Brandywine to Broad

Can we all pay taxes at the Romney rate? Why’s Mitt hiding his tax returns?

January 18, 2012
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Republican presidential frontrunner and multi-multi-millionaire or billionaire Mitt Romney is now saying he might release a tax return for one tax year in April, after the race for the Republican nom... More »
Delaware GOP announces 2012 candidates. Where’s Christine?

January 17, 2012
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The Delaware Republican Party has announced a slate of statewide challengers to take on the Democratic incumbents in the November general election. That's good. The role of the minority party i... More »
Obama takes on Republican obstruction with recess appointments

January 14, 2012
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On January 4, 2012, President Obama exercised his constitutional power under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution to make four recess appointments without Senate confirmation, even though th... More »
Governor Corbett, it’s your job to save the public schools in Chester, Pennsylvania!

January 12, 2012
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The Chester Upland School District, which serves Chester City, Upland, and Chester Township in southeastern Pennsylvania is in crisis. The school district, with the highest percentage of students liv... More »
Why deficits and the national debt matter

January 8, 2012
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Should we worry about large U.S. budget deficits and the growing national debt or not? I'm a worrier, but I get criticism asking "What's the problem?" Interest rates remain at re... More »
Impressions of Rick Santorum

January 5, 2012
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I've had a few encounters with former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum over the years, in Pennsylvania, in Delaware, and in Washington. Now a candidate for president who nearly beat front runner Mitt ... More »
What does tax reform mean?

December 31, 2011
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Tax reform is like the weather. Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it, though all agree that the U.S. tax system is a mess, full of complexity and obscure breaks for special inte... More »
Holidays with the Obamas in Hawaii

December 30, 2011
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The Tings are vacationing with the Obamas this holiday season in Hawaii. Well, not exactly with the Obamas, but pretty close to the Obamas. Like the first family, we have rented an ocean front home ... More »
Iraq war cost a trillion. The annual deficit is a trillion. How much is a trillion?

December 27, 2011
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The total cost to the United States for the Iraq war alone is approaching a trillion dollars, and no one doubts that it will exceed that amount by a lot as the medical costs for wounded veterans conti... More »
Raiding Social Security for economic stimulus and a tax cut is a mistake

December 23, 2011
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While everyone is applauding that the House Republicans have surrendered and signed on to the 2-month extension of the 2011 payroll tax cut, I think that the payroll tax cut itself is a bad idea which... More »