At the Unite for Arizona Rally on August 27, 2022, State Senator and Democratic Nominee for Arizona Treasurer Martin Quezada told those assembled that he, unlike his opponent, the incumbent Trump Republican Kimberly Yee would not play politics with the people’s money by investing in the whims of the extremist right. Instead, he vowed to … Read more
Recently, Arizona columnist Robert Robb, well known for his conservative economic views, wrote a post on his Substack defending Senator Kirsten Sinema’s resistance to Democratic priorities for changes to the tax code in the Inflation Reduction Act – specifically increases on certain top corporate and personal rates, and eliminating the grotesque ‘carried interest’ exception for … Read more
The Washington Post reports, Biden signs sweeping bill to tackle climate change, lower health-care costs: President Biden on Tuesday signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, an ambitious measure that aims to tamp down on inflation, lower prescription drug prices, tackle climate change, reduce the deficit and impose a minimum tax on profits of the … Read more
Above: President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act into law. “I’m about to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law, one of the most significant laws in our history. Let me say from the start: With this law, the American people won and the special interests lost. The American people won and the special … Read more
[Note to BfAZ readers: I’m limited in how much of this I can post, but the paywall at Newsweek isn’t too bad, so you should be able to access it] It’s an awful feeling, watching Senator Joe Manchin saddle congressional Democrats‘ efforts to confront climate change with fossil fuel giveaways, then watching Kyrsten Sinema hold Manchin’s watered-down legislation hostage … Read more