Tag: politics
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Link: What Trump’s Fight with Amazon Signals for American Business
“All nations, of course, suffer some degree of corruption. Mathurin told me a simple test to determine if a country’s corruption level is at risk of reaching a point of state capture: just see if there is a class of entrepreneurs and small-business people with enough confidence in the government and the infrastructure to invest…
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Link: How Tech Companies Became a Political Force
“When tech leaders prophesy a utopia of connectedness and freely flowing information, they do so as much out of self-interest as belief. Rather than a decentralized, democratic public square, the internet has given us a surveillance state monopolized by a few big players. That may puzzle technological determinists, who saw in networked communications the promise…
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Link: To detractors, he’s a buffoon; to dealmakers, he’s a boon
“By a more than two-to-one margin, respondents to the 451 Research Tech Corporate Development Outlook Survey said the Trump White House will help spur M&A in 2018. Specifically, 59% said the current administration will ‘stimulate’ dealmaking this year, compared with just 23% saying it will ‘inhibit’ dealmaking.” Original source: To detractors, he’s a buffoon; to…
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Link: Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Win – and Neither Did His Campaign
“During that first month, Walsh’s disbelief and even fear about what was happening in the White House moved her to think about quitting. Every day after that became a countdown toward the moment she knew she wouldn’t be able to take it anymore. To Walsh, the proud political pro, the chaos, the rivalries, and the…
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The fight for money between states and cities
The miniature culture wars fought between cities and states—such as North Carolina’s tussle with Charlotte over its anti-discrimination rules—are well known. The financial tensions between them are quieter but as important. “Money is usually the main problem,” says Larry Jones of the United States Conference of Mayors, and especially divisive in lean times. Link
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It’s Not the Economy, Stupid
Rational anaysis is hard to find in real life: But in Elkhart, people have jobs they didn’t have six years ago, and they’re working more hours. Their homes are worth more than they were before Obama took office, on average, and their paychecks are fatter than they used to be. Yet Obama is, and will…
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99 Problems
Some things are beyond my control. For example, this whole controversy about Jay-Z going to Cuba – it’s unbelievable. I’ve got 99 problems and now Jay-Z is one. –The President
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Always love the perspective from across the pond
From here: Having enjoyed the benefits of their own empire for the last 50 years and pocketed tax cuts during the Iraq war, the 21st-century Tea Party movement is now grumbling about paying for power. You get what you pay for.
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Austin Politicos, Urban Outdoors, Nagging – Austin’s Very Own #45
To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play below to listen right here: Click here for episode MP3 While Kim and I drive around to do some errands, we discuss: The Texas Freedom Network fund-raiser thingy, pictured above. Culture wars in Texas.…
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Chicago Tribune, “RUN, RALPH, RUN” The assumption by Democrats is that Nader’s supporters don’t understand the consequences of their vote, that, strategically, their support for Nader instead of Gore might benefit George W. Bush. The law says a citizen has to be 18 years old to vote. These are grown-ups taking part in an election.…