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.

Here We Go Again

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Posted by Bob Lord Obama's proposal to extend the Bush tax cuts to the first $250,000 of taxable income brought back the same tired and wildly inaccurate arguments from the right. This morning, watching freaking Joe Scarborough while on the treadmill, I heard him speculate how a small business owner / "job creator" who has … Read more

What Will The Republicans Do With All That Money?

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Posted by Bob Lord Commentators love to speculate, but so far I've seen no speculation on how the Republicans and their Super PACs will spend all the money they're raising for the Presidential race. It seems the assumption is that it all will go to advertising in the swing states, but is that necessarily true? … Read more

That Pesky Oppo Book

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Posted by Bob Lord Earlier today, BlogForArizona reported on Mitt's investment in Stericycle, a firm that handles the disposal of aborted fetuses. http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2012/07/romney-stericycle-and-aborted-fetuses.html#more So continues the drip, drip, drip of unsavory snippets from Mitt's past. You could see this coming a mile away. Mitt has not been careful with his activities and statements, financial and … Read more

Contempt Ron, Really?

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Posted by Bob Lord I'm reading about the votes on holding Eric Holder in contempt. The reports I read say Congressman Barber split his vote, voting no on criminal contempt but yes on civil contempt. This is a vote that the entire CBC as well as most of Democratic House leadership, walked out on.  I … Read more

Occupy Is Not Dead

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Posted by Bob Lord As the 2012 election cycle heats up, it's easy to forget about Occupy. As firmly as I believe that Occupy has a better chance of saving this once great country of ours than does the Democratic Party, I've been caught up in electoral politics myself. It's hard not to be. But … Read more