We gave in to the Congressional Republicans on the debt ceiling debate on almost every issue. We agreed not to raise taxes on the wealthy. We agreed not to tighten loopholes that allowed them to hide their assets elsewhere. We said that, instead, we would slash government spending. We were told that there wasn’t a […]
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State Rep David Rutledge warns Ypsi School Board that a Snyder czar is on the way
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, the desire to strangle Republicans, Ypsilanti School Board 21 Comments
Brooksley Born vs. Alan Greenspan
Frontline looks good tonight. The episode, entitled The Warning, is about Brooksley Born, a woman who, in her capacity as chairperson of the federal Commodities Futures Trading Commission, apparently fought a long, hard battle against Alan Greenspan and the men of Wall Street to better regulate derivative trading. She, of course, lost. And, as you […]
Posted in Economics, Politics Also tagged Alan Greenspan, Any Rand fanboy, Ayn Rand, Bill Clinton, Bob Rubin, Brooksley Born, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Frontline, revolt, Ronald Reagan, The Warning, Wall Street 3 Comments