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Propositions | TransForm (formerly TALC, the Transportation and Land Use Coalition)
Prop 26 would designate regulatory fees as taxes, and make their future passage subject to the 2/3 majority vote that has hamstrung California's elected officials since Prop 13 passed in '78.
prop26  california  election  2010  law  transportation  source:transform 
october 2010 by shawnbot
Like, Socialism: Comment: The New Yorker
Nail, head: "The Republican argument of the moment seems to be that the difference between capitalism and socialism corresponds to the difference between a top marginal income-tax rate of 35 per cent and a top marginal income-tax rate of 39.6 per cent."
election  politics  socialism  economics  newyorker 
october 2008 by shawnbot
Op-Ed Columnist - Truthiness Stages a Comeback - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
"You know the press is impotent at unmasking this truthiness when the hardest-hitting interrogation McCain has yet faced on television came on “The View.” ... In our news culture, Behar, a stand-up comic by profession, looms as the new Edward R. Murrow."
mccain  election  politics  media  journalism 
september 2008 by shawnbot
The Audacity of Data
Ah, fuck it. I'll have to read this one later.
politics  statistics  economics  obama  election 
march 2008 by shawnbot

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