…should automatically expire after a defined period unless affirmatively approved by Congress through expedited review procedures. The second category would involve standard administrative Executive Orders addressing non-emergency policy matters and…

Via TBogg comes this picture from the WSJ: Kudos to Xenos at Reading Is For Snobs for finding this graphic from the Wall Street Journal portraying the devastation inflicted upon…

…Perry or millionaire Newt Gingrich, he’s basically fitting the minimum criterion for “this should get your attention.” It’s hardly an “all-in”bet; as Hendrik Hertzberg notes, it’s more a casual wager….

…amount he adds to his own, and it is impossible for anyone to grow rich except at the expense of someone else.” To avoid any mistake, Locke reiterates his objection…

…needed to create a national tax structure that actually is progressive above $60 or $80K a year in income. Us rich folks aren’t paying nearly our share of the bill…

…media blitz. Boskin labeled Clinton’s plan “clearly contractionary,” insisted the projected revenue would only raise 30 percent as much as forecast by dampening the incentive of the rich, insisted it…

…Globalization—poorly designed for all us schmucks. It was designed for the rich….end of story. WTO rules? Ok: Last time. China played that WTO game by stiffing its own companies to…

…“more cuts.” But the poll question doesn’t inform respondents of the option of replacing the sequester cuts in part with eliminating tax breaks enjoyed by the rich and corporations, an…

…argued that the way to evaluate the economy is in terms of how well it is serving ordinary people who make up the middle class (roughly defined as the middle…

…know about it, and understand it. The “defenders” of Social Security play into the hands of its enemies by calling for schemes to “make the rich pay for it.” Roosevelt…