by Linda Beale Jobs as the Measure of Economic Success, and Rick Perry’s Texas We have had a warped sense of how to measure economic success in this country at least since George W. Bush started talking about the “ownership” society. Of course, we should have guessed that moniker was problematic from the start, since […]
by Mike Kimel The Effect of Individual Income Tax Rates on the Economy, Part 2: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929 – 1940 This post is the second in a series that looks at the relationship between real economic growth and the top individual marginal tax rate. Last week I had a post […]
by Rebecca Wilder Disclaimer: I’m in Germany, and the keyboard takes some getting used to. Therefore, some of my posts in the coming week will be short and sweet (so that I don’t include characters lik ö, which is sure to turn some heads). Furthermore, blogger spellcheck doesn’t work in English here. The Q2 real […]
Angry Bear PGL wrote this post in 2007 reflecting the shape of politics and media soundbites of this current and constant election campaigning over the current two years to 2012 elections: In case Mr. Romney hasn’t seen my question. let me restate it. How will you address the long-run fiscal problem, that is, will you […]
by Mike Kimel Some thoughts on the next presidential election. 1. It seems to be a political truism that only Nixon could go to China. 2. Once a precedent is set, even taboo activities become OK. Clinton could go to China because Nixon had already gone. 3. Obama seems willing to, er, “fix” a number […]
I think this business insider article by Henry Blodget is a genuine must read A former senior analyst at Moody’s has gone public with his story of how one of the country’s most important rating agencies is corrupted to the core. The analyst, William J. Harrington, Sad to say (pathetic really) something was news to […]
Refinance rates (list) for 15-year Fixed Rate Mortgage in my area: Bank of America 3.625% JPMorganChase 4.125% And that’s if everything is right.
As regular readers know, I have been arguing since long before angrybear.blogspot.com existed that Democrats should campaign on raising taxes on rich people (I was convinced in 1993 or 1994). One of the facts that all savvy people think they know is that people of modest means in the USA reject the proposal to soak […]
I think Democrats are wise to punch hippies. I grew up as a wannabe hippy and I volunteer. Oddly a lefty blogger is convinced that what the Democratic party needs is a Tea Party of the left, but it can’t have one, because of the MSM and hippy baching progressive bloggers. My jaw drops after […]