Quick: name an industry where employees get two types of pay increase, neither of which is tied to merit. If you came up with an answer that wasn’t “public education,” let me know.
Month: June 2011
Sherrod Finds Space to Obama’s Left
Though President Obama agrees with Senator Brown that the best way to create jobs is to take a pile of money from job creators and dump it into a special-interest pit, Obama’s belief in big government may have found a limit.
Good News for Wisconsin Taxpayers
Let’s not forget the environment in which Republicans passed Walker’s reform bill: the unions took over Wisconsin’s capital while elected Democrats fled the state.
Soak the Rich, Week 6
After six weeks testing Sherrod Brown’s trademark fiscal policy – don’t cut spending, soak The Rich! – we’ve punished a dozen dirty, profitable American employers. Assuming zero negative outcomes, Sherrod’s strategy is starting to have a worthwhile impact on this year’s $1.62 trillion U.S. budget deficit.
Obamacare Still an Awful Idea
To paraphrase Nancy Pelosi’s immortal words: the more that we find out what’s in Obamacare, the more appalled we are that you passed it.
Soak the Rich: Wal-Mart
Since we’ve made evil bank JP Morgan Chase and the S&P 500′s top 10 companies pay their fair share, there are 489 greedy, successful corporations left for Sherrod Brown to soak. Who should be the next brick in our path to a balanced federal budget?
Unions and Democrats, Joined at the Hippie Hip
The unions don’t need to control the Democratic Party, and vice versa: both slam any (non-defense) spending cut as “extreme,” offer (non-specific) tax increases as the solution to every problem, and insist all conservative arguments are driven by vicious racism because they think the same way.
Soak the Rich: JP Morgan Chase
Fear not: this punitive tax policy won’t affect individuals’ or businesses’ borrowing power or expenses with all-knowing Progressives guiding the banking industry.
Soak the Rich, Week 5
After five weeks testing Sherrod Brown’s bold new fiscal policy – why cut spending when you can soak The Rich? – we haven’t made much of a dent in this year’s estimated $1.62 trillion U.S. budget deficit.
Sherrod Doesn’t Share Your Priorities
Watch Paul Ryan explain the GOP budget, and look for a reply from Sherrod Brown that’s not lazy, naked class warfare. When that reply never comes, ask yourself: does Sherrod share my priorities?