Governor proposes tax slice
To call them “cuts” to taxes would hardly do justice to the word. Still, taxes would be lower, and that’s a good thing. If only we could get the Republicans in Richmond to see the light.
Your move, Brussels
By spurning the pro-EU center-left for the anti-EU right in building his coalition, new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent a clear message to the “troika”: namely, “Moderate this!”
The Obama Community College Plan: Wealthy students’ tuition covered by poor taxpayers
He didn’t sell it that way, of course, but that’s the reality of his proposal.
Yes, fellow Republicans, we really can pick up poor voters
Pew finds that “financially insecure Americans” (that’s a cite quote, not a scare quote) don’t support Democrats more than their fellow citizens, and agree with Republicans on some major issues. But they don’t vote for us. Perhaps if we weren’t so eager to raise their taxes…
Will 2015 be the year that breaks up Europe?
With elections in Greece, Portugal, Spain, Poland, and the UK, “ever closer union” is ever closer to collapsing.
Was the 2013 tax hike really necessary?
A road study from the Reason Foundation hints otherwise.
Is $96 Billion Really Not Enough?
Of course it isn’t, because no number is ever enough.
TransCanada CEO puts president’s argument against Keystone Pipeline in deep freeze
The Arctic isn’t the only thing from up north that sent a cold blast into Washington
Why I would support Susan Stimpson against Bill Howell
Odds are I’m in the distinct minority on BD regarding a (yet unstarted) Stimpson-Howell nomination race, so even if BD did endorsements, it wouldn’t go as I wish. Here’s why I think voters in the 28th District should rather see things my way.
Why I am voting Republican tomorrow
Bearing Drift does not endorse, so I speak only for myself. That said, I do feel the need to speak.