Nancy Folbre: Our Carbon, Our Climate, Our Cash - NYTimes.com: A new Climate Protection Act introduced by Senators Bernard Sanders, the independent from Vermont, and Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, proposes such a tax. About 60 percent of the revenues would be returned directly to consumers, 25 percent allotted to deficit reduction and 15 percent devoted to investments in renewable energy.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Nancy Folbre: Our Carbon, Our Climate, Our Cash - NYTimes.com
Bernie Sanders is still my favorite Senator. Here Nancy is blogging about a carbon tax proposal:
Rand Paul’s Loopy Ascent - NYTimes.com
Aside from the Paul Family's opposition to imperialism (US variety) there's not much to like.
Rand Paul’s Loopy Ascent - NYTimes.com: When you’ve got loons the likes of Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin fluttering about, I suppose it’s easy not to seem like such a wacko bird yourself.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Cheaters Never Prosper, Not at NYTimes Anyway
Getting around the NY Times pay wall just got harder.
I used to be able to read any number of articles for free simply by subscribing to their daily email summary of headlines, and clicking on the link. Today that doesn't work.
A few days ago, I found that my old trick of moving the link from the newsletter to the Mac desktop no longer worked either.
What can we do as a matter of principle to keep the internet free (and save a little change at the same time)? Sometimes, if you google the exact headline, you will get a direct link to the article. Or maybe you will find that another cheater has posted a link, which google search picks up and will lead you to the article. Try this site, for example:
Perhaps some of the Times Twitter feeds will work. I haven't tried that yet.
If any other principled cheaters have found workarounds, please let me know in the comments.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
John Taylor Must Retire
Remember the good old days when Stanford economists were Keynsian ow.ly/jeWvC Miles Kimball can't stand him either
A Sunny Day–I'm Happy
A beautiful sunny first day of spring here in Bordeaux. No reason for this grumpy old man to be grumpy today. Wishing you the same.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Save Social Security and Medicare - Support Bernie Sanders
Today the issue of tax cuts for the wealthy is once again front and center in Washington, as part of the debate over how to reduce the federal deficit. And Mr. Sanders is once again talking, carving out a place for himself as the antithesis of the Tea Party and becoming a thorn in the side to some Democrats and Mr. Obama, who he fears will cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits as part of a deficit reduction deal.
via nytimes.com
This guy is the reason why I am a Socialist, and why I would move to Vermont if it weren't so cold. He is precious.
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