Bob Lord

Bob has mostly wound down his 39-year career as a tax and business lawyer (with a 1-year interruption to run for Congress in 2008 (CD3), when he tried to unseat John Shadegg. Bob now serves as the senior advisor on tax policy for the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of wealthy Americans who believe the light taxation of America's rich is destabilizing our democracy, and as an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. Bob has been writing for Blog For Arizona since late 2011, concentrating mostly on federal issues, with an occasional foray into Arizona state politics.

A Progressive Blogger’s Wishful Thinking On Taxes

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Posted by Bob Lord David Sirota is a well respected progressive blogger and author. I read his book "Uprising" a few years back and found it insightful. He is an occasional guest host on the progressive talk shows and hosts a local show of his own in Colorado.  But I think he engages in wishful … Read more

Validation by Bloomberg

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Posted by Bob Lord I get to say I'm a step ahead of Josh Baro at Bloomberg. Last week, I published this post, in which I had this to say about Mitt's new tax contrivance, the deduction bucket: The desparation is obvious. By all appearances, this is something the Romney camp just contrived in response … Read more

True Courage and A Glimmer of Hope

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Posted by Bob Lord I've said many times that we're living through a great experiment of how much wealth and income we can jam into the top 1% before the bottom 90% explodes, while the 9% in the middle wring their hands. I still hope Occupy will bring that day closer. In the meantime, the … Read more

Jobs, Jack Welch, And The Not So Liberal Press

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Posted by Bob Lord So, the Wall Street Journal chose to give scumbag Jack Welch a platform from which to double down. You can read it here. Apparently, Welch's only remorse was that he didn't include question marks after his October 5th tweet recklessly accusing the President of manipulating the jobs numbers. Yeah right, Jack. … Read more

Debunking Jack Welch? How About The Hard Truth Instead?

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Posted by Bob Lord AzBlueMeanie does great work. The volume of posts he puts out is prolific and I rarely disagree with him.  And I don't on his post "Debunking The Jobs Truthers" post either.  I just think the post is far too polite.  Jack Welch outrightly accused of Obama of manipulating the jobs numbers. … Read more