Tag Archives: Tea Party

‘Taxachusetts’, Economic Geography and Ideology

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

In the Republican/Tea Party view of the world, Massachusetts, or as they call it ‘Taxachusetts‘, is a state burdened by high local taxes, riddled with regulations, and with a school system under the control of teachers’ unions. And therefore no … Continue reading →

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Moderate Republicans: an Extinct Species of RINO?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

Seeing the crazies who seem to be the Republican candidates, and their audiences this campaign season, and also hearing that a species of rhino had become extinct, I wondered if the species of Moderate Republicans aka RINO (Republican in Name … Continue reading →

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The Tea Party: China’s Trojan Horse

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

I like this piece in the New York Times from Nicholas Kristoff, though I differ from him in seeing the extremism of the Republican and Tea Parties as indeed being a foreign funded and inspired (via Rupert Murdoch) Trojan Horse. … Continue reading →

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‘Government of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%’ Joseph E. Stiglitz

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has an interesting article in Vanity Fair that is summarized below. It suggests that we are no longer in a democracy but a plutocracy in which the wealthiest 1% of Americans call the shots. … Continue reading →

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