Last night was the annual meeting of the Coalition of Religious Communities (CORC). The Coalition represents 20+ denominations thoughout Utah. Members of CORC work on a broad array of social justice issues, primarily issues of economic justice - although we were also one of the leading groups supporting effective hate crimes legislation. CORC’s leadership is drawn […]
If you are using public facilities, you cannot deny membership to any member of the public. Allow me to expand - if you are using a tax supported building to hold your meetings and you are paying a symbolic annual rent of $1, which means the taxpayers are effectively footing the entire bill for your […]
Okay, here’s the deal. I have ten dollars ($10). I’m going to pair you with someone you don’t know - call you Ike and Mike for lack of a better name. I’m going to give the other person the $10 and tell them they have to share it with you but . . . They […]
“Trickle down”, the linchpin of Reaganomics, never had a basis in economic theory. It was, and still is a trick to lull us into complacency so Repulicans can further consolidate wealth (read power) into fewer hands.
In fact, “trickle down” worked so badly under Reagan, he was forced to raise taxes on the middle class […]
. . . it takes years of institutionalized neglect and Republican tax cut mania to make sure they’re in a state to collapse.
The folks over at the Campaign for America’s Future have done yoeman’s work in chronicling the ways in which the bridge collapse in the Twin Cities is an explicitly political disaster, one that […]
In a weird bit of synchornicity, Holly Mullen has a post about FDR at her place this morning and last night, I reread his Four Freedoms speech. Holly writes:
I’m aching to know more about the man whose name in my childhood home was almost on par with Jesus, followed by Jack Kennedy. I’d love to […]
Matt at mydd posted about paying taxes that perfectly echoes my own sentiments:
I just paid my taxes, and I have to say, I always take pride when I do so. I don’t like having less money to spend, of course, and the complexity of the process is really upsetting. But I am proud to pay […]
Molly Ivins called the Texas the national laboratory for bad government - and with their plan to pay women $500 for their babies, they’re still leading the pack of incredibly bad state government. Utah and North Dakota, however, are rapidly and rabidly competing to take the title of laboratory for bad government.
Utah - as you […]
I have a relative who ran a successful small business for many years. At one point, this relative was struggling in the business and asked me what I thought should/could be done. After a couple hours of talking, I said, “You know, you keep saying ‘This is tax deductible’, and ‘That saves me money on […]
Yesterday, Frank posted about a Heritage Foundation report that claims tax cuts, including the last round of tax cuts, pay for themselves through increased Federal revenues. Unfortunately for the Heritage Foundation, neither the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) nor the Treasury Department agrees with them.
From a Center for Budget and Policy Priorities report
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