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.

Crazy Talk

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Posted by Bob Lord I found this post regarding military spending at Truthdig.com yesterday http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/monopolizing_war_what_america_knows_how_to_do_best_20120913/ It points out how stunning (and depressing) our discourse in this area is. Romney is out there beating the drum for increased military spending, and that's the focal point of the debate. If sanity were to prevail, the debate would … Read more

Marcia Busching for Corporation Commission

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Posted by Bob Lord First, diclosure: Marcia Busching and I were law partners for 12 years, and I've supported her campaign from day 1. Each of the Democratic candidates has their own strengths, and I support them all, but in this post I focus solely on the candidate I know best – Marcia Busching.  I … Read more

Greatest Country In The World, Huh?

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Posted by Bob Lord I've never felt entitled to claim the U.S. is the greatest country in the world. Unlike all the worldly scholars who make that claim, I've never lived in another country, so I have little basis to make such a comparison. But, reading this article about poverty and income levels in America,  … Read more

Romney on His Own Tax Plan — Breathtaking Dishonesty

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Posted by Bob Lord The lies just keep on coming from the Romey campaign, but the one I heard over the weekend, and again this morning, was a whopper that bears special attention. Romney now is claiming that his tax plan would not cut taxes for high income taxpayers. According to Romney, he would eliminate … Read more

A New Record in Flip Flopping?

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Posted by Bob Lord Back in March, I speculated whether Romney would set a new standard in flip flopping by doing what I referred to as a "flip-flop-flip," where a candidate flips on his first position, then flips back to it. Here's the post: http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2012/03/has-this-ever-happened-before.html It was heartening to hear the term flip-flop-flip used on … Read more