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Warren Buffett got the ball rolling in this country with his NYTimes op-ed piece calling for higher taxes on the super-rich—really, going back to brackets that existed not long ago. And now bbc.com is reporting that some ultra-wealthy citizens of France are calling on their government to tax them more…
Read More »In his new column, opinion writer E. J. Dionne, native of Southeastern Mass., urges President Obama to roll out a BIG Plan for jobs and real economic recovery that reaches everyone up and down the socio-economic ladder. Read his column here, which I picked up from the Washington Post, a…
Read More »It has been fascinating to watch Governor Rick Perry’s first week of campaigning. Before he announced, I began to think that he would be the nominee, if for no other reason than governors tend to do well in presidential races and Romney is, well, Romney. Governor Perry said a lot…
Read More »Ever since I first heard the name “Elizabeth Warren” used in connection with the US Senate seat now held by Scott Brown, I thought her candidacy would be a terrific idea. The other Democrats who have entered the race are all good candidates who bring a variety of strengths to…
Read More »Chris Cillizza columnist for the Washington Post and commentator for MSNBC just sent out his “Afternoon Fix” update on politics and Washington suggesting hot items, issues and incidents to watch for… Today he’s targeting among other things the possible match-up of Congressman Stephen Lynch and frosh Congressman Bill Keating as…
Read More »Check out this rant by Allan Sloan of Fortune from cnn.com I spent July on family leave, not writing columns, and watching with increasing horror as market-illiterate know-nothings, abetted by the craven leaders of the Republican Party (from which I’m about to resign) and the unspeakable ineptness of Obama and…
Read More »One of our occasional contributors who tracks money, politics, sports, pop culture, Lowelliana, and his own dreamlife (a la Jean-Louis K.) is on special assignment for rh.com while the First Family tries to get a moment of tranquility on “the Island.” Our man on the scene Ray LaPorte from Pawtucketville Nation will file regular posts…
Read More »[youtube]Z195iu2DUmE[/youtube] Here’s a pretty good commercial launched by the Tim Pawlenty for President campaign just before he dropped out of the race after his third place finish in the Ames, Iowa Republican straw poll on Saturday. While Pawlenty, before his exit, was pandering to the extremists who dominate the nomination…
Read More »University of Texas economist James K. Galbraith takes a crack at explaining what is going on with the economy and what Team Obama got wrong in 2009. Read his op-ed piece in the LA Times that I picked up from poet Garrett Hongo on Facebook.
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, financial titan Warren Buffet has some words for the Congressional super-committee as they look for ways to get the nation’s financial house in order. For a start, raise taxes on those people most able to afford to contribute more to the federal pot. He points to the example…
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