William and Casey, the only thing dumber than George WMD Bush is one of his blind followers. In response to my LRC article, “Just Say No,” I was told the following by a Bush/war/military supporter: Protecting your family is more important than “not killing”. Well, my family is safe now that the terrorist are being chased in another country and not freely bombing our buildings. I am sure you will make up some excuse why you live in a country protected by these fine soldiers yet you encourage our people to abandon the one institution that has kept the demons … Continue reading Dumb and Dumber

The Republicans have responded to the Democrats’ calls for tax increases on the rich with calls for tax increases on “undertaxed” lower income Americans. The GOP does not consider the highly regressive payroll tax a tax, instead the GOP views payroll taxes as the equivalent of contributions to a savings account. Notice that the social security reformers do not call for lowering the payroll tax, instead they simply call for forcing workers to invest some of their money in the stock market instead of sending it all to the government. In fact, some of the biggest proponents of “privatizing” social … Continue reading Dumb and Dumber