It’s so crazy it just might work!
by David Safier From a post on Daily Kos: Call Their Bluff! Tie CEO pay in the U.S. to CEO pay in Europe and Japan: In 1950, the average pay of an S&P 500 CEO was less than 30 times that of an average U.S. worker; by 1980, prior to the "Reagan Revolution, the average pay … Read more
Scrooge or Santa? Your call, Vic
by David Safier State Representative Vic Willams (R, LD-26) in the holiday spirit.
More on the private school tax credit
by David Safier I commented last night that I don't understand the mechanism of the private school tax credits, called back-door vouchers or neovouchers by those of us who dislike the idea. I know you can give money to private schools and get your money back when you pay taxes, but I don't know if … Read more
Teachers can be crazy (in a good way)
by David Safier If you want to read a wonderful, this-is-what-teaching's-all-about story, go no further than Bodfield's story, Bell doesn't end this teacher's day, in this morning's Star. Sarah Clements quit a perfectly good job as executive director of the Tucson Arts District Partnership to put up with all these kids. Lower pay for longer hours. Go figure. Her … Read more
The latest on Deposit-gate
by David Safier Here's an email from Tasha Downum in response to my question, "Any more word from Vic or his 'people?'": nothin yet.. 🙁 no email, no phone calls.. nothing If you've been following the recent installments in the saga of the $400 rental deposit Republican Vic Williams (LD-26) didn't return to Tasha, an … Read more
Reformer is the new Maverick
by David Safier If you're like me, you can't stand to hear the word Maverick after the steady barrage during the campaign. "You have to admit John McCain is a Maverick. He's been a Maverick in the Senate for 30 years, the original Maverick." "What do you expect? We're a couple of Mavericks. You don't … Read more
Southern Insurrection: Destroying The Big 3 to Kill The UAW
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Eugene Robinson noted in a recent column that the Republican Party has positioned itself as being against unions, against America's domestic auto industry, against the blue-collar middle class — and also, incredibly, against the Rust Belt states that are home to UAW-represented auto plants and that also regularly tip the balance in … Read more
