by David Safier In the ASU Web Devil:Legislators hold forum for budget-cut discourse. More than 200 people attended a public forum on the state budget held by Democratic members of the state Legislature on Monday evening in the Tempe campus Memorial Union. For some reason, LD-26 Republican Rep. Vic Williams was there as well. What … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: At the height of World War II, government deficit spending as a percentage of GDP far exceeded 100%. That would be the federal stimulus spending on infrastructure and the restoration of America's industrial capacity to full production as we converted our economy into the arsenal of freedom that won the war – … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Monday, President Obama held a "fiscal responsibility" summit to which he invited the GOP leadership – you know, that whole bipartisanship thing the GOP says doesn't happen, only it does. I'll Let John Amato over at Crooks&Liars blog retell what happened next John McCain embarrasses himself with his 'Helicopter fleet' question … Read more
by David Safier This poll response is from the Arizona Guardian. The question was, "Gov. Brewer has only had the job for a short time, but how is she doing so far?" The following bit of information probably has no relationship to the results of the poll, but according to the Guardian Angel (that's the Arizona Guardian's … Read more
by David Safier The conservative blog, Sonoran Alliance, gave a shout out down to BfA for my reference to Rep. Biggs' comment, "Education does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs and businesses create jobs." Apparently, according to SA, Biggs got it right. A few posts earlier, SA applauded something I was planning to point out in a slightly … Read more