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Category Archives: Economy
Photo of the Day: Kris Jacobs
This photo of Jobs Now Coalition Executive Director Kris Jacobs was taken during an interview on Dec. 31. I’m only now getting around to writing up the story. Look for it in an upcoming edition of Capitol Report—that is, if … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Journalism, Labor, Law, My Published Writing, Photography, St. Paul, State Politics
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The Price of Inequality
An example of what Mr. Romney, and the media mouthpieces who have defended his May fundraiser “observations,” apparently do not understand about the non-income tax paying class that he considers moochers: “America’s economic divide has grown so large that it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Labor, Presidential Politics
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Video: Why UU’s Care About Immigration
This is the first of two new videos I have produced and posted to my church’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/mvuuf). As always, this was done with the invaluable assistance of photog maestro Darrell Eager. In this short segment, MVUUF Minister David … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Race, Religion, Video
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Minnesota’s Surprise Surplus
I don’t have time to analyze this in any detail because I am on deadline on a magazine piece. But I thought I’d share this press release from Minnesota Management and Budget’s John Pollard, which tells the story pretty well. … Continue reading
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Hail David Frum…
… for telling it like it is. If we say something often enough, we come to believe it. We don’t usually delude others until after we have first deluded ourselves. Some of the smartest and most sophisticated people I know—canny … Continue reading
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Super Committee Fails–To No One’s Surprise
It’s official. The Congressional super committee that was supposed to pull the country out of its financial and legislative morass has failed. The group has muffed its responsibility to find $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions. Even though Wall Street is … Continue reading
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Government Living Under the Poverty Line?
The image included below is making the rounds on Facebook today. If it is correct, then the answer posed by the headline apparently is “yes.” The image comes from a Madison, Wis., nonprofit organization called We the People of the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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Spam of Evil
While doing a search through old email archives, I randomly came across this stinking hunk of spam. I repeat it verbatim, without correcting for grammar. It arrived on July 20, 2005, just before the mortgage fiasco broke the economy. Dear … Continue reading
Posted in Economy
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