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“Even if the government took all of the income earned by those who have an after-tax income of $1million or more, the amount of revenue generated would fall far short of eliminating the deficit.” More related charts here.
“35% of the presidential ballots probably will be cast before election day“: Early voting is often promoted as a convenience for harried citizens. But it may be a bigger boon for candidates, enabling them to deploy money and personnel more efficiently as they work to corral votes as soon as possible. “By encouraging our supporters…
Returning RI to its natural state; RI as a playground for the rich; the gimmick of QE; the gimmick of digital records; killing coal/economy; when “Mostly False” means true. Continue reading on the Ocean State Current…
When Mayor Angel Taveras took office, he discovered, very much contrary to the assertions of outgoing Mayor David Cicilline, that Providence’s finances were a “category five hurricane“. Yesterday, in a Providence Journal article, Providence Finance Director Michael L. Pearis pulled down the hurricane flags. “We turned a pretty significant thing around,” said Pearis, who was…
Germany and Great Britain are further along the “green energy” path than we are. On Friday, September 14, just before 10am, Britain’s 3,500 wind turbines broke all records by briefly supplying just over four gigawatts (GW) of electricity to the national grid. Three hours later, in Germany, that country’s 23,000 wind turbines and millions of…
Whoda thunk? (via the New York Times) When the federal government began providing billions of dollars in incentives to push hospitals and physicians to use electronic medical and billing records, the goal was not only to improve efficiency and patient safety, but also to reduce health care costs. But, in reality, the move to electronic…
The following arrived via e-mail earlier this afternoon. Yes, one of TCC’s endorsed candidates for school committee is THE Justin Katz, Anchor Rising contributor extraordinaire and Managing Editor of the Ocean State Current. Check out Tiverton Citizens for Change’s website here. Tiverton Citizens for Change are pleased to announce our candidate endorsements for the 2012…
For the last few days, WPRO host Dan Yorke has seemed exasperated any time the Congressional District 1 race comes up. He feels the Doherty campaign has had a flawed strategy by letting David Cicilline go around the state and tell seniors that Doherty will take away their Medicare. Cicilline says that Doherty sides with…
Apologies that this is a little late … Courtesy Ocean State Follies and Rhode Island 101
The narrative of the candidates; death panels and pension boards; the endgame of government debt; an enemies list. Continue reading on the Ocean State Current…