Tag Archives: the desire to strangle Republicans

State Rep David Rutledge warns Ypsi School Board that a Snyder czar is on the way

By Mark | May 10, 2011

We’ve discussed it to death here on the site, and I’m not sure how much new ground there is to cover, but our local Representative in the Michigan House, David Rutledge, warned members of the Ypsi School Board yesterday that, unless they found a way to balance their budget, and fast, the Governor was going [...]

Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Andy Fanta, David Rutledge, Dedrick Martin, education reform, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, keeping the poor from education, Public Act 72, Rick Snyder, school vouchers, we need a revolution, Ypsilanti School Board | 21 Comments

Republicans who claim to be deficit-conscious vote to hand-over billions in tax-payer dollars to profitable oil companies

By Mark | March 3, 2011

Remember how, not too long ago, we were talking about the fact that we could save $39 billion by cutting our federal subsidies to the already highly-profitable oil and gas industry? Well, it looks as though we’ll have to find those savings somewhere else – like with cuts in teacher pay – because the Republicans [...]

Posted in Alternative Energy, Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged corporate subsidies, deficit, hypocrisy, Medicaid, Medicare, oil, privatization, social security, subsidies, William Keating | 6 Comments

Why not cut the military budget?

By Mark | October 6, 2010

Fiscal responsibility seems to be all the rage these days. Or, at least that’s what Tea Partiers claim to be motivated by, right? They tell us that it’s high time that we get serious, tighten our belts, and cut “big government” to the bone, before the inevitable happens, and the country goes careening over the [...]