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Everybody else hates it, but Paul Ryan loves Herman Cain's goofy 9-9-9 plan
The Chief, an Oshkosh blogger who deserves a wider readership, asks:
If Paul Ryan takes Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan Seriously, should we keep taking Paul Ryan Seriously?
It's entirely possibly that there has never been a more ridiculed and completely dismissed domestic policy proposal than Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Tax Plan. Democrats hate it. Conservatives hate it. Even Grover Norquist hates it. Bruce Bartlett says of the plan:
Even allowing for the poorly thought through promises routinely made on the campaign trail, Mr. Cain’s tax plan stands out as exceptionally ill conceived.
LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: Why I'm Endorsing Marty Chavez for Congress
Original Author:
Democracy for New Mexico
This is a guest blog by Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat serving as Mayor of Los Angeles, California, the third Mexican American to have ever held office in the city of Los Angeles and the first in over 130 years. He is also the current president of the United States Conference of Mayors. He was first elected mayor on May 17, 2005, and is currently serving his second term.
Raising His Voice
For real change to happen, bold and innovative leaders must step forward to lead. As a former labor organizer, a progressive activist, and Mayor of the great city of Los Angeles, I know what it takes to step forward at critical times to make the tough choices -– and because of that I can spot a leader who gets results when I see one.
Blue Shield admits to overcharging California customers by about half a billion since 2010
Original Author:
Consumer Watchdog
It is a
masterful spin by the self-described not-for-profit Blue Shield of California to announce that it is returning all but two percent of its profits to its customers, as though this were some act of humble generosity. It’s a little like a supermarket announcing that from now on it’s going to give back (almost) all of your change. (It’s actually worse than that, as I’ll explain.)
It is a
masterful spin by the self-described not-for-profit Blue Shield of California to announce that it is returning all but two percent of its profits to its customers, as though this were some act of humble generosity. It’s a little like a supermarket announcing that from now on it’s going to give back (almost) all of your change. (It’s actually worse than that, as I’ll explain.)
State Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, US Senate Candidate, Has PolitiFact Ratings Mainly False
Original Author:
(James Rowen)
We've come to expect ratings like this:
Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, State Assembly leader and US Senate candidate is just another GOP leader and
fibber - - one true, two mostly false, one Pants on Fire rating so far - - earning him about the same false-to-true PolitiFact rating
owned by Governor, Scott Walker.
There is a Wisconsin Republican struggle with truthiness, as
I noted a couple of months ago:
Another day, another "False" rating from PolitiFact for a top Republican leader from Wisconsin.
This time, it's Reince Priebus, the Wisconsinite running the national GOP apparatus these days.
In a statement, Priebus was found to have doubled the amount of money public-employee union spent in the recall elections - - turning about $15 million into $30 million.
That's a pretty big goof, both in total dollars and in as a percentage of the true facts.
Two approaches to Amazon tax
Original Author:
Brian Leubitz
Rep. Speier takes a different tack from Senate legislation.
by Brian Leubitz
Sen. Durbin has already introduced the "Main Street Fairness Act" in the Senate to create something of a national sales tax, but Rep. Jackie Speier is looking for another way. She's looking to simply authorize states to collect the taxes.
n July, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., introduced a Main Street Fairness Act with support from trade organizations such as the National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association; both groups voiced support for the Womack-Speier bill, as well.
But Speier said her bill is "dramatically different" from Durbin's in that his creates a national sales tax covering all states, while hers authorizes states to collect their own.
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