Ah well…a whole generation of readers will mourn his passing. From an AP alert: Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91, A.P. Says Ray Bradbury, a master of science fiction whose lyrical evocations of the future reflected both the optimism and the anxieties of his own postwar America, died on Tuesday in Southern California. He […]
by Run 75441 America is an Opportunity Society (Rep Paul Ryan WI) “I’m personally offended that they’re playing a high-stakes game of chicken with our national defense,” fumed Weston Newton, chairman of the Beaufort County Council, after hearing Senator Graham’s dire warnings. . Lawmakers look for way out as defense cuts near. After agreeing to […]
by Kenneth Thomas New Report Highlights Flaws of North Carolina Mega-Incentives My new report for the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center, Special Deals, Special Problems–An Analysis of North Carolina’s Legislature-Approved Economic Development Incentives, has just been published. It covers a range of issues I’ve emphasized here before as well as some basic considerations reporters […]
by Run 75441 United Citizens and Wisconsin Heading into the Tuesday vote Mayor Barrett with ~$4million in election funds of which 26% is drawn from out of state sources faces off with the under siege Governor Walker having ~$30 million in funds with 2/3rds coming from out of state sources. Again the Koch Bros are […]
Uwe E. Reinhardt offers his viewpoint on trends in US health spending. Following are excerpts from two articles in the NYT’s Economix concerning the costs of our system and how they are apportioned in the big picture, and the impact on family budgets. Reading the charts is actually important. There are trends in our health care […]
Trevor Potter offers a thorough treatment (for an article sized piece) of the Citizen’s United decision by the US Supreme Court in a speech at an Annual Meeting of the American Law Institute. The link is to the transcript via Alternet. …coverage is so successful because it accurately describes a campaign finance world that seems too […]
Jared Bernstein writes on the same points on why people move to other states and taxes as Steve Roth and Linda Beale address in their posts today and gives us this evidence (hat tip rjs): Migration is not common. The migration that’s occurring is much more likely to be driven by cheaper housing than by lower […]
by Kenneth Thomas Guest post: Basics: How Overrepresented Are Rural and Low-Population States? We all kinda sorta know it: rural and small states are overrepresented in the Senate and, to a lesser extent, the Electoral College.This has deep roots in American history, of course: when the United States Constitution was drafted, small states demanded the […]
by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Health Care Thoughts: Small Business, Obamacare, Tax Credits I am still struggling to get my arms around whether or not small businesses will dump employees into health exchanges rather than continue health care coverage. And still looking at related issues. So what to make of the AP tax credit story […]