On Friday, Lieutenant Governor candidate Mark Darr retweeted a message from Representative Ed Garner. RepEdGarner Elim AR Cap Gains Tax! RT @markdarr: We have to get our tax structure in line to compete w other states & become biz friendly.…
Category: Economics
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
[For an explanation of the title, see here.] Here’s what I didn’t get to on a sloooow news day: Jason Tolbert covered the Mike Beebe Campaign Kick-off event today, and noted that the ol’ Gov isn’t singing the same song…
AR-Sen: Lincoln Launches First Attack Ad (Math Optional)
I can’t decide if Blanche Lincoln keeps saying “23-percent sales tax” because she wants her statement to match the face of John Boozman’s proposed bill (and thus preempt any pro-Boozman whining about how the tax is “only” twenty-three percent) or…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
According to the Kubler-Ross model, there are five discrete stages people go through when dealing with grief or tragedy: denial (“No…no…this isn’t happening! Lalalalalala, I can’t hear you!!” /sticks fingers in ears), anger (“ARGH! Me smash things! Stupid grief!!! /punches…
AR-House 46: Left-to-right, top-to-bottom, take Tylenol for any headaches, Midol for any cramps
I thought that I was done talking about David Meeks and the constant stream of misinformed ignorance that he spews on Twitter. I mean, that was my plan anyway. Then I see the following: RT @DuncanBaird Avg middle-income Ark family…
AR-Sen: The New Odd Couple — John Boozman And Reality As Felix And Oscar
John Boozman is on Twitter. I know this because I follow him (because I am waiting for him to explain what he actually stands for, as Jeff touched on last week.) While he hasn’t really offered up much in the…
AR-Sen: Boozman As Sisyphus
Still pushing that rock up the hill, John Boozman writes: Instead of making hard decisions to change this course, President Obama and his allies in Congress, including Senator Lincoln, have vowed to throw money at every problem they encounter —…
Econ 101: A Quick Post For The Austerity Crowd
Well this certainly doesn’t jibe with what the we-have-to-stop-spending-or-we’ll-kill-the-market crowd keeps telling me. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10,428 Monday, finally breaking back into positive territory for the year. At its low on 7/2, the market was down…
AR House 46: Two Daves Unsurprisingly Not Better Than One
I don’t know the exact number of times I’ve listened to Dave Elswick’s show, but it is certainly less than ten. Which is to say that Elswick has had a guest I was interested in hearing fewer than ten times,…
Econ 101: Austerity Has Unicorns
It’s not my intention to turn this blog into all-econ, all the time. But, maybe, if we repeat it enough, this message will get through to the amazing number of Arkansans who don’t get it, especially those in office or…