The Huffington Post has early access to the Walter Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs, which – among many other things – reveals the Apple CEO’s distaste for President Obama and his policies: When he [Jobs] finally relented and they met at the Westin San Francisco Airport, Jobs was characteristically blunt. He seemed to have transformed […]
Economic Policy
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Wrong Kind of Government Subsidy
Matt Yglesias notes that the city of Seattle is putting up $4 million to subsidize the operations of a downtown public parking garage. This is on top of $1.5 million the city already lent the garage last year. Apparently, when one subsidy wasn’t enough to create sufficient demand for the parking spaces, a second was […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
“The Romney Rule”
Priorities USA, the Democratic consulting firm backed by former Clinton staffer Paul Begala, is out with its first ad attacking former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. It’s a good one: Like the The Washington Post‘s Greg Sargent, I think that this will be a potent line of attack should Romney become the Republican nominee for president. […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Blame and How to Give It
That Senate Republicans used the filibuster to kill a Democratic stimulus bill isn’t a surprise – at this point, Republicans have all but announced their plan to keep the economy from significantly improving, and as a result, slash the tires on President Obama’s bid for re-election. What comes as a surprise is the extent to […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Occupy the Rules Committee
For last two months, we’ve been engaged in something of a natural experiment to see if presidential speechifying-in this case, a consistent focus on jobs-is enough to move public opinion in a progressive direction and create avenues for legislative success. So far, that hasn’t been the case. Instead, Republicans have taken their usual position of […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The NYPD: A Movement’s Best Friend
Occupy Wall Street’s confrontations with police and politicians have only fueled the protest’s growth.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Must-See OWS Clip
This you gotta see. Really. …in which Alec Baldwin very nicely talks with an Occupy Wall Street whacko and explains that what we really need is an active SEC, not one that’s in the pocket of the banks.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
More Reagan than Reagan
Even the Gipper thought the rich should pay their fair share.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Homeowners Alone
The number of Americans whose homes are “underwater” continues to be a huge drag on the economy, but the administration is failing to address the issue.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Medicare Bind
Democrats should defend Medicare. But if they want to accomplish much else, they will have to change it.
