Mark Maynard | taxation

Deficit Supper Committee fails due to Republican refusal to roll back Bush tax beaks

By Mark | November 21, 2011

I went to the gym after work this evening and watched coverage of today’s admission of failure by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. I found myself getting incredibly pissed off, to the point of inadvertently blurting out “asshole” a couple of times, and flipping up my middle finger at the television set in […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bush tax cuts, class warfare, deficit, Deficit Reduction Super Committee, endgame, entitlements, Eric Cantor, grand bargain, Grover Norquist, Joe Biden, John Boehner, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Obama, Paul Ryan, Russ Feingold, social security, tax the rich, the plight of the overtaxed rich, theology of tax cuts, treason | 8 Comments

What Does Gov. Snyder’s Budget Mean to You?

By Mark | March 22, 2011

I spent this evening at a panel discussion at Washtenaw Community College hosted by Michigan State Senator Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor). The event was called, “What Does Governor Snyder’s Budget Mean to You?”, and joining the Senator were Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schrieber, Superintendent of Ypsilanti Public Schools Dedrick Martin, Eastern Michigan University Professor and Chair […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 2012 Michigan budget, Audrey Dowell, collective bargaining, Dedrick Martin, Deficit Elimination Plan, Earned Income Tax Credit, Emergency Financial Manager, graduated income tax, Headlee, homeless, Homestead Property Tax Credit, Howard Bunsis, local income tax, metropolitan authorities, Michigan Business Tax, Michigan League for Human Services, Paul Schreiber, progressive taxation, public employee unions, Rebekah Warren, regressive taxation, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, tax the rich, taxing the poor, threats to the middle class, union busting, Washtenaw County, What Does Gov. Snyder’s Budget Mean to You?, Ypsilanti Public Schools | 39 Comments

Standing up to the Republicans and winning

By Mark | September 12, 2010

Obama, historically, hasn’t been one to stand up to the Republican party. Among other things, he didn’t push for single-payer health when he had an opportunity to do so, and, in my opinion, he didn’t go far enough in regulating the financial institutions that brought our nation to the brink of collapse. Despite the encouragement […]

Posted in Politics | Also tagged Boehner Land, class warfare, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Elizabeth Warren, John Boehner, Obama, orange politicians, Patriot Act, tax the rich, the plight of the overtaxed rich, users of tanning beds in Congress | 12 Comments

The irony of Common Sense

By Mark | August 18, 2009

Our favorite FOX News personality, Glenn Beck, has a new book out. In tribute to Thomas Paine’s brilliant pamphlet of the same name, it’s called “Common Sense.” Or, to be more specific, it’s called “Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine.” Which, I guess, from a marketing perspective, […]