Tag Archives: Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman to America: “We can’t learn anything from China”

By Mark | September 13, 2011

Generally speaking, I don’t consider myself a huge Thomas Friedman fan. I caught a minute of him speaking on MSNBC this morning, though, and what he said really blew me away. It was extremely simple, but packed a wallop. As I can’t find the exact quote anywhere online, here’s the essence of what he said… […]

Posted in History, Media, Politics | Also tagged 2010 census, 2012 Presidential election, Bush tax cuts, census data, China, deregulation, education reform, immigration, infrastructure, Joe Scarborough, Michael Bloomberg, Michele Bachmann, minimum wage, poverty, tax the rich, That Used To Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back, the plight of the overtaxed rich, Trudi Renwick | 11 Comments

Pushing a gas tax, declaring Detroit “dead,” and assigning blame to John Dingell

By Mark | September 24, 2009

I don’t typically quote a lot of Thomas Friedman here, but he’s got a column it today’s New York Times on one of my favorite subjects – the gas tax… I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again, but we desperately need a coordinated campaign for a gas tax in this country… […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11, Arab oil embargo, automotive, carbon tax, Daniel Okrent, David Rothkopf, Denmark, dependency on foreign oil, driving the last nail, gas tax, green transportation, healthcare reform, Iraq war, John Dingell, Phil Verleger, Superclass, the public option, Time magazine, war for oil | 19 Comments

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