“Doctor why have you stopped the bypass surgery - the patient is dying!”
“I’m sorry. It’s not bipartisan.”
When “bipartisanship” clogs health care reform, we should bypass it.
[Hat tip to Senator Bernie Sanders for the inspiration.]
A [neo-progressive?] is a conservative who is bugged by reality.
It’s striking that just a couple days after David Brooks complained about conservative nihilism we have the leading exemplar, Bill Kristol, writing an article that advocates conservative nihilism openly.
How far conservativism as a movement has fallen. How much further, it seems, it has to fall.
Tonight Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal channeled the worst of Al Gore and Bert (of Bert and Ernie fame) in his GOP response to President Barack Obama’s economic address to congress. The contrast with Barack Obama’s speech made things even worse. Obama was gracious and addressed major issues with the maturity and importance that […]
Senator Charles Schumer says we should stiff governors who want to take only selective stimulus money for political gain. I agree - this isn’t a game, it’s a world depression. Take the money and do some good - or don’t take it and face your voter’s wrath.
Some federal legislation is confusing and hard to evaluate. Sometimes it’s due to complexity - other times it’s because opponents create complexity to mislead the public. Congressman Peter Roskam recently decided to confuse what the recently passed stimulus package does - and then criticize it for what it doesn’t do.
The federal stimulus package […]
We’d rather continue to substantially cut taxes, especially those at the upper end, while sacrificing our society’s future economic competitiveness and health through reduced infrastructure spending, reduced education spending, and reduced health care spending among others. On that latter topic, Ezra poses the challenge:
“A decent society doesn’t spen[d] $70 billion on an upper-class tax […]
Almost absent from the dominant discussion of the federal stimulus package (and bailouts) is any attempt at progressive change that goes beyond the surface of ‘what we buy.’ I spoke yesterday about tying taxpayer expenditures to a living wage - but I’ve been thinking about this type of thing for a while agreeing with […]
Today, responding to news about a stimulus amendment giving tax breaks to car buyers that increase with the price of the car commenter “Car Free Nation” at Streetsblog said,
“So 11 billion to pay for cars for the rich (it’s a tax break, the more you earn, and the more expensive the car, the more we, […]
Tonight after being sworn in as Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn gave a heartfelt speech urging “the people of Illinois to make the sacrifices necessary to address the serious challenges we have before us,” including “the integrity challenge, the challenge of our economy and the challenge that we be able to pay our bills.”
Pat, a […]
From the Stephanie Kifowit for Mayor Campaign (www.kifowit4mayor.com):
Alderman Kifowit Abstains from Donations from Contractors and Developers who do Business with the City of Aurora.
Aurora, IL: At the Government Operations Committee last year, Alderman Kifowit called for a complete ban on contributions from contractors and developers who do business with the City of Aurora. […]
