This is it? This is the best you can do? Talk about playing to the stereotype (tax and spend, anyone?). The House democrats are the new Bush Republicans, spelled S-T-U-P-I-D.
These newly elected officials and this administration's folks are supposed to be smart, in tune with the electorate. I agree with Forest Gump's mom: smart is as smart does. This ain't smart.
90% tax? Is this a joke? Doesn't anyone find this scary?
The money quote:
If you’re still having trouble understanding big-time bankers’ huge paychecks — and who isn’t? — try thinking of the problem in more primitive terms. Like, say, the lives of elephant seals.
via NYTimes
The headline here says it all. This is totally nuts. It would be much cheaper for everyone to buy a baseball bat and a dog and then let about half the people of out prison. I figure a huge number of people are in prison for either low grade drug offenses—or for just not being white middle class.
RECENT events mark Japan’s return to the world’s stage, or at least so it seems. Tokyo was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s inaugural overseas destination. Last week, Prime Minister Taro Aso was the first foreign leader to visit the Obama White House. All this suggests that Washington sees Japan, the world’s second-largest economy, as a powerful nation. If only we saw ourselves the same way.
The president will deliver his budget today and with it a new philosophy. Former Clinton budget adviser Matt Miller asks: Can Obama convince Americans it’s a good idea to raise taxes?
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