Friday Talking Points [199] -- My "War On Women" Rant
[ Posted Friday, February 24th, 2012 – 17:51 PST ]
"When the going gets weird," Hunter S. Thompson famously said, "the weird turn pro."
Archive of Articles in the "Taxes" Category
Friday Talking Points [198] -- Milbank's Unfunny Puns
[ Posted Friday, February 17th, 2012 – 17:21 PST ]
President Barack Obama certainly had an impressive week, getting from Congress exactly what he demanded in the State Of The Union message -- a payroll tax holiday extension for the rest of the year... with "no drama."
Weak Tea?
[ Posted Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 – 17:33 PST ]
Is the Tea Party faction of the Republican Party becoming irrelevant?
Romney's "Very Poor" Choice Of Words
[ Posted Monday, February 6th, 2012 – 16:31 PST ]
Mitt Romney's gaffe last week (reproduced in full, above) is going to wind up the "gaffe that keeps on giving" for Barack Obama and the Democrats in this election cycle. Because the more Romney's comment is examined and dissected, the worse it looks for him. This could, in fact, be the defining moment for Mitt Romney as a national political presence. That phrase is often bandied about in politics, but I use it here in the full literal sense of "defining moment" -- a point in time which absolutely cements an image in the public mind of who you are and what you stand for as a politician. The image, quite obviously, is not a good one for Romney.
Friday Talking Points [196] -- Poor Mitt?
[ Posted Friday, February 3rd, 2012 – 17:10 PST ]
Mitt Romney, frontrunner for the Republican nomination, announced he wasn't too worried about poor people. Maybe it would be fun to see Romney debate Joe Biden, just because nobody would know what to expect from either of them. Heh.
Obama Poll Watch -- January, 2012
[ Posted Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 – 15:34 PST ]
President Barack Obama continued a three-month upward swing in the polls in January, with his average job approval rating for the month ticking up 1.2 points, and his disapproval rate falling by exactly the same amount.
The Alternative Millionaires' Minimum Tax
[ Posted Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 – 17:01 PST ]
President Obama last night unveiled a new twist on an old idea in his State Of The Union address to Congress -- limit the loopholes and tax giveaways that very wealthy people use to reduce their taxes far below the rate honest workers pay. Obama called for a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on income over one million dollars. To some, this sounds like a radical idea, but it really isn't. It is merely a refinement of a part of the tax code that has been with us for decades: the Alternative Minimum Tax.
The State Of The Union
[ Posted Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 – 22:43 PST ]
I haven't written one of these snap-judgment reactions to a speech in a while, so forgive me if this is a bit choppy and disorganized. As always, I am writing this before looking at other opinions of President Obama's just-completed State Of The Union speech. I feel this keeps my opinion unsullied by any sort of "groupthink" effect. Sometimes I read other speech reviews the next day and find I agree with them, sometimes not, but this way at least you know I'm not just regurgitating others' thoughts.
Friday Talking Points [194] -- Out Of Touch
[ Posted Friday, January 20th, 2012 – 17:31 PST ]
OK, to be completely honest, we just felt like beating up on some Republicans today.
Mitt's Tax Returns
[ Posted Thursday, January 12th, 2012 – 17:19 PST ]
What is hiding in Mitt Romney's tax returns?