With an ostensible liberal Democratic-controlled General Court, MA remains traditionally fiscally conservative. That's fertile ground for GOP Gov. Charlie Baker to plant his no-new taxes seeds. Thus, most of his first budget proposal likely … [Read more...]
Ignoring the Climate Crisis, Fixating on Phony Ones
When our children are wondering why we didn't solve the climate crisis when we had the chance, I'm sure they'll be thankful we took the time to try to gut their retirement benefits. This morning I watched Meet The Press host David … [Read more...]
Junk Food Subsidies
The Twinkie Tax If you asked most Americans where they thought their tax dollars should go, “making high fructose corn syrup cheaper to produce” probably wouldn’t come out too high on the list. And yet, we’ve spent billions over the … [Read more...]
Scott Brown, fiscal fireman
Let's remember that when it comes to extension of unemployment benefits, Scott Brown's first priority was as follows:"We need to stop the deficit spending and start offsetting the cost of worthy programs by cutting wasteful … [Read more...]
(Video) Deficit or no deficit, that is the question
In a recent letter to the editor of the New Bedford Standard Times I wrote about tax breaks. The conservative argument is tax breaks create jobs, but according to my studies it doesn't work. If I own a tire shop and I sell 100 tires a day … [Read more...]
Don’t let the Republican spinmasters hang Bush’s deficit around the necks of Patrick and Obama
When President Barack Obam walked into the oval office a 1.2 TRILLION deficit was waiting for him there, a gift and legacy from President George W. Bush. The lie and challenge by a certain Texas Congressman that Obama's deficit is ten … [Read more...]
Spineless Dems: What can we do to change this!?
If the above is as depressing to you as it is to me, then here's something, maybe, to animate your spirit... we have to re-engage as powerfully as we did in the campaign to fight back against these now emboldened forces of reaction. I think … [Read more...]
No prophet Joseph warned them with a dream of fat cows and thin cows, I guess
To analyze, and be able to cite to the cause of a problem is appropriate. Only by understanding the actual causes of a problem can the current administration do the following: 1. Avoid repeating the same error. 2. … [Read more...]
Incoming: Another billion plus in cuts including midyear cuts to “local aid”
Here is the link: http://www.thebostonchannel.co... When do we collectively say "enough", and protect the most vulnerable by raising revenue instead of cutting services to the vulnerable and letting our infrastructure degrade to third … [Read more...]
Why tackling health care should be issue no. 1
More Ezra: Then there is Medicare. Medicare is a trickier problem. Because it's not the problem: The American health care system is. As Henry Aaron, the centrist Brookings health care expert has testified, our fiscal threats "derive … [Read more...]