by David Safier A piece of commentary by Joe Brewer (I don't know the name) on the truthout website has a very interesting analysis about how conservatives get people to accept their idea that taxes are harmful and government doesn't work. This passage is overly simplistic, but it's a very interesting analysis of how Republicans … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Safier has done an excellent job of reporting on the developing plan of our accidental governor, Jan Brewer, to hold a special election later this spring to "let the voters decide" on various tax and spending issues. I will add some additional comments. Let's begin with the obvious. If Arizona does … Read more
by David Safier I shouldn't have read the Star story about cuts to DES this early in the morning. I should have waited until a few cups of coffee strengthened my emotional defenses against this kind of thing. The story's headline is, Agency aiding kids slashes staff: State cuts pare 63 jobs in program that … Read more
by David Safier It seems the Republican legislators have shot down Brewer's trial balloon about letting the voters decide if they want to tax themselves. Here are some of their comments. "Government is bloated. The bureaucracy is bloated." Senate President Pro Tempore Thayer Verschoor You don't get out of debt by more spending." Sen. Russell Pearce, chairman … Read more
by David Safier Brewer floated a trial balloon a few days ago: Maybe we should let people vote to decide whether they want to tax themselves. It was a cowardly, manipulative gambit. If more taxes are genuinely bad for the Arizona economy as the Republicans say, why endanger us by letting the voters put new … Read more