“It’s a simple equation. Tax increases destroy jobs.”
Speaker of the House, John Boehner said it in a speech he made to the Economic Club of DC a couple of days ago. Actually, the Speaker’s “simple equation” is bad math. One of the most prosperous periods...
View ArticleClass Warfare, Anybody? (Part 1)
Is there class warfare in the United States. Well, no. Mobs armed with stones and Molotov cocktails aren’t running in the streets, trying to overthrow the existing order. The poor aren’t rioting,...
View ArticleClass Warfare, Anybody? ( Part 2)
We statistical rabble-rousers are back. In an earlier post we talked about the distribution of wealth in this country. Now we’re ready to talk about the distributions of income. Income, remember,...
View ArticleCEO and Average Worker Pay
Recently a chart appeared on Facebook and elsewhere showing CEO pay compared to the pay of the average worker in different countries. If the figures you had seen before made you angry, this chart...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street
The Occupy Wall Street protest is now a month old and has collected $300,000. And at this point, with coordinated gatherings taking place not only in other cities across the United States, but also...
View ArticleCargo Cults and Occupy Wall Street
Probably the best known example of a cargo cult arose in New Guinea during World War II when the indigenous inhabitants, a pre-industrial society, saw US military personal build landing fields and use...
View ArticleRomney, Lies and Audio Tape
Romney has already launched his first television ad against the President and — good grief! As has been pointed out by Democrats and Independents and anyone who cares, the ad distorts what Obama...
View ArticleThe Left Bashing The Left
Jack Slack (Disclosure: that’s his name, not a pseudonym) is a writer living in Florida. When he’s not diving for sunken treasure or fashioning gold jewelry he gives some thought to politics. Right now...
View ArticleWhat Goes Around…
Mitt Romney has complained, rightly, about being quoted out of context, of having what he said twisted around so it comes out wholly different from what his words actually meant. Romney has forgotten...
View ArticleHow To Tell The Difference Between Football And Political Primary Campaigns
If you like to keep score, the weekend of January 21 and 22 was exciting. The New England Patriots defeated the Baltimore Ravens 23 to 20, the New York Giants defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 20 to...
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