An article in the NY Times with the innocuous title “Lines Blur as Texas Gives Industries a Bonanza” brings up one of my pet peeves. The article is about how Texas gives out billions of dollars in tax breaks to entice companies to open factories in the state. Where does this money come from? Last […]
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Here’s what I think will happen with the (poorly named) “fiscal cliff”. Or at least what the Democrats should do. This assumes the Republicans refuse to compromise (or don’t even make a counter-offer to Obama’s offer). We go over the fiscal cliff. Nothing happens, at least not immediately. I think the markets are already prepared […]
Roger Ailes [Fox News] has helped kill conservatism in America, by never allowing it to criticize itself. When journalism puts power above truth it isn’t, to coin a phrase, “actual journalism”. It’s propaganda. — Andrew Sullivan UPDATE: While longer than Sullivan’s quote, Bruce Bartlett has a must-read piece in American Conservative called “Revenge of the […]
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