President Obama speech on economic growth and deficit reduction
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama today on economic growth and deficit reduction: Advertisement "So I am ready, I am eager, to work with Democrats and Republicans to reform the tax code to make it simpler, make it fairer, and make America more competitive. But any reform plan will have to raise revenue to help close … Read more
Birther Madness: Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio wasting taxpayer money investigating Obama’s birth certificate
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio knows no shame. Apparently it was not enough that Joe Arpaio's staff misspent $99.5 million in restricted jail funds over the last eight years, now he is pissing away taxpayer dollars on a "cold case" investigation of Barack Obama's birth certificate to appease teabagger fantasies. This would be yet … Read more
Ax The Flat Tax Forum in Sierra Vista
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week Senator Paula Aboud (D-LD 28) took her Ax The Flat Tax forum to Sierra Vista. Flat tax would wipe out deductions aimed at low-income families | The Sierra Vista Herald: House BIll 2636 seeks to amend the income tax code and install a new procedure for figuring income taxes, explained Sen. Aboud. … Read more
President Obama to propose the ‘Buffett Rule’ for millionaires
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: “It's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.” (Warren Buffett, 2006) Steve Benen writes at the Political Animal – Obama to push ‘Buffett Rule’ in debt speech: About a month ago, Warren Buffett, the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, made a strong case in support of … Read more
The NRA Board of Directors: time for a little sunlight
By Craig McDermott A new website, Who is on the NRA Board?, from the the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, highlights backgrounds of the members of the Board of Directors. Some of the names on the board are very familiar to the nation – Grover Norquist, the anti-tax zealot/corporate lobbyist Oliver North, one of the … Read more
Brewer turns the revolving door between lobbying firms and her staff into an open door
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings The Washington Post published a story this past week detailing a study that documents the revolving door between Capitol Hill staff rosters and lobbying firm staff rosters. According to the study, nearly 5400 Congressional staffers have moved to lobbying firms in the last decade. I thought about commenting about … Read more
Frank Antenori’s war on the poor – the sequel
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last session, SB1380, a bill to require random drug testing for recipients of food stamps and welfare programs was sponsored by Sen. "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori, R-Tucson. It passed the Senate with unanimous Republican support but died in the House. Antenori is promising to scare the villagers again in January by … Read more
