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romana klee (CC-BY-SA)
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Once again a New York Times article hinges on the numbers, and the numbers as reported are all wrong. This is becoming a disturbing pattern.
Posted on Apr 5, 2011
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Pat Arnow (CC-BY-SA)
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State personal income in New York in 2009 was $908 billion. Thus a flat tax of less than 1 percent would close the deficit entirely, without any spending cuts.
Posted on Mar 21, 2011
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Niall Kennedy: Some rights reserved
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As if dealing with the many known enemies of government workers is not enough, state employees in New York now also have to contend with the old gray lady herself, The New York Times. (more)
Posted on Mar 14, 2011
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White House / Pete Souza
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The statistical evidence is that smaller class size means better education, but smaller class size also means higher taxes. So Education Secretary Arne Duncan chose trickery to divert parents from the clear road.
Posted on Mar 9, 2011
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DoD / Cherie A. Thurlby
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With a 10 percent rate of unemployment among his subjects and fear of the unrest that this could unleash, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia decreed an increase in aid to the unemployed, an increase in the salaries of government employees, an increase in aid to students, an increase in funds ... (more)
Posted on Feb 25, 2011
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Flickr / John D. Carnessiotis (CC-BY)
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According to The New York Times, “What’s Broken in Greece” is that the cost of labor in Greece from 2005 to 2010 has been, on average, 25 percent higher than in Germany. (more)
Posted on Jan 31, 2011
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Flickr / Thomas Anderson (CC-BY)
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American workers need jobs and access to the Chinese market, and Chinese workers need jobs and technology. Volvo provides a model of how we can make both sides happy. (more)
Posted on Jan 19, 2011
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Flickr / Brandi Sims (CC-BY)
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In a recent story titled “A Push to Privatize Pennsylvania Liquor Stores,” New York Times reporter Katharine Seelye described a state-owned liquor store in Forest City, Pa., that ran out of eggnog before Christmas and concluded that customers of these stores are “like prisoners in the gulag” ... (more)
Posted on Jan 18, 2011
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Why Independent Thinkers Are Repugnant to Religious Zealots and Rick Santorum
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