by Our Readers | Sep 23, 2010 | News
The Rich Don’t Need Tax Breaks One of the greatest cons of our day has been the assertion that we need to make rich people richer in order to create jobs. This is not only false; it is destructive to our environment, way of life, economy, health, spirit,...
by Stephanie Kraft | Sep 23, 2010 | News
As we’ve written before in this column, the American manufacturing base has eroded drastically. Why is that important for people who don’t want jobs in manufacturing anyway? One big reason is that the service jobs that have replaced manufacturing jobs pay...
by Mark Roessler | Sep 23, 2010 | News
When I grew up, back in the Age of Analog, there were clear protections on our private communications. Along with setting up the U.S. mail system, our first postmaster general, Ben Franklin, had established laws of conduct making it clear that tampering with the post...
by Stephanie Kraft | Sep 23, 2010 | News
To the extent that it oversees or nudges the economy, how much does the U.S. government value jobs for Americans? Historically, that value has had to compete with other values—which is one reason we have a crisis in job creation now. That crisis has deep roots;...
by Maureen Turner | Sep 28, 2010 | News
There are more than 45,000 parcels of property within the city of Springfield, with a total value of about $7.5 billion. Of those, 2,266 are legally exempt from paying taxes. That’s not an insignificant figure: the property value of exempt parcels totals $1.47...
