Reconsider
More Lincoln and less Grover Norquist is a good idea for the national Republican Party too, and reportedly some Congressional Republicans are thinking about it. Even members of the Arkansas delegation are said to be reconsidering the pledge not to raise taxes that Norquist got them all to sign. (Norquist is a lobbyist who wants to assure that rich people don't have to help support the government that protects them. He calls this tax reform.)
More revenue is required to give the American people things like medical care for the elderly and national defense. Drugs and drones cost money. President Obama has made a modest proposal to restore the old, higher tax rates that were in effect for wealthy Americans before George W. Bush cut them, turning the economy sour. Obama would shield the middle class from higher taxes. The plan sounds unobjectionable to most people, though Mitt Romney objected. And Mitt Romney was defeated. There should be a lesson there.
Speaking of Grover Norquist
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Morning report: Taxes, oily birds, power lines
April 29, 2013A slow start this morning. A couple of things popped up: /more/
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I pledge allegiance to Grover
March 15, 2013We mentioned yesterday that Grover Norquist is giving Arkansas Republicans permission to vote for dinky tax increases even though normally voting for a tax increase will turn you in to a severed rat head floating in a bottle of Coke. /more/
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Tax cut and tax hike come out of committee; Pope Norquist says all is well
March 14, 2013Good report from Roby Brock on the House Revenue and Tax committee meeting this morning. /more/
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Misquoted
There's embarrassment in the young gubernatorial campaign of state Rep. Debra Hobbs of Rogers. Announcing her candidacy last week, Representative Hobbs said "I feel like this is what God wants me to do." But sources close to God say that He gave her no encouragement and was at most indifferent to her campaign.
- May 23, 2013
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Say goodbye
It's kind of piling on, admittedly, but we feel compelled to join the call for state Treasurer Martha Shoffner to resign. Awkwardly compelled, that is. She has not yet been convicted of the criminal charges filed against her, and that's an important point. The presumption of innocence has not been repealed.
- May 23, 2013
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Listen, UA
Any public-university trustees considering merger of their tax-supported teaching hospital with a Catholic hospital should ponder these wise words from Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
- May 16, 2013
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Event Calendar
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Re: The crash of Martha Shoffner
I don't see sadness in this case. What I do see is a person who…
- on May 22, 2013
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Re: The crash of Martha Shoffner
Sad? Are you kidding me? Disgusting is what it is. She chose to do the…
- on May 22, 2013
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Re: Syrian war: Iraq redux
The U.S. abandoned Afghanistan after the Soviets were driven out. The Taliban drove in from…
- on May 22, 2013
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