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A Lesson for Future Presidents and Children
Sep 19, 2013 The No. 1 problem we face is inequality, and the beginning of a new school year is the appropriate moment to ask what role education plays. Are schools part of the solution or are they part of the problem?The No. 1 problem we face is inequality. The beginning of a new school year is the appropriate moment to ask what role education plays. Are schools part of the solution or are they part of the problem?
Without a Debt Deal, Obama Can Make the Rich Pay
Jul 29, 2011 If the deficit remains unfunded, the president should withhold money from the enforcement and the support of laws that enrich the rich This would lead to higher wages for workers and lower prices for consumers, and it would help shield them from the cuts he wants to make in income security programs.
What The New York Times Doesn’t Understand About Taxes
Apr 6, 2011 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.
Whose Side Is the New York Times On, Part 2
Mar 22, 2011 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.
Whose Side Is The New York Times On?
Mar 15, 2011 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)
Beware of Arne Duncan’s Tricks
Mar 10, 2011 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.
Down With Democracy, Let’s Have a King
Feb 25, 2011 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).
How to Be a Billionaire
Feb 2, 2011 All you have to do to be a billionaire is to have an idea. John A. Paulson had an idea, and in 2010 his idea made him $5 billion. (more)
Don’t Blame Workers for the Crimes of the Wealthy
Feb 1, 2011 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)
Obfuscating Unemployment
Jan 27, 2011 During the Great Depression, high rates of unemployment prevailed for 11 years The experience of seeing a free market system drive itself into a rut that it cannot pull itself out of is nothing new And we have long known the solutionThe experience of seeing a free market system drive itself into a rut that it cannot pull itself out of is nothing new.