“There’s class warfare, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” — Warren Buffett, 2006 TO: Middle America FROM: Me RE: Your future You just don’t get it, do you? The middle class has long played a central role in the health of America’s economy. As the middle class grew, [...]
Just finished watching Obama deliver the State of the Union speech (it’s “strong,” what a surprise!) and the response from, uh, the guy from Wisconsin. (I’m refusing acknowledge Bachmann). Spent some time digesting their remarks while doing dinner dishes. Here’s what I think: We’re Fucked The parties are really, really philosophically distant from one another [...]
What with the big kerfuffle over the Bush tax cut extension and the end of the year, I’ve been thinking a lot about taxes lately. I think there’s a lot of misinformation out there, alongside a tremendous amount of just lazy thinking. So I’d like to share my perspectives on three taxes that are recurring [...]
I should know better than to get into a political debate on Twitter. Particularly when I’m very busy working on deadline and don’t have time to be in a debate, in any medium, on any topic. But of course, that’s exactly what I managed to do today, with local friends/web geeks Chris and Gabe. It [...]
I’ve been meaning to write a comprehensive post on the whole health care reform thing — integrated with a review of The Healing of America — but circumstances have conspired against that happening. Maybe later. In the meantime I’d like to briefly address one of the most controversial parts of the health care reform bill [...]
Through a fluke of fate, I’ve spent more time talking in front of groups of people over the last four months than I did during the preceeding four years. Several of those appearances have been work-related, leading all-day (or close to it) discovery sessions where I get to really know a client’s audience, goals and [...]
I’ve been meaning to post for a while now on this subject, but haven’t had the time. And frankly, I still don’t. But given the furor over the FCC’s notice of proposed rulemaking today, I feel the need to quickly dash off a some thoughts. Hopefully at some point I’ll be able to do a [...]
One of the (many) objections conservatives and libertarians have raised to one of the (many) health care reform proposals presently being bandied about in Congress is the funding mechanism for any sort of public option. One current Democratic proposal on the table would levy taxes on the rich to help foot the bill (“rich” in [...]