Author: Stable Genius

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Stephen Stills on Mitt Romney: ‘I Never Thought I’d See a Creepier Politician Than Nixon’

Stephen Stills on Mitt Romney: ‘I Never Thought I’d See a Creepier Politician Than Nixon’

After running for years as a hard-right conservative, Romney is sprinting to the center in the final days of the campaign. This shouldn’t surprise anyone. He cast himself as a moderate back when he became Governor of Massachusetts. He’ll be whatever he thinks he has to be in order to win. He is just raw ambition with no real ideology.

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The left side of the chart shows the first Bush years. The right is Obama’s. The red line represents the trajectory of private sector jobs, while the blue and green lines represent the trajectory of state and local government jobs. Jobs: Bush’s First Term vs. Obama’s First Term – Business Insider

Romney Avoids Taxes via Loophole Cutting Mormon Donations

Romney Avoids Taxes via Loophole Cutting Mormon Donations

In 1997, Congress cracked down on a popular tax shelter that allowed rich people to take advantage of the exempt status of charities without actually giving away much money.
Individuals who had already set up these vehicles were allowed to keep them. That included Mitt Romney, then the chief executive officer of Bain Capital, who had just established such an arrangement in June 1996.

Blaming China Masks our Real Economic Problems

Blaming China Masks our Real Economic Problems

For the most part, the response of economists to the candidates’ exchange over trade was highly negative. Economists are strong advocates of open, unimpeded trade between nations, and with all that economists have done to promote the idea that specialization and trade is mutually beneficial – an argument with the public that has persisted for hundreds of years how could the candidates regress into this primitive mercantile thinking?

Worth a read.

Kill lists? Dems don’t want to know

Kill lists? Dems don’t want to know

When first asked about why her party’s presidential nominee flip-flopped on indefinite detention provisions in his National Defense Authorization Act, she refuses to answer the question by saying, “I didn’t hear that as a subject at the debate.” When subsequently asked about President Obama’s notorious “kill list,” in which he unilaterally executes those (including U.S. citizens) he accuses of terrorism, she insists, “I have no idea what you are talking about,” then smiles and says, “I’m happy to answer any serious questions you have.” When asked, “Why isn’t that serious?” she shuts down the interview by declaring, “Because I have no idea what you are talking about.”

Note to the white house, you are pissing off your base. Again. This is a two fold insult to the base. First, doing something widely unpopular and second, refusing to discuss it as if this should be above discussion.