Photo Credit: JD Hancock via CompfightThe reason Mitt Romney pays so little income tax is that he makes most of his money from investments. This is supposed to be a way to “incentivize” investment. So he invests in companies that supposedly create jobs and spread the wealth around. Mitt is most definitely part of the Read More
Front page of the Dayton Daily News, centered, above the fold. Photos of the four Republican candidates involved in the Feb. 22, 2012, debate in Mesa, Arizona. If we ignore the headline that places Romney and Santorum as the only two possible contenders, and just examine the picture spread, we have 2 candidates looking thoughtful, Read More
The “American dream” is that this is a land of opportunity. America is supposed to be the magical place where anyone can work their way up from poverty to the presidency, or at least that’s what we’ve believed. Recent studies found that our country is now far from that. Americans enjoy less economic mobility than Read More
In the last presidential election cycle, over $5 billion was spent on political campaigns. This cycle with the newly allowed superPACs, it could be double that. The mass media will never point out how ludicrous this all is directly, because it’s keeping them alive. If there is one reason to move the elections to July Read More
One of the things I find fascinating about the whole Iowa caucus debacle is that people actually discuss in the open whom they support. It’s one thing to say who you voted for, but, actually standing on one side of a room or another for all to see is in some ways a stronger statement Read More
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