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Lindsay Sobel

Lindsay Sobel came to the American Prospect in January
of 2000 as the first editor of the newly-launched American
Prospect Online. Before joining the Prospect, she
worked for Slate magazine and covered Congress for
The Hill newspaper. Sobel earned her B.A. from the
University of Michigan and a master's degree in public policy from
Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Sobel grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in Cambridge, MA with
her husband Terry Klein.

Recent Articles

Bush Promises to Help The Salvation Army Discriminate

Lindsay SobelDec 19, 2001

Comparison Shopping

Lindsay SobelDec 19, 2001

George W. Bush has crisscrossed the country touting his top political
priority--a giant tax cut. While consistently exaggerating the benefit to the
middle class, he has unfailingly neglected to mention that he would give the
wealthiest 1 percent of families 43 percent of the tax cuts. The tax break for
the top 1 percent amounts to $774 billion over 10 years. Here is a look at what
else the country could do with that whopping lump of cash over the next decade
(mostly based on year 2000 expenditures). Shop for yourself.

New Teachers. Pay almost two million teachers' salaries for 10 years.

Student Aid. Increase the federal Pell Grant budget 88-fold or multiply
federal student loans 18 times.

Comparison Shopping:

Lindsay SobelDec 19, 2001

Today, George W. Bush is traveling around the country touting his top
priority -- a giant tax cut. But he exaggerates the benefit to the
middle class, while neglecting to mention that he would give the top 1
percent of families 43 percent of the tax cuts. The tax cut for the
wealthiest 1 percent amounts to $774 billion over 10 years.
The American Prospect investigates what else the country could
buy with that lump of cash (based on year 2000 expenditures) over the
next decade. Shop for yourself.

The money that Bush would spend on the top 1 percent could fund the
following:

Revenge by Donation

Lindsay SobelDec 19, 2001

Fuzzy Logic:

Lindsay SobelDec 19, 2001

It's been a long, exhausting week. If you're like us, you may be having feverish nightmares about counting ballots and flashing electoral maps. And you wake up confused about the intricacies of Florida election law and the ramifications of "pregnant chads." You keep listening to press conferences with Governor Bush's many lackeys, and it seems they repeatedly contradict themselves. Could it be? What follows is a rundown of the Bush campaign's arguments -- in all their shameless glory:

"When the election looks like it's going Gore's way, everyone should hold their horses and wait for the real numbers. When the election looks like it's going Bush's way, it's time to get on with the transition."

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