About Lee: Former students' union president and intermitent blogger since the turn of the century, who's aim is to promote objective thinking and a break from partisan politics when discussing the issues of the day. Casting the Net: 14th August - Policy Exchange on "the North", LSD, Recession and Prince Charles on GM crops
Thu 14th Aug 2008 – (1 Comments)
Howdy all. Right now I'm digging the weather, it's sunny yet tempestuous on the horizon. I've tried to rely on weather reports for about a month now and quite literally 90% of the time they've been wrong enough for me to curse them. my casting the net is up at Liberal Conspiracy though, this is something you can predict! As for the other things I'll be writing about? Well I have enough stuff to write about something every day until next week...but will I have the time? I don't want to promise what I can't deliver, but stay tuned!
Here is the list as it appears over on t'other site.
Welcome to Thursday, isn't it glorious? Of course it is more glorious if you live in the south, but I won't go there...no need when so many others have! As usual, extended list will be up soon on my blog with some more on the Northern issue, Prince Charles and Obama.
Stumbling and Mumbling - Given how much bad shape the North is supposedly in, they should be worried about the long term side-effects of recession in their diet.
Kerron Cross - Now about that Northern thing...
Liberal England - ...It seems to have struck a bit of a chord...
Quaequam Blog - ...especially given a Lib Dem's involvement in it...
Darlington Councillor - ...it seems very, very few are impressed...
ePolitix/Adam Marshall - ..but even fewer try to move on to the next stage.
Schmoo on the run - On a lighter note, get off your head on drugs and save Gordon Brown in the process.
UK Liberty - Don't panic. For those that are high, the way politicians are going about a "Bill of Rights" *is* arse about face.
Casting Back:
Indigo Jo Blogs (2004) - It's always sobering to know nothing changes when it comes to the gutter press.
Now for the extended list, enjoy!
Norfolk Blogger - Prince Charles is a pompous buffon. Oh, and I *will* be arguing the merits of GM food soon, even if Norfolk doesn't wish to yet.
Schneider Home - James doesn't like Obama, and with figures like this it's hard to blame him.
Janestheone - Jane reposts an article about MPs and their tech savvy-ness. Where's Lynne on the list though?
CiF - Apparently Sunderland is the dogs.
Olly's Onions - Beautiful, sensuous waste land....otherwise known as Bradford?
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1. donpaskini - 14 Aug 2008 - 23:59
That article which James Schneider links to is sketchy stuff.
Obama’s tax plan would mean lower and middle-earning Americans paying less in tax and hence having higher disposable incomes.
The American Enterprise Institute seems to think that this is bad because it means that someone on a low or average income who gets a pay rise would pay a higher proportion of their extra income in tax.
Even they don’t make the claim that this will damage work incentives, but they believe as a point of principle that someone’s marginal tax rate matters more than how much tax they pay or what their disposable income is. I don’t think that is true, and I suspect that you don’t either.
Of course the real reason they don’t like Obama’s plan is that it takes from the super rich and gives to the middle class.