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.

Have We Completely Lost Our Way?

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Posted by Bob Lord We all know about the huge disparity in wealth and income. Unfortunately, we've actually been underestimating, badly it seems, that disparity. Check out these two pieces: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/22/us-poverty-level-1960s_n_1692744.html?ir=Politics&ref=topbar http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/21/offshore-wealth-global-economy-tax-havens The first is a post in today's Huffington Post, which describes how poverty in America is at a level not seen since the … Read more

Quick Question, Mitt

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Posted by Bob Lord We've heard from Mitt and all his helpers how he had nothing to do with Bain in the 1999-2002 timeframe. Here's one question of Mitt I'd love to have an absolutely, 100%, truth-serum induced honest answer to: If Bain invested in a start-up company in 2001 the was a roaring success and … Read more

In Defense of Mitt’s Retroactive Retirement

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Posted by Bob Lord The latest on Mitt, from his campaign advisor Ed Gillespie, is that he "retroactively retired" from Bain.  OK, laugh if you want, but I'm going to give credit where credit is due. "Retroactively retiring" is absolutely, positively, 100% consistent with being the Etch-a-Sketch candidate. So stop picking on my buddy Mitt … Read more

Condi? Yeah, Right

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Posted by Bob Lord The punditry now is all abuzz that Romney is considering Condi as his VP pick. The conventional wisdom is that the Condi possibility is thrown out there as a distraction from Mitt's Bain mess, but that he ultimately won't pick her for a number of reasons (she's pro-choice, she'll distract too … Read more

Mitt’s Bad Week

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Posted by Bob Lord My buddy Mitt may have had his worst week so far this week. It looks like expedience, dishonesty, flip-flopping and that pesky oppo book have come together to create quite a mess for him. For those of you who haven't figured this out yet, if you're looking for factual presentation, you … Read more