Working Life

   We all know the rich get away with paying virtually no taxes. There is a key way they do that beyond the income tax: capital gains and dividends. As the folks from Citizens For Tax Justice point out: The biggest and most unjustified of these subsidies is the special low tax rate on capital […]

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And I thought last week’s debate was laden with homo-eroticism. Well, the sexual tension at the VP debate last night was so thick, you could drill it with a drill. Could Palin and Biden share a sordid side– and a sexual history? Who could blame Sarah for falling for Biden’s charms? He is, after all, […]

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   Been traveling since early this morning to Chicago area so this is a bit later. But, read this in The Wall Street Journal on the plane: In an alliance born in part of fear, corporate executives across Colorado pledged to contribute at least $3 million to help organized labor defeat ballot measures that many […]

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   I am not going to say too much about whether I agree or disagree with the entirely self-serving, hypocritical, "Only I Can Save You" decision by his lordship NYC Mayor (or is that "God"?) Michael Bloomberg to reverse his position on term limits and seek a change in the law that would bar him […]

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   Once again–sigh–what this financial mess shows is how the progressive movement is disorganized, incoherent and fragmented. The bankers are pretty clear what they want. The public has been heard loudly that it rejects the Paulson bailout for bankers. But, progressives? I think I’ve seen at least half a dozen different "THIS IS THE SOLUTION" […]

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There is a great economic emergency looming in our country. But, it seems to me that we—or at least our elected leaders—have only looked at one side of the crisis, that of the housing bubble-inspired financial credit crunch. By doing so, we’ve missed the bigger picture and the solutions needed. So, here is one person’s […]

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You Never Forget Your First Debate, but in case you do forget it, or like, never watched it in the first place, here are the undebatably top 10 best moments from Friday Night’s debate. 1) Host Jim Lehrer tries to provoke a presidential man love/hate catfight: "talk to each other about it. We’ve got five […]

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   When you are wrong, you are wrong. I thought this ugly bailout for bankers was a done deal. Kudos to the people who stood up against this awful deal.    Everyone probably feels strongly about how their own individual Congresscritters voted. So, being from New York City, it’s an outrage that, with the exception […]

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   I was tempted to write about the sad collapse of the Mets yesterday (two years in a row) but I figured there were more tragic things to focus on (serious Mets fans may disagree) like the newest version of the bailout deal that is going to pass–though it should not. I would be shocked […]

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   Rightly so, there is a lot of focus on the $700 billion bailout for bankers (which as we know is now in disarray, causing stock futures to go lower in overnight markets overseas). But, what I’ve been saying here for some time, and I say when I talk to colleagues and friends, is that […]

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