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Category Archives: taxes
The Times’s Trump story is a few years too late
“I built what I built myself,” Mr. Trump has said, a narrative that was long amplified by often-credulous coverage from news organizations, including The Times. Certainly a handful of journalists and biographers, notably Wayne Barrett, Gwenda Blair, David Cay Johnston … Continue reading
Posted in casinos, humor, mainstream media, mid-term elections, taxes
Tagged casino owner, con man, David Cay Johnston, Donald Trump, Fred Trump, tax dodges, The New York Times
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A big victory for vile-but-discreet
Last week, after Roy Moore lost the race for a Senate seat in Alabama, I wrote “Old-guard Senate Republicans don’t like over-the-top vile. They like guys who are vile but discreet.” In other words, they prefer colleagues who are like … Continue reading
New tickets to paradise from PA Lottery
Nothing says “lower-class desperation” more clearly than state-sponsored lotteries: A new Pennsylvania Lottery game debuts Tuesday, while other longtime drawings are getting new names. The new game is called PICK 2, a twice-daily drawing that allows players to bet on … Continue reading
Schumer’s in a bubble with the banksters
From New Republic’s interview with New York Sen. Charles Schumer, who, in a weasel-y way, links Sen. Elizabeth Warren with “left-wing blogs”: CS: …You’ve got to look at the effect on average folks. The vast majority of the people employed … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, economic collapse, mainstream media, Obama, taxes, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street, weasel
Tagged banksters, Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, left-wing blogs, mirror image, neoliberals, populism, President Obama, Sen. Charles Schumer, Tea Party
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If at first you don’t secede…
I handed Swamp Rabbit a bucket of epoxy and put him to work fixing a new crack in the shack that’s deep enough to let in plenty of water if there’s a downpour. While he worked I talked politics, I … Continue reading
Today’s GOP — morons or monsters?
Swamp Rabbit and I were laying down planks to fix the hole in the floor of my shack and arguing about Republicans in Congress who shut down the government this week. Is their bad behavior grounded in stupidity or malice? … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Congress, health care, history, humor, mainstream media, taxes
Tagged Charles Pierce, Kevin Drum, Mother Jones, reign of morons, Rep. Marlin Stutzman
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The sport of kings, and of corporate welfare
Most non-fans of horse-racing, if they think of the sport at all, probably picture frantic racetrack patrons at ticket windows, or at computers, placing last-minute bets as horses and jockeys mosey up to the starting gate. But an article on … Continue reading
Posted in casinos, Philadelphia, sports, taxes, The New Depression
Tagged casino industry, Ed Rendell, horse-racing, Parx, slot machines, sport of kings
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