Debunking another GOP myth: Top marginal tax rates and job creation
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Via Ezra Klein Tax rates and job creation in one graph: In theory, the GOP is so committed to resisting tax hikes because it’s so committed to creating jobs. “The fact is you can’t tax the very people that we expect to invest in the economy and create jobs,” says Speaker John … Read more
The lies of Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney are growing tiresome – Part 2
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have said it before and I will keep saying it: This shapeshifter, Willard "Mittens" Romney, is a shameless liar. The latest lie that Mittens, as well as many other Tea-Publicans, likes to tell is that "Obama made the recession worse." This, of course, is demonstrably false to any sensient human being. … Read more
6th Circuit Court of Appeals rules Affordable Care Act constitutional
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a major legal victory for the Obama administration, the first court of appeals level decision in the country has held that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. Political Animal – 6th Circuit finds Affordable Care Act constitutional: In another legal win for the Affordable Care Act, the 6th Circuit Court of … Read more
Obama frames the debate over deficit reduction, debt ceiling
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama called out the deficit peacocks and framed the debate over deficit reduction and raising the federal debt ceiling in his press conference today. Political Animal – Obama puts GOP in a box on debt, taxes, revenue: At a White House press conference this morning, the president did a very effective … Read more
Tucson City Council Election Update: Arizona Supreme Court rejects appeal by Marshall Home™
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: C'mon, who did not see this coming? The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected the appeal by Marshall Home™ challenging the right of Jonathan Rothschild to be a candidate for mayor because he is a lawyer. Game over, Dude. A copy of the unsigned order from the Clerk of the Court below.
‘Someone’ at the Arizona Daily Star has a bug up their behind
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A most curious report in the Arizona Daily Star today: Rothschild kin benefit from fund that owns crumbling barrio house. Front page lede onto page four. The Star's creative headline writer is suggesting something nefarious, nay, perhaps even llegal. Do tell: A significant, but crumbling, adobe building on South Convent Avenue, in … Read more
Tea-Publican job-killing bills
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As I have written previously: Remember when Tea-Publicans ran for Congress in 2010 — they said their three top priorities were "jobs, jobs, jobs." And Americans fell for it. Since Tea-Publicans have been in control of Congress their top three priorities have been ending women's reproductive health care, repealing "Obamacare" and repealing … Read more
