Tag Archives: trickle down economics

Raising the minimum wage in Michigan is the right thing to do

By Mark | April 15, 2013

At the end of last week, Democrats in Lansing, led by State Senator Bert Johnson, proposed that we increase Michigan’s minimum wage to $10 an hour, from $7.40, where it’s been set for the past five years, in spite of the rising cost of living. Given that it would make Michigan’s the highest minimum wage [...]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged ALEC, Bert Johnson, Elizabeth Warren, Idaho, income inequality, minimum wage, Obama, poverty, shifting the tax burden to the working class, slavery, Subway, Wal-Mart, Washington State, wealth inequality | 15 Comments

Middle class Michiganders to pay considerably more in taxes despite the anti-tax rhetoric of Lansing Republicans

By Mark | February 19, 2013

Reading an article in the Detroit Free Press this evening about how taxes are going up precipitously on working class Michiganders, I’m reminded of something that I wrote about a year ago for this site. Here’s how my post began. Why is it that we allow the Republicans to refer to themselves as the anti-tax [...]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Observations, Politics | Also tagged anti-university, class warfare, crazy ideas that just might work, Earned Income Tax Credit, Ed Asner California Association of Teachers, EITC, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager Act, higher education, income disparity, income tax, Kickstarter, local income tax, Michael Stampfler, Michigan, Michigan Republicans, progressive taxation, public education, revolution, Rick Snyder, tax credits, tax policy, tax the rich, we need a revolution | 20 Comments

Obama’s brilliant speech on trickle down economics becomes exponentially more incredible with animation

By Mark | October 8, 2012

I have something for you to watch while I’m working on tonight’s post. It’s a short animated piece put together by a fellow named Lucas Gray, who, among other things, works on The Simpsons. I don’t know if he was hired to do it, or if he just decided to pull together some friends and [...]

Posted in Economics, Politics | Also tagged animation, Bill O'Reilly, Bush tax cuts, hate, hate speech, Jon Stewart, Lucas Gray, middle class, tax cuts, tax the rich, The Simpsons, threats to the middle class, wealth inequality, Why Obama Now | 5 Comments

Clinton at the DNC: “We can’t afford to double down on trickle down”

By Mark | September 6, 2012

Scheduled for 28 minutes, former President Bill Clinton spoke for 48 at the Democratic National Convention last night. And, by all accounts, he knocked it out of the park. Afterward, even Republicans were conceding that Obama would likely win reelection… Here’s the video. And, here, thanks to a Redditor by the name of TheRealTK421, is [...]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bill Clinton, Democratic National COnvention, DNC, facts, Obama, Paul Ryan, Recovery Act, Romney | 24 Comments

Obama’s fiery response to the Republican budget

By Mark | April 5, 2012

President Obama delivered an uncharacteristically fiery speech the other day, at an Associated Press luncheon. You’ll find the video below, but, first, here’s a clip from an editorial about the speech that ran in yesterday’s New York Times. President Obama’s fruitless three-year search for compromise with the Republicans ended in a thunderclap of a speech [...]