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California Annual Minimum Franchise Tax Repeal Proposed
The-Informer —
Authority: 157
A bipartisan commission appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger has recently proposed sweeping overhauls of California’s tax laws, including reduction of personal income tax rates, the elimination of the corporate tax, and the elimination of the $800 per yaer minimum annual franchise tax levied on corporations, LLCs, ...10 hours ago -
Sunday Essay - food prices and Australian primary production
Personal Reflections —
Authority: 129
The release of OECD data showing that food prices in Australia have increased 41.3 per cent since the start of 2000, the fastest rate of increase of any major developed nation, created quite a stir in this country. Spain had the next fastest rate of increase over that time, at 41.2 per cent, followed by the ...15 hours ago -
Creation of a UN Lobby for Global Governance of the Commons by the People
P2P Foundation —
Authority: 590
Via James Quilligan , a message from Lisinka Ulatowska : “A growing number of organizations are planning a dialogue with Governments, a cooperative lobby, starting with the CSD in May 2010 to see how the Global Commons (those areas of the world and human experience that are vital to the well-being of humanity ...17 hours ago -
What Makes a Jobs Bil Work? (A Job Insurance Supplement)
The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time —
Authority: 587
Introduction: Up until a week ago, the prospects for a second round of economic stimulus looked bleak; an ominous coalition of Senate moderates (the same folks who shrank the stimulus and cut out Pelosi’s teacher preservation program, and who’ve tried their level best to stop the health care reform effort in ...18 hours ago -
The Constitution Project
One Day, One Job —
Authority: 128
Who doesn’t love the Constitution? Not only is it an extremely cool historical document, but it also happens to ensure our most sacred rights. You would think that such a document would be written with extreme clarity, but you probably know that ambiguity and interpretation come hand in hand with the Constitution. ...20 hours ago -
Hal Samples and Willie Baronet: HOME
Larry James' Urban Daily —
Authority: 131
Picked this up from Front Burner , the DMagazine blog site. Hal Samples has a studio next door to the Main Street offices of the Central Dallas Community Development Corporation . Willie Baronet Exhibit at Hal Samples Gallery from Cindy Chaffin on Vimeo . Posted on www.UrbanDaily.org1 day ago -
Reforming Australian public policy
Personal Reflections —
Authority: 129
I am now up to post seven in my series on reforming Australian public policy. This is the most complicated blogging exercise I have attempted. This holds for length, a whole month of posts on one blog as well as supporting posts such as this one on other blogs, and for complexity. After all, I am trying to prove a ...1 day ago -
Andreas Wittel: Funding a Material Commons for Social Innovation
P2P Foundation —
Authority: 590
In this excerpt of Andreas Wittel contributions to the Reimagining Society Project , one of the key questions concerns the role of state-based funding. Andreas Wittel: “Social production and the multiplication of the things being produced has severe implications for everything that is holy to the spirit of ...1 day ago -
Keynesian Spending vs. Economic Collapse
Everyday Citizen —
Authority: 531
BOGUE, Kan. - In good times, we Americans sing "Hallelujah, praise the Lord" and buy stuff. Sometimes we need it. If we dont, well, it looks so soooo cool on TV. No cash? No problem, we got plastic. God will come through on principal and interest later. For decades, consumer spending was a critical 70 percent ...1 day ago -
Political Will and Respecting Citizens
Change the Wind —
Authority: 425
Interesting further reaction from Dallas Morning News on the aftermath of Unify South Dallas meeting on this past Tuesday. The meeting with the Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert was, at the very least, a very healthy and significant show of respect for the citizens of south Dallas. It also represents the emergence of new, ...1 day ago -
Another Sore Loser Accounted For
The Reformed Pastor —
Authority: 424
This one isn’t just your average sore loser, however, but a member of Congress–Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) who ought to know better than to write threatening stuff like this at Politico : I expect political hardball on any legislation as important as the health care bill. I just didn’t expect it from the United ...1 day ago -
The Coming Climate Dictatorship
Global Climate Scam —
Authority: 128
By IBD Editorial Board Control: The House and Senate climate bills contain a provision giving the president extraordinary powers in the event of a “climate emergency.” As chief of staff Rahm Emanuel says, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. If you thought the House health care bill that nobody read has hidden ...1 day ago -
Marginal Tax Rates Disincentivize Work
Michael Williams Master of None —
Authority: 131
I guess this is a case of "if you understand, it probably doesnt apply to you": real marginal tax rates make work unrewarding for poor . To say that antipoverty programs in the United States are perverted may be an understatement. When you take into account the loss of means-tested benefits (e.g., cash assistance, ...1 day ago -
Sense and idiocy
The Cost of Energy —
Authority: 426
First the sense, from Tim Haab, in his post Environmental Economics: If this is Orwellian, then call me George : From the UK Telegraph: Lord Smith of Finsbury believes that implementing individual carbon allowances for every person will be the most effective way of meeting the targets for cutting greenhouse gas ...1 day ago -
IMAPP Marriage Law Digest Online
ADF Alliance Alert —
Authority: 462
The Institute for Marriage and Public Policy October 2009 Marriage Law Digest is now available online.1 day ago -
Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) and NABT to Launch Stem Cell Educational Summit in Denver
Your Story —
Authority: 457
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) and National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) will launch the first Stem Cell Education Summit on Saturday, Nove1 day ago -
Saskia Sassen: Investing in a new infrastructure for distributed capitalism
P2P Foundation —
Authority: 590
The effect I have in mind is a widely distributed range of growth sites, that incorporate more and more people. Clearly, this is not a revolution. This is within capitalism, but it begins to lay the ground for a widespread and distributed economic network, that can function as one platform for gaining entry into out ...2 days ago -
World Bank Report 2010: Development and Climate Change
Wednesday-Night —
Authority: 135
World Development Report 2010 Website ; Main Messages of the Report World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change Act Now, Act Together, Act Differently Today’s enormous development challenges are complicated by the reality of climate change—the two are inextricably linked and together ...2 days ago -
Health Care Reform Has Nothing To With Health Care Or Reform
Weekend Pundit —
Authority: 135
While Im at it, I might as well add insult to injury in regards to the the recently passed Pelosi Health Care Destruction bill. While she has crowed her success into forcing the passage of an onerous and deceptive bill the American people dont want, at least one liberal has the courage to state exactly what ...2 days ago -
Update: Investor Protection Act and Securities Arbitration
ADR Prof Blog —
Authority: 127
On November 5, I blogged (here) about the House Financial Services Committee’s Investor Protection Act and its provision empowering the SEC to enact regulations banning mandatory arbitration in customer-broker account agreements. In that post, I wrote: “I don’t quite understand the significance of this ...2 days ago