The conservative talking point “We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem” is meant to preempt this basic fact about the deficit, as a way to rule tax increases out of hand. But it’s a lie.
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The conservative talking point “We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem” is meant to preempt this basic fact about the deficit, as a way to rule tax increases out of hand. But it’s a lie.
May 25, 2013 By Jon Geeting 1 Comment
When many liberals look at a rag-tag group of neighborhood activists fighting against a corporation, their tribal instinct is to back the neighborhood activists. But when it comes to the issue of infill housing development, this gets the politics exactly backwards. Renter/home-buyer interests and housing developer interests are basically aligned. Not perfectly aligned, but about as well aligned as any political coalition is [...]
May 22, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
In this era of tight budgets, cities are looking for ways to grow their tax bases without asking individual households to contribute more taxes. Here’s the first place they should look. Different kinds of buildings yield different amounts of property tax revenue per acre. Many areas limit residential development to just one house per acre. [...]
May 25, 2013 By Jon Geeting 1 Comment
When many liberals look at a rag-tag group of neighborhood activists fighting against a corporation, their tribal instinct is to back the neighborhood activists. But when it comes to the issue of infill housing development, this gets the politics exactly backwards. Renter/home-buyer interests and housing developer interests are basically aligned. Not perfectly aligned, but about as well aligned as any political coalition is [...]
May 13, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
The point of political blogging is not that you’ll directly reach so many voters that you’ll shape opinions about elections. The point is that for every couple dozen low-information voters, there’s a *political friend* who people ask who to vote for the week before an election. The point of blogging is to shape the opinions [...]
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It's a revenue problem all right. Obama has missed his 60 million dollar goal as of 6/30 and it is not being reported.
He'll wind up buying the election in 2012 but he may have to do it the way he's managed the US budget so far: borrowing the money.