Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A big h/t to Chris Brown over at politicalbase.com for his excellent post The Republican Party Wants More "Tax Cuts"; So What Else Is New? Chris makes the point that the GOP's only answer to every question is "tax cuts!" (for the wealthy and corporations). Chris takes a look at how well this … Read more
by David Safier The Arizona Guardian reports that the House and Senate passed the Republican budget bill and sent it to Brewer early Saturday morning. Republicans wrangled over some items on the budget but, so far as I can tell, left the education cuts intact. Sen. Jack Harper pushed to have 25% of the K-12 cuts … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As a political scientist (when I am not practicing law), I have seen the data and the charts many times over the years which definitively demonstrate that Democratic presidents in the modern era have always been better than Republican presidents for economic (GDP) growth, job growth, and even returns in the stock … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Despite President Obama meeting with the Republican leadership on three occasions and even agreeing to some of their useless tax cut proposals to appease them, not a single Republican in the House voted for his stimulus bill. The economy stands on the brink of a global depression as a result of years … Read more
by David Safier I don't claim to know the answer to this, because the flow of budget money is very tricky. But my simple math skills give me the impression that charter school budget cuts are significantly less than those for traditional public schools. Here's the math. K-12 schools are supposed to get a budget … Read more