This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Bruenig discusses how Sweden’s 70% tax rate on its top income bracket fits into an economy with high incomes along with lower inequality than the U.S. among other countries. – Roland Tanner rightfully argues that the proliferation of high turnover, low
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Rocco’s Next Campaign?
I hear he plans to make World Book for losing at least one election on every continent.h/t
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Who’s Endorsing Rocco Rossi?
…actually, they’ve gone PCPO down the line, it looks like. That’s JDL-Canada–the guys that made allies of Stephen Lennon, leader of that gang of neo-Nazis, pedophiles, and crack heads that is the English Defense League, who is now lo…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Complete This Sentence: Bad News For The Ford Regime
is bad news for…
Continue readingImpolitical: Ontario election notes this eve
A few things noticed in the news this evening that may be of interest… 1. Notable column on the NDP’s environmental policies in Ontario: “Cohn: NDP losing its green allies.” Prominent environmentalists are denouncing the NDP and publicly defending th…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Where do they go from here?
After a week of tributes and mourning, the talk in Ottawa is sure to turn to “what now” this week, as the NDP begins the process of replacing Jack Layton.
Of course, some did not wait that long. Anonymous NDP insiders let it be known that Brian Topp w…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The Battle for Eglinton-Lawrence
No, not that battle, because that one has already ended (and it didn’t end well for us).No, this is the new battle for Eglinton-Lawrence, this time on the provincial scale. The contenders are incumbent Ontario Liberal MPP Mike Colle, versus treacherous…
Continue readingDemocratic Progress: Feel The Rossimentum!
Regarding the whole “Rocco Rossi running for the Ontario PCs” (and, by the way, shouldn’t they be talking about dropping the “P”?). Does it feel to anyone else like this is a man who’s just really into throwing a finger into the wind? I mean, come on…..
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Sold down the river without a paddle
Above: Rocco in more Liberal timesGotta love this quote from the Star on Rossi running for the PC’s:Here’s what both your old, and new friends are saying about you Rocco:Both Tory and Liberal insiders denounced Rossi as “an opportunist” — Tories…
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