David Leonhardt, who won the a Pulitzer Prize run 2011 for his columns on the financial crisis, has a new piece in today’s New York Times titled, “The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You.” If, like me, you’re concerned about issues like wealth inequality and our inability as a nation to appropriately fund […]
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The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1%, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, David Leonhardt, Elizabeth Warren, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman, Green New Deal, infrastructure, middle class, public education, research funding, rich get richer, tax policy, taxes, the top 1%, ultra-millionaire tax, Warren Dunes, wealth inequality, wealth tax 27 Comments
Michigan Republicans attempt a naked, lame duck power grab in advance of Whitmer, Nessel and Benson taking office
The Democrats, as you know, made huge gains across the midwest during this past midterm election. States like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, that had helped put Donald Trump in the White House, all took big strides back in the other direction. Here in Michigan, not only did we flip two historically Republican House seats, […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged #MiPowerGrab, ALEC, campaign finance reform, Dana Nessel, dirty tricks, gerrymandering, Gretchen Whitmer, Jocelyn Benson, lame duck, Lansing, Michigan House Bill 6553, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Republican Party, Michigan Republicans, Michigan Senate, Michigan Senate Bill 1251, Michigan Senate Bill 1252, minimum wage, paid sick leave, right-to-work, voter suppression, Wisconsin 19 Comments
Apparently people really like it when you go on Twitter and smack down anti-Trump Republicans offering unsolicited advice to Democrats about how they need to be more moderate
Remember how, a few weeks ago, former FBI Director James Comey offered Democrats a bit of unsolicited advice in a tweet, telling us that we should eschew the “socialist left,” as “America’s great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership”? Well, this morning another high-profile former Republican, Weekly Standard founder Bill Kristol, stepped up to tell […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Benghazi, Bill Kristol, birther, Donald Trump, FOX News, Frankenstein's monster, gerrymandering, James Comey, middle class, monster, Nancy Pelosi, public education, Republicans for the Rule of Law, Robert Mueller, special counsel, Twitter, universal health care, unsolicited advice, voter suppression 16 Comments