by David SafierRobert Reich, writing on his TPM blog, says we're in a depression — not as bad as the Great Depression, but not a recession any more. So what should we do? Spend, spend spend. On the right things. We should stop worrying about Wall Street. Worry about American workers. Use money to build … Read more
by David SafierLast night, after I posted about my phone conversation with Rep. Giffords, I got an email from a friend in Green Valley. "Dang, David," she wrote, "I thought I was the lucky one….but, no, GG paid attention to you too. . . . She reassured me that the big O had her vote … Read more
by David SafierI just got a call from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (I won't pretend this happens all the time. It's a first). She let me know that the House vote on the budget comes up in about an hour (that would be 4pm our time), and she's voting Yes. Giffords is very careful when it … Read more
by David SafierWe here at BLOG FOR ARIZONA are too classy to go around begging people to go to the comments section of The Fix, Chris Cilliza's blog, and vote for BLOG FOR ARIZONA as the best political site in Arizona, the state for which BLOG FOR ARIZONA is named. But as AzBlueMeanie mentioned, another … Read more
by David SafierEight people from Arizona's universities got together to look at various ways Arizona can deal with our budget crisis. The group calls itself the Fiscal Alternative Choices Team — FACT. Clever acronym. So the 65 page paper they just released is called The FACT Report. Who can argue with FACTs? By the way, … Read more