GOP fear mongering rhetoric on illegal immigration is divorced from reality
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Gregory Rodriguez of the Los Angeles Times demonstrates how GOP fear mongering rhetoric on illegal immigration is divorced from reality in Illegal-immigration statistics don't stack up amid frenzied debate: Advertisement With the immigration debate heating up, you'd think that the U.S. was besieged by growing numbers of illegal immigrants. But you'd be … Read more
What 30 years of faith based supply-side “trickle down” GOP economics hath wrought
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The redistribution of wealth upwards to the plutocratic elites of corporate executives and the über-rich investor class through government tax policy (the Bush tax cuts) has created the greatest income disparity in the United States since just before the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. The über-rich, through their allies in … Read more
The new corporate business model: increase profits, not jobs
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Ain't no hiring. And ain't likely to be any for a good long time." Harold Meyerson at the Washington Post explains a troubling development in the corporate world. The job machine grinds to a halt: The problem isn't merely the greatest downturn since the Great Depression. It's also that big business has … Read more
Personal endorsement: Penny Kotterman for Education Superintendent
by David Safier I'm breaking a BfA tradition by making an endorsement in the primary. But since I blog about education so often, I feel like I've earned the right to chime in on the Democratic race for Superintendent of Public Instruction. First let me say, both Penny Kotterman and Jason Williams are miles above … Read more
Trouble in the business/conservative coalition?
by David Safier Now this is interesting and, I hope, points to a trend where business leaders begin to realize that crazy-eyed right wing ideologues aren't a profit maker's best friend. The Mesa Chamber of Commerce left Russell Pearce off its endorsement list. "There were some things that Russell said that the committee felt would … Read more
SB1070 Update: Runner up for best line to date
by David Safier I just gave Robert Robb the award (below) for the best line, post-Bolton ruling on SB1070. But I have to give E.J. Montini a close runner up in that category. And if I changed the category to "Most insightful line, post-Bolton ruling on SB1070," E.J. would be the winner, hands down. The … Read more
Senate Republicans obstruct small business job creation
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Republican politicians always say they support "small business." Only the GOP definition of "small business" is actually corporations, preferably global corporations, not the "mom and pop" small businesses that are not incorporated and are taxed at individual rates. It is small businesses that are the engine of job creation. Small businesses are … Read more
