Office by Alex Penny
Objective & Subjective, but always Respective of the Collective
A UK experiment gone bad? Maybe.
Either way if there is one thing I have observed in my short time on Earth it’s that wealthy individuals KNOW how to protect their wealth via tax loop holes.
It’s the reason why some of the brightest accountants work for them. Excessively taxing the rich isn’t going to work in the short or long term.
Perhaps encouraging them to invest money back into the economy (via incentives and tax cuts) is a better option.
Mitt has already apologized for this apathetic statement for the poor, but the fact that this is on video means it will be used against him in the general.
(Source: CNN)
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Newt Gingrich (1995)(Source: businessweek.com)
I wish @Gmail had an all inclusive anti-political filter feature available!
I’m tired of politicians and PAC’s emailing me why they think they’re awesome while everyone else sucks.
Worse, I haven’t signed up for ANY of their silly newsletters, yet they keep emailing me as of I was their greatest fan.
Yeah, I could create a filter for each one, but creating dozens of new filters every year for each national, state, and local campaign (not to mention PACs, political organizations and political endorsers) is not the answer.
If Google Voice can save me from annoying politicians, surely Gmail can do the same. At least I hope they can. :-/
They may drag out the race with their PAC’s, but if Romney wins in SC their candidates may drop out.
I’m the fourth best president in American history ~ Barack Obama (by RobtKraft) | What about George Washington, Truman and Jefferson?! Huh?!
Came across this via Brian Dunbar’s blog. The fact that there isn’t massive outrage about this makes me wonder if America’s future will resemble Brave New World after all.
Even here, the focus is on the inconvenience associated with constitutional challenges to a policy of imprisoning people without charge or trial, as opposed to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment violations themselves. But in contrast with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and likeminded advocates of military detention, the Obama administration at least concedes that the powers affirmed by the NDAA raise “major statutory and constitutional questions.” Like Congress, which has shamefully evaded its legislative responsibilities by deliberately maintaining ambiguity about the president’s detention authority, Obama is content to let the courts sort things out, especially since he is certain that he will never abuse whatever power he has. (Reason.com)
Are there any lovers of liberty left in government?
I think this goes to show the difference between the average Dem politician and the average GOP politician. The latter is much more principled (even when it’s on the wrong side of the law). Democrats are (for what it’s worth) pragmatic. This is why Democrats often lose elections.
Truth be told I never saw that coming! If that happens, you’ll see a lot of negative ads (courtesy of Romney) attacking Ron Paul as fringe.
All I can ask is “why?!”
An NBC News/Marist Poll poll released Sunday showed support for the former speaker of the House soaring in South Carolina and Florida, making Mr. Gingrich the distinct front-runner for those states’ late January primaries. His performance in the Saturday night debate in Des Moines suggests Mr. Gingrich also remains on stable footing with just over three weeks left before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation voting on Jan. 3. (Wall Street Journal)
Is the GOP insane?! Newt might have superior debating skills than everyone running (Obama included) but the guy has enough political skeletons to fill up a grave yard!
Romney isn’t any better (my first choice is Perry, but his public gaffe’s make Joe Biden look good), but if Newt wins the nomination, then the world will have to endure another 4 years of Obamanomics. :-(
