Archive for April, 2007
Posted in April 6th, 2007
It’s fair to say that Sheila Simon is getting a lot of support from fairly big name Democrats because, well, she is. Her father was close to both United States Senators and is a folk hero to numerous Illinois Democrats. Brad Cole is trying to portray the race as the big evil Democrats versus the […]
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Posted in April 5th, 2007
The stunning thing to me about the battling between Democrats over HB 750 and the GRT is that both reinforce the regressive nature of the Illinois tax system. HB 750 seeks to increase the flat tax on income while reducing property taxes. While I think property tax relief is extremely important in parts of the […]
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Posted in April 4th, 2007
Wow. Obama raised $6.9 million—more than a quarter of his total—over the Internet from more than 50,000 online donors, the Illinois Democrat’s campaign said from Chicago this morning. Overall, Obama received contributions from more than 100,000 individuals, his campaign said. Clinton received donations from about 50,000 people, while Edwards took in money from about 37,000 […]
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Posted in April 3rd, 2007
Regardless of the claims coming from the Governor, only retail food for consumption elsewhere and drug sales are exempted from the GRT. If the retail establishment bought the product within the State of Illinois from a distributor, manufacturer, and even a larger grower, the tax would be applied to that purchase. So not only are […]
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Posted in April 2nd, 2007
A commenter left a comment that was thoughtful, but I’d argue wrong on the GRT post: “large out of state retailers are benefited by the GRT at the expense of small, local businesses” This is incorrect. I would say that the GRT actually impacts those out of state more – since they are the ones […]
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Posted in April 2nd, 2007
Bill Donohue–of the Order of Sacred Hearts of the Outraged–is, what else, outraged that a chocolate Jesus is naked. Apparently Jesus should not have balls. Or something. I don’t even know what he’s offended about this time.
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Posted in April 2nd, 2007
Exempts the Authority from the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission. Speaker Madigan in HB 4091. If the Governor read…well, things.. he might be offended. Make no mistake about it, this is a giant fuck you to the power companies: (3) There is a lack of confidence that the electricity needs of residents, commerce, and […]
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Posted in April 2nd, 2007
Via Dan Johnson Weinberger The GRT is a really dumb idea according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy They testified at the hearings And they have an Issue Brief One on the Blagojevich plan This is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad tax. From the ITEP report and echoing what I wrote […]
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Posted in April 2nd, 2007
Dear Jewish Terrorist Plotter/Planner/Funder/Enabler/Apologist, You do not know me. But I am on the lookout for you. You are my enemy. And I am yours. I am John Doe. I am traveling on your plane. I am riding on your train. I am at your bus stop. I am on your street. I am in […]
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Posted in April 2nd, 2007
Okay, when I read Dan’s first post I assumed Bloomberg had gotten into a fight with a bat activist as Guilliani got into fights with ferret activists. But no, there is actually a movement to ban metal baseball bats. I’m so glad that’s a priority. Especially since Dan has found no evidence of there being […]
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Posted in April 2nd, 2007
One of the more bizarre claims of the faith based right is that markets just work. That’s not what economists say, of course. They say markets work under specific conditions including full information, but we know that the subprime market has had many, many bad operators in it for years now and one of their […]
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Posted in April 2nd, 2007
Cross-posted at Illinois Reason Is demonstrated in a post that also exemplifies his aversion to editing. An adversarial press vis-à-vis Republicans, forcing Giuliani’s third wife to admit she was herself married three times, something she admitted after interrogation last week. Only after steadily asking for as many biographical details as are available for other presidential […]
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