By The Tim on February 12, 2010
[Note: This is an opinion piece on a political matter. If that sort of thing offends you, it is recommended that you skip this post.]
Christine Gregoire, January 2008:
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” Gregoire said, quoting former President Franklin Roosevelt and referring to national recession fears. “It is a very [...]
Posted in Economy, News, Opinion | Tagged Economy, Gregoire, legislation, Local Economy, Olympia, Opinion, politics, tax revenues
By The Tim on December 9, 2009
Barack Obama yesterday:
President Barack Obama outlined major new government stimulus and jobs proposals on Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to “spend our way out of this recession.”
Without giving a price tag, Obama proposed a package of new spending for highway, bridge and other infrastructure projects, deeper tax breaks for small businesses and tax incentives [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged debt, Economy, government_meddling, Obama, politics
By The Tim on November 23, 2009
Someone linked this up in the weekend open thread, and I thought it was a pretty good summary of why I am not convinced that we are presently on the road to recovery, so I thought I’d share it here. Are We Living In Zero Hour Now?
If I tried to excerpt some of the [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged debt, economics, Economy, politics
By The Tim on June 8, 2009
This is admittedly only very tangentially related to Seattle real estate, but this news article caught my attention this morning: Congressman implies: Seattle could be nuked
Huffington Post columnist Jason Linkins writes today about an e-mail sent by Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo., not Ala. as the headline reads) regarding the United States’ missile defense plans.
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Akin doesn’t [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Ballard, bomb, politics, Seattle_is_special
By The Tim on October 13, 2008
I usually try to avoid getting into political issues on here, but something has come up that I simply cannot ignore. A few days ago the Seattle P-I posted videos from Christine Gregoire and Dino Rossi where each candidate makes the case on why you should vote for them. As I was watching [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged Economy, Gregoire, politics, Sohn, tax revenues
By The Tim on October 1, 2008
Long-time Seattle Bubble commenter Eleua points out a particularly disturbing portion of the version of the bailout that the Senate is set to vote on tonight:
SEC. 112. COORDINATION WITH FOREIGN AUTHORITIES AND CENTRAL BANKS.
The Secretary shall coordinate, as appropriate, with foreign financial authorities and central banks to work toward the establishment of similar programs by [...]
Posted in News | Tagged bailout, Eleua, government_meddling, politics
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