(from The Washington Spectator)
why raising the minimum wage is a good idea
* * * * *
(from Jared Bernstein)
impacts of public sector jobs
Both pieces convincingly undercut conventional narratives, and not just those from Fox. Austerity won't work; we're not "cutting" our way to growth no matter how much folks try to convince us otherwise. When our economy is as weak as it is today, government acts, interventions are necessary to stimulate the economy--not to replace the private sector, mind you, but to stimulate growth until the private sector gets on board.
The Ron Paul fan club--aka the party of arrested adolescence ("just leave me alone")--will try to convince folks that if government just got out of the way, private industry would explode, ignoring history and empirical evidence.
Show me a government that cuts regulations and spending, I'll show you oil spills, gas explosions, and drilling in state parks and beneath public schools. Oh, yeah, and earthquakes in Youngstown, Ohio. And a disingenuous governor who wants to tax drillers and then reduce income tax for Ohioans a commensurate amount. Sounds good to some--the same folks who obviously didn't attend public schools or drive on public roads or ever have need for the police or the fire department.
(aside--since nobody makes it through the above criteria/filters, does that mean libertarians should more accurately be called "free-riders" or "moochers"? I mean, they want to eliminate a third or more of the government--where do they think these things come above? The job creator fairy? Come on now. Pay your taxes; then you don't have to complain about the lines at the post office, your kids in classes of 40, or the cops taking 30 minutes to get to your house. If you make the Mitt Romneys pay more than 14%--something closer to what you actually pay--then you don't have to cut off your nose to spite your face and receive reduced services just to save yourself 50 bucks a year in taxes.)
It's really a shameless effort to intertwine the skeptical public in supporting a still unknown, uncertain technology in fracking. In an ironic twist, Republicans are opposing the governor as much as Democrats b/c of the "pledge" to never, ever raise taxes. In the words of George H.W. Bush, "who the hell is Grover Norquist?"
why raising the minimum wage is a good idea
* * * * *
(from Jared Bernstein)
impacts of public sector jobs
Both pieces convincingly undercut conventional narratives, and not just those from Fox. Austerity won't work; we're not "cutting" our way to growth no matter how much folks try to convince us otherwise. When our economy is as weak as it is today, government acts, interventions are necessary to stimulate the economy--not to replace the private sector, mind you, but to stimulate growth until the private sector gets on board.
The Ron Paul fan club--aka the party of arrested adolescence ("just leave me alone")--will try to convince folks that if government just got out of the way, private industry would explode, ignoring history and empirical evidence.
Show me a government that cuts regulations and spending, I'll show you oil spills, gas explosions, and drilling in state parks and beneath public schools. Oh, yeah, and earthquakes in Youngstown, Ohio. And a disingenuous governor who wants to tax drillers and then reduce income tax for Ohioans a commensurate amount. Sounds good to some--the same folks who obviously didn't attend public schools or drive on public roads or ever have need for the police or the fire department.
(aside--since nobody makes it through the above criteria/filters, does that mean libertarians should more accurately be called "free-riders" or "moochers"? I mean, they want to eliminate a third or more of the government--where do they think these things come above? The job creator fairy? Come on now. Pay your taxes; then you don't have to complain about the lines at the post office, your kids in classes of 40, or the cops taking 30 minutes to get to your house. If you make the Mitt Romneys pay more than 14%--something closer to what you actually pay--then you don't have to cut off your nose to spite your face and receive reduced services just to save yourself 50 bucks a year in taxes.)
It's really a shameless effort to intertwine the skeptical public in supporting a still unknown, uncertain technology in fracking. In an ironic twist, Republicans are opposing the governor as much as Democrats b/c of the "pledge" to never, ever raise taxes. In the words of George H.W. Bush, "who the hell is Grover Norquist?"
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