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Hey, what’s this shotgun doing…*blam* Ouch! My foot!
–Obama Campaign (repeatedly)
Put me firmly on the side of not understanding why the Obama campaign would opt out of the Federal funding system. Well, I mean I understand why just not why.
You have a candidate that has (correctly) campaigned on getting money out of politics and campaigning. So, [...]
I’m watching with bemusement as Viagra, yes Viagra, becomes the #1 issue in the Missouri GOP Gubernatorial race. The combatants are: Sarah Steelman current state Treasurer and the only Republican I’ve ever voted for on one side and Kenny Hulshof, current US House member and the GOP machine’s pick for Governor on the other.
It started [...]
About six weeks ago, I mocked the Missouri legislature for enriching themselves with tax credits but not requiring any sort of public disclosure of the credits. HB 2058 was enacted during the session to cure some of the ills of the system.
– deems a taxpayer eligible for any state tax credit program even if a [...]
The New York Times had a big story over the weekend about young Evangelicals in St. Louis not being pre-programmed robots for the Republican party. I have no idea what placement it had in the paper, but it was the 10th most e-mailed story yesterday online (I can imagine readers of the Times shock and [...]
Dear Mr. President:
I know that you are unlikely to listen to me as I’ve never voted for you, routinely called your adventure in Iraq a travesty, and referred to your Administration as a bad joke on the American people. But I believe that for the good of the nation, we can agree on one thing. [...]
Here in Missouri, we’re being bombarded with a campaign for the “Yes for Schools First!” initiative. It’s a great thing for all Missourians, I mean just look at the benefits.
The Schools First Initiative, a measure proposed for the November 2008 state ballot, will provide new revenues for Missouri schools – without increasing our property taxes [...]
Just yesterday I posted about Bombardier’s attempt at getting Missouri to pay them more than twice the cost of a new factory in Kansas City and I mentioned Edward Jones’ tax breaks. I look in the St. Louis Business Journal and once again, EJ comes hat-in-hand looking for more tax abatements.
This time, it’s $17.8 million [...]
Okay, so the real score is probably Lobbyists 7,565,545,312,212 Good Tax Policy 1, but in this case the Missouri Senate did the right thing.
See, Bombardier is thinking about building a plant in Kansas City adjacent to the airport. But first, they want to milk the State of Missouri for all it’s got before committing to [...]
Ahhhh, April 15th. The day when tax people party (there ain’t no party like a tax party!) and politicians hoist ever dumber tax ideas on an unsuspecting public. Today’s contestant is John McCain. Let’s see what Senator McCain would do if he were Supreme Overlord:
Extend the Bush Tax Cuts (which he didn’t support until running [...]
