In the GOP E-Brief:
FACT: The 92.1 million taxpayers with annual incomes of less than $50,000 in 2003 saw a 47 percent reduction in their average tax bill from President Bush’s 2001-2003 income tax relief. (”Who Benefits Most From Tax Cuts On Investment Income,” The New York Times, 4/5/06)
The 26.9 million taxpayers with annual incomes [...]

Hey, you know how all those wimpy leftist economies are trounced by the powerhouse right wing economies?
Yeah, not so much.
Every year since 1995, the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal put out an Index of Economic Freedom, ranking countries on their fealty to the precepts of free markets and free trade….
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A more interesting test [...]

Mostly because the point I’m about to make is in agreement (sort of) with reflexively anti-anything-involving-a-Democrat types. Over at Pandagon:
I’ll have to find it, but one of the funniest Bush-era critiques of Clinton’s policies was that we would have grown even faster if not for Clinton. Since there was no demonstrable failure in a [...]

CNN, from Angry Bear, via Kevin Drum.
computer science graduates make $49,691 a year, up 4.8 percent
Yay! That means, I could slack off, graduate with mediocre grades and still make, what 40k out of the gate? Right? Right?
Maybe I’m taking the wrong message out of that.
Good news in any case.
I say “in [...]

Economy may not be recovering bad jobs
Kerry going a bit too far
Spinsanity finally critiques Farenheit 9/11.
Felons on the voting list in Florida.
A very substantial post there. In any case, those are interesting articles.

From today’s Bozeman Chronicle:
I’m surprised there hasn’t been a midnight vigil for Shane Savage. I thought this was a town full of tolerant liberals. Usually you are quite reliable in defending the oppressed minority, Islamic terrorists and the blue-eared western-slope bumblebee. Surely you can find someone else to blame for the illegal acts Mr. [...]

From TMW: Many Firms Avoided Taxes in Boom
WASHINGTON - More than 60% of U.S. corporations didn’t pay any federal taxes for 1996 through 2000, years when the economy boomed and corporate profits soared, Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal reported, citing the investigative arm of Congress.
The disclosures from the General Accounting Office are certain to fuel [...]

…the economy will be referred to as “moody.”
Courtesy of Rich Bond, silly Republican.

…that a 5.6% unemployment rate doesn’t mean a 94.4% employment rate?
Thanks.
Oh, and while you’re at it, tell him that positive job growth isn’t great by default.

Economic Growth Revised to 8.2%
The economy roared ahead at an astounding 8.2 percent annual rate in the third quarter, the fastest pace in nearly two decades and a much stronger performance than previously thought. It raises hope that a long spell of lackluster business activity is finally over.
First off, it was Bush’s tax cuts that [...]