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Obama, Romney & Enthusiasm

…With the exception of Obamacare, essentially the same thing as Romneycare and very much based on a Heritage Foundation plan, Obama’s economic plan has been to continue GW’s policies. Tax…

About reporting and water issues…

…universal. Think very carefully about how your idea will interact with existing policies, taking into account the ways that people have tried to deal with the problem — or not…

Romney’s Tax (Mis)Calculations:

…in the guise of an intellectual “institute”–the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI). The Institute puts out a “Tax Bytes” newsletter/blogpost supporting right-wing, market fundamentalist, Friedman-lite tax policies. Not surprisingly, the…

Trade and Development

…wage and labour market policies is essential ????????????????? In addition to employment- and growth-supporting monetary and fiscal policies, an appropriate incomes policy can play an important role in achieving a…

Romney’s Tax Views

…lobbying organizations–less regulation, more privatization, more reductions to earned benefits like Medicare and Social Security, and more tax provisions that favor the rich that the GOP labels–without empirical support– as…

Repeal the ACA and Lower Costs for Citizens

…–or a lifetime.” “- insurance companies selling policies to individuals and small companies will have to reimburse for all of the “essential benefits” outlined in the ACA–benefits that are not…

…possible. And on many issues, we found that Presidents did well tended to follow similar policies to other Presidents that did well on the same issues, and likewise, the Presidents…