I've been thinking about something I read in the Globe a while back: Jeff Jacoby wrote that the Mass SJC should throw out the popular Fair Share Amendment, which will raise taxes on the millionaires to pay for public goods like … [Read more...]
Gov. Baker: WHY are you wasting our money?!?
Governor Baker is giving away $20 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos. From today's Globe Business Section, we find out that Republican Governor Baker is doing what Republicans always do: take taxpayer money and give it to billionaires and … [Read more...]
Hedgefund Money Is Not Good for the Democratic Party
Though Donald Trump has been a gift that keeps on giving to millionaires and billionaires, the Globe has an article on how billionaire Seth Klarman is now giving money to Democrats. Klarman's reasoning is... "The Republicans in Congress … [Read more...]
Forget the Wisconsin Pres. Race–Look at Legislative Races.
Like many Democrats, I'm impressed by the $5 million Jill Stein and the Greens are raising for recounts in the Mid-West. I don't know who this money is coming from, but this is unlikely to overturn the results of those states. So, … [Read more...]
No On 2 in a Historical Perspective
Why are so many Republicans and billionaires pushing Question 2?* Prof. Robert Weintraub at BU Today offers us more thoughtful context on Question 2. BMG readers, click the link and read the whole thing. There is a broader context for … [Read more...]
Preserve the Public Good by Voting No in November
This November, a number of powerful people, such as Governor Baker, intend to spend $18 million to raise the cap on charter schools, and opinion leaders like Globe writers tend to support this. Polls seem to predict this expansion will … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Needs A Better Governor
In today's Globe, Stephanie Ebbert tells the kind of story we will read more and more until 2019. The people who provide childcare are absolutely essential to our economy because they let parents work without worrying about their kids. And … [Read more...]
WSJ: “An Obamacare Plan Beats No Plan”
As spring arrives, when we turn to the Opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, we find that Hell hath frozen over... An Obamacare Plan Beats No Plan The sudden withdrawal of the subsidies could put private insurance markets in as many … [Read more...]
Rep. Stephen Lynch Steps Up.
Via digby's blog, I found this New York Times article about how Stephen Lynch is standing up for releasing a "still-classified section of the investigation by congressional intelligence committees into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks ... that … [Read more...]
“I Have A Dream”… updated!
The National Archives has a pdf of the famous MLK speech. Read it today. Here is an excerpt, wherein King speaks to the many who protested knowing that powerful people would do them harm. I am not unmindful that some of you have come … [Read more...]
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