsbee, banking, Bruce Bartlett, Council of Economic Advisers, FOX News, Joint Committee on Taxation, middle class tax cuts, Obama is a Socialist, reality deficient, Recovery Act, social security, subprime mortgage crisis, tax policy, Tax Policy Center, tax rates, taxes, tea party, unemployment, Wall Street deregulation |
By Mark | October 18, 2010
On FOX News yesterday, Republican candidate for Senate, Carly Fiorina, said, if elected by the people of California, she’d fight to make Bush’s tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans permanent. When pressed by Chris Wallace on what she’d cut in order to cover the $4 trillion budget shortfall that would result, though, the failed former […]
