…and Games. And that’s without even mentioning the bravura work Stan Collender is doing there: see, for instance, this note that a deficit reduction bill with tax increases is very…

…bank failed on March 20. [emphasis mine] Minneapolis is another clear case where the locals were talking about a bubble back in late 2006/early 2007. Commenter TrickStar was all over…

…ACS to talk about the American Cancer Society’s efforts to reduce tobacco use in developing countries. Dr. Seffrin notes that cancer is becoming the #1 cause of death in the…

…women are dying because of entirely preventable causes, such as 350,000 worldwide due to complications from pregnancy. (Fifty million [50,000,000] child—under 18—brides worldwide.) Tina takes the microphone away to talk…

…aggregate demand. There’s a sleight-of-hand implicit in that second graf that I want to talk about, but work is interfering, so please feel free to talk amongst yourselves. Back later….

…anything was talking on the record. Then last week of all papers it was the Spokane Spokesman-Review that reported August 5th. But that news was only semi-officially confirmed this week…

…Double Dip These days there’s a lot of talk about whether the recession is going to double dip. And frankly, there’s a lotta yadda yadda, some bad news, and some…

…reason (i) to ensure that ALL compensation income is subject to payroll taxes (removing the Social Security cap) and (ii) to increase the tax rates on the income of the…

…the rich while denying unemployment extensions based on the “pay for” it line, but, the really big talking point, the really big insulting talking point, the really big insulting, and…

…than services (providing a preferential rate in some cases, as well as no payroll taxation) and often has been deferred through offshoring. Various tax experts have called for taxing both…