One of the more politically popular facets to the latest round of tax cuts signed into law by Bush is the expanded child credit. According to the new law, most families will see the child tax credit grow from $600 to $1,000. (It’s worth noting that the twisted nature of most of the tax law’s […]
Almost a full year ago, I heard Howard Dean have the courage to say he’d repeal all of Bush’s tax cuts passed in 2001. It was a bold and impressive move for an unknown presidential candidate, and more importantly, it was a good policy solution. Dean explained carefully how and why he’d return the country […]
Last week, I mentioned how ironic it was that the Bush administration would be enforcing strict gun control policies in Iraq while simultaneously allowing our domestic ban on assault weapons to expire. I wondered whether groups like the National Rifle Association, which tends to view unlimited access to firearms among the most important freedoms an […]
About that hiatus, I’ll be returning to the usual posting schedule tomorrow, not today. That is all.
Hope everyone enjoyed Memorial Day weekend. Unfortunately, Carpetbagger will be on a brief hiatus for the next two days, but will return Thursday with lots of new posts for your reading pleasure. As for today, there are a number of things I would have written about, but instead will just beg you to check out […]
Kudos to the Illinois legislature and Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) for signing the nation’s first statewide ban on ephedra. One can only hope other states will follow Illinois’ example. Blagojevich signed the state ban on the dangerous drug yesterday following a high-profile fight launched by an Illinois family whose son died last fall after using […]
President Bush’s Memorial Day proclamation has two important sentiments, one I can wholeheartedly agree with, the other I can’t. First, Bush noted that on Memorial Day, “America undertakes its solemn duty to remember the sacred list of brave Americans who have sacrificed their lives for the cause of freedom and the security of our Nation. […]
When you work in Washington, you inevitably hear lots of rumors about various members of Congress. Who’s having an affair, who’s got a drinking problem, who’s gay, etc. Nine times out of 10, these rumors are either untrue or unimportant — and they hardly ever reach the surface of public attention. Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) […]
Speaking of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (see below), Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly joined many in the conservative chorus before the war began saying that Hussein’s WMD program was grounds for an invasion. A good blogger named Lunaville has been chronicling O’Reilly’s rhetoric on this issue for a while and has found some […]
I could write every day about Bush’s tax cut, but I’ve been waiting until the House and Senate agreed on a version of the bill to send to the White House for Bush’s signature. As you’ve probably heard by now, a $350 billion tax cut plan has passed the House and Senate, though it was […]