Soak the Rich: McDonald’s

Last week alone we made evil bank JP Morgan Chase and evil non-union retailer Wal-Mart pay their fair share, and there are plenty of other corporations Sherrod Brown would love to teach a lesson in the 488 that remain. Next up, the company responsible for rampant obesity and half of May’s new jobs!

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.

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?

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.

Does Sherrod Share Your Priorities?

Proving once again my amateur partisan hack status, I’m only now getting to a Sherrod Brown “news” item from mid-March. Early this year Senator Brown’s staff posted a survey on the web for Ohioans to tell Sherrod their priorities. Though a web form is an unscientific thing, I doubt Team Brown loved the results: “Federal… Continue reading Does Sherrod Share Your Priorities?

Soak the Rich: Microsoft

As we begin the second month of Soak the Rich, we start with another fun soakee: Microsoft! Bill Gates is a generous guy, so I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if his corporation’s taxes were doubled and his CEO’s pay whisked away for Sherrod Brown and Barack Obama to dole out.