Budgeting for the Great American Train Wreck

It’s Aug. 1, 2011. Does President Barack Obama know where House votes for that last-minute budget deal are? The pact he forged primarily with Republican leadership in Congress after months of wrangling is no compromise. The GOP got just about all the cuts it...
A Right-Wing Jobs Program for America

A Right-Wing Jobs Program for America

Attention jobless Americans! If you’re among the millions of long-term unemployed people searching in vain for a job, here’s a hot tip: they’re hiring in Wisconsin. There’s one little catch, though, you have to be a Wisconsin jailbird to get...
Shredding the Safety Net

Shredding the Safety Net

America’s wealthy, That’s for sure; Why then pauperize The poor? There’s widespread poverty in America today, though it’s sometimes hard to see how bad it is. Real estate development techniques and zoning rules, plus a healthy dollop of...
America Doesn’t Need a Tax-Dodging Industry

America Doesn’t Need a Tax-Dodging Industry

Like a pack of men in suits mud wrestling, Washington’s budget battle would be entertaining to watch if we the people weren’t about to get hurt. The zeal of Republican lawmakers and their compliant counterparts in the Democratic Party to slash spending on...