Our forward-looking Republicans
January 31, 2009
by David Safier Among the budget casualties is the 21st Century Fund that provides grants to get bioscience and technology ventures up and running. It's Napolitano's baby. Need I say more about the reason it was cut? In the passage below, don't miss the reason the neanderthals give for wiping out the fund. These folks
Look, we’re not torturing anyone
January 31, 2009
by David Safier I was struck by a quote from Jon Kavanagh, one of the original architects of the state budget, in today's Citizen: "There are painful cuts but none are lethal, so it appears." My favorite part of the quote is "so it appears." Reminds me of one of the many definitions from the
The GOP’s only answer to every question: “tax cuts!”
January 31, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A big h/t to Chris Brown over at politicalbase.com for his excellent post The Republican Party Wants More "Tax Cuts"; So What Else Is New? Chris makes the point that the GOP's only answer to every question is "tax cuts!" (for the wealthy and corporations). Chris takes a look at how well this
House and Senate pass budget bill
January 31, 2009
by David Safier The Arizona Guardian reports that the House and Senate passed the Republican budget bill and sent it to Brewer early Saturday morning. Republicans wrangled over some items on the budget but, so far as I can tell, left the education cuts intact. Sen. Jack Harper pushed to have 25% of the K-12 cuts
Democratic Presidents Are Always Better For The Economy – Always
January 30, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As a political scientist (when I am not practicing law), I have seen the data and the charts many times over the years which definitively demonstrate that Democratic presidents in the modern era have always been better than Republican presidents for economic (GDP) growth, job growth, and even returns in the stock
The Same Old Song: The Audacity of “Nope”
January 30, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Despite President Obama meeting with the Republican leadership on three occasions and even agreeing to some of their useless tax cut proposals to appease them, not a single Republican in the House voted for his stimulus bill. The economy stands on the brink of a global depression as a result of years
Mr. Math asks: Are charters getting a smaller hit than traditional schools?
January 30, 2009
by David Safier I don't claim to know the answer to this, because the flow of budget money is very tricky. But my simple math skills give me the impression that charter school budget cuts are significantly less than those for traditional public schools. Here's the math. K-12 schools are supposed to get a budget
UPDATE: SCHIP extension to become law
January 30, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has been a bipartisan program from its inception in 1997 and has enjoyed broad bipartisan support. Which is why right-wing ideologues hate it: "bipartisanship" is anethema to conservative ideologues who are opposed to any taxes and government spending of any kind for any reason. Unfortunately,
