Articles tagged with: Democrats
Headline, News and Opinion »
Over the course of the week, we have made posts on the subjects of the effective tax rates and raw dollar tax payments of the so-called “1-Percent” and the “99-Percent.” That may sound a bit wonky, but it’s really quite simple. …
Headline, News and Opinion »
By Dick McDonald
Today’s Lead Editorial from the New York Times:
A Clear Warning From the Jobs Numbers
After the unmistakably weak employment report for April, it’s obvious that the economy will not heal itself without more government help.
The Democrats promote and the media parrot the insane …
Headline, News and Opinion »
The effective tax rate of the 1% is 3 times higher than the entire 99%
Yesterday, we posted a comparison between the absolute dollar amount in taxes paid by the top 1% and the bottom 50%. Since the Occupy crowd and their ilk are …
Headline, News and Opinion »
Often times, you will hear politicians or commentators use the terms “out of control” or “runaway” to describe federal spending. The chart below clearly indicates that those terms are entirely appropriate. Indeed, they may be understating the matter. A more appropriate term might be “insane.”
Honestly, …
Arizona Elected Officials, Election 2012, Headline, News and Opinion »
Magellan Strategies has just released the results of a major poll of Arizona voters, and the results should have the Democrats and Team Obama questioning the wisdom of their belief that Arizona is in play.
On the generic congressional ballot, Republicans enjoy a 9-point advantage:
Republican candidate …
Election 2012, Headline, News and Opinion »
It seems that Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing: the federal government should continue dumping taxpayer money into the financial vampire that is the university system. Both parties have arrived at the conclusion that the interest rate on federally-subsidized student loans for undergraduates …
Arizona Elected Officials, Election 2012, Headline, News and Opinion »
The U.S. Senate held a hearing today on SB1070 in advance of Supreme Court arguments defending the law. For the most part, Republicans dismissed the hearing as being political theater.
“It’s just all, I believe, a political stunt that they’re performing today at the …
