Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Conor Clarke at the Atlantic provides this invaluable perspective on the Wingnuttia hysteria that the U.S. is becoming a socialist state. It's not even worth mentioning. What Socialism Looks Like Have you heard that the United States is headed toward socialism? Jonah Goldberg says it is. Alabama Senator Richard Shelby says it … Read more
by David SafierThis almost goes off the bizarre scale. Apparently a new conservative radio talking point is that we should boycott General Motors products to stop the spread of nationalization. Don't buy GM, so GM never regains solvency, so it can't function on its own without government help. Meaning the only two choices are, it … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Monday, Sen. Jonathan Paton and his Senate Judiciary Committee will consider SB 1123 which would require the City of Tucson to conduct "nonpartisan" city council elections and elect council members by ward only. The bill is sponsored by partisan Republicans Sen. Jonathan Paton, Rep. Frank Antenori and Rep. David Gowan (LD … Read more
by David SafierScarpinato has a piece in this morning's Political Notebook about the Goldwater Institute's Byron Schlomach agreeing with Dem legislators about lowering and broadening the state sales tax. "The current sales tax is highly distorting because it is not broadly applied," says Byron Schlomach, director of Goldwater's Center for Economic Prosperity. "Therefore, I congratulate … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The state Legislature will embark Monday on a mad dash to consider hundreds of new laws before the end of the month, including abortion restrictions, looser gun regulations and changes to how local elections work. Burst of activity expected at Capitol In the [next] three weeks… hundreds of bills they hope to … Read more