…state budget at $2.2 billion (in an annual budget of $56 billion). As anyone who’s followed any state’s annual budget deliberations can testify, states don’t raise billions in new revenue…

…the tax break they have been lobbying for–so these proposals encourage corporations to engage in the activity that these proposals say they are addressing, thus giving them more ammunition to…

by Linda Beale Finance moves transportation bill–revenue sources at issue Senate Finance committee approved on a 17-6 vote the transportation financing proposal (13 Dems and 5 GOP voting yes; the…

by Linda Beale published on ataxingmatter April 28 Financial reform–the GOP’s “chicken game”; and is it hedging or casino betting when banks go short on products they have created/sold to…

Bill Owens shows some fiscal leadership: Gov. Bill Owens, once touted in conservative Republican circles as presidential material, teamed with Democrats last spring in drawing up the proposals that will…

More on the Poll I mentioned before that I am apparently listed somewhere as a Republican, causing GOP Chairman Marc Racicot to send me a letter. I asked my readers…

HT :Washinton Monthly, Ed Gilgore: “House GOPers Face to Face With Unfriendly Facts on Obamacare” Democratic lawmakers were emboldened to defend the Affordable Care Act with renewed vigor and levity,…

…belt in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and elsewhere across the Deep South–places where I grew up in a decidedly Republican household that bought the GOP economic fallacies hook, line and sinker,…

…least seven seats previously held by Democrats, a goal that has eluded Republicans since 2006. The GOP also captured at least 14 House races, expanding its already sizable majority to…

Well Huffington Post has decided to relegate direct coverage of Trump’s daily activities to its Entertainment page even as they will still cover polling etc on their Politics page. So…