I took my talents to South Beach over the weekend for a relative’s surprise birthday party, and on the plane to and fro I had the opportunity to…think. Love airplane mode. Phones and tablets should have other modes, such as marriage mode, play-with-children mode, just-watch-one-screen mode, or perhaps physical media mode, where you would be… Continue reading The Silly Season Gets Serious
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Scott Brown – “Oil Companies Don’t Get Subsidies…I’m Positive”
Freshman Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), notorious for his close ties to the Koch brothers, doesn’t believe that oil companies get subsidies. Walking in an Independence Day parade in Plymouth, MA, the senator declared his allegiance to the oil industry, which receives $7 billion in subsidies a year: BROWN: Oil companies don’t get subsidies. . . . I’m positive. They’re able… Continue reading Scott Brown – “Oil Companies Don’t Get Subsidies…I’m Positive”
Tax Cuts For The Rich – Not Right, Not Smart, Must End – Obama
President Obama in his weekly address; Now, I don’t have a problem with any company or industry being rewarded for their success. The incentive of healthy profits is what fuels entrepreneurialism and helps drives our economy forward. But I do have a problem with the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies we’ve been handing out to oil and… Continue reading Tax Cuts For The Rich – Not Right, Not Smart, Must End – Obama