tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post6956003048648961417..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Obama's Connection to Heinz KetchupBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-35861518480420775602015-10-02T20:20:47.722-07:002015-10-02T20:20:47.722-07:00Paul Krugman at the New York Times (Oct.2, 2015):
...Paul Krugman at the New York Times (Oct.2, 2015):<br /><br />Voodoo Never Dies<br /><br />So Donald Trump has unveiled his tax plan. It would, it turns out, lavish huge cuts on the wealthy while blowing up the deficit. This is in contrast to Jeb Bush’s plan, which would lavish huge cuts on the wealthy while blowing up the deficit, and Marco Rubio’s plan, which would lavish huge cuts on the wealthy while blowing up the deficit ... You might think that there was a defensible economic case for the obsession with cutting taxes on the rich. That is, you might think that if you’d spent the past 20 years in a cave (or a conservative think tank).<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/opinion/voodoo-never-dies.html Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-78818166108858744402015-10-02T20:20:28.104-07:002015-10-02T20:20:28.104-07:00New York Times: Do We Value Low-Skilled Work?
(b...New York Times: Do We Value Low-Skilled Work? <br /><br />(by Brittany Bronson, an English instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a restaurant server.)<br /> <br />"One student recently told me that the sole reason he is pursuing a degree is because he doesn’t want to work in a job that requires no skills. As much as I want to reassure him that his education will guarantee him that, I cannot. The fact is, more and more college graduates are going to end up in jobs that don’t draw on the skills they paid so much to get."<br /> <br />http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/opinion/do-we-value-low-skilled-work.html Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-10526267512630265462015-10-02T15:19:47.504-07:002015-10-02T15:19:47.504-07:00Elizabeth Warren Made Washington Angry Again
The ...Elizabeth Warren Made Washington Angry Again<br /><br />The American political elite have never really been riled up over Elizabeth Warren's policy positions. They're just frightened by the culture war she's waging against the soft corruption of Beltway careerism. <br /><br />Sure, Warren is tough on Wall Street. But such left-wing radicals as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill support reinstating Glass-Steagall and its restrictions on risky securities trading. On most issues outside economic policy, Warren is a conventional Democrat.<br /><br />But when she takes on the revolving door between Washington policymaking and corporate cash-outs, tempers flare all over the city. <br /><br />Cheating your investment clients and peddling corrupt research aren't conservative values -- they're Washington values. <br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-corruption_560e7ef1e4b0768127019278<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-61805465855466609702015-10-02T13:42:49.962-07:002015-10-02T13:42:49.962-07:00Bernie Sanders has always been in favor of campaig...Bernie Sanders has always been in favor of campaign finance reform -- and Hillary Clinton recently jumped on the "populist" bandwagon with this issue too.<br /><br />But maybe corporations aren't people after all...<br /><br />Mitt Romney: "We've gotta rethink campaign finance."<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitt-romney-campaign-finance_560c0eade4b0768127001bd0?syycik9<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-27288886295449699152015-10-02T13:31:06.751-07:002015-10-02T13:31:06.751-07:00LOOKS LIKE HILLARY DIDN'T BRING ENOUGH APPLES ...LOOKS LIKE HILLARY DIDN'T BRING ENOUGH APPLES TO SCHOOL <br /><br />Some teachers are resisting union endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president. Many are saying no — or at least, not yet — and calling upon their state leaders to resist a move by the president of the union representing 3 million teachers to endorse Clinton. The pressure has been intense enough to prompt some notable defections in the National Education Assn.<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-clinton-teachers-20151001-story.html<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com