Monique Chartier
Under my post and to cheers from MSteven and Joe Bernstein, Warrington Faust points to Howie Carr’s column in Friday’s Boston Herald. I was pondering this the other night during the State of the Union address. Did you know that our elite military units like the Navy SEALs are now examples of America at its…
On Friday, I learned of this Mr. Buffett has also already sheltered the bulk of his fortune from federal taxes by putting them into a foundation that will give the money away. which was definitely puzzling in light of this. But for those making more than $1 million — there were 236,883 such households in…
From the Republican debate Thursday night. Mitt Romney speaking. [Thanks to Roy Beck at NumbersUSA for the transcription.] I think I described following the law as it exists in this country, which is to say, I’m not going around and rounding people up and deporting them. What I said was, people who come here legally…
While Majority Leader Mattiello’s expressed intent is appreciated, “The last thing you want to do is raise taxes,” House Majority Leader Nicholas Mattiello said at a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the R.I. Convention Center. “We have not gone there in the past and we hope this year we will not go there.…
From the President’s State of the Union address: or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. Seriously??? The person who has issued over 1,200 waivers to his own, signature healthcare law is talking about everyone playing…
… even federal employees are apparently finding it difficult to stay current. About 98,000 federal, postal and congressional employees owed $1.03 billion in unpaid taxes at the end of fiscal 2010, according to records provided by the Internal Revenue Service. No word on whether they also canvassed President Obama’s cabinet for tax compliance.
Rep Charlene Lima (D-Cranston) has put in a bill to repeal Rhode Island’s new voter id law. What’s interesting is that, in her arguments, Rep Lima is attempting to shift the metric by which the need for voter i.d. is measured. Until now, opponents of voter i.d. have argued against its implementation by attempting to…
Terry Gorman of RIILE shared the following contradictory reply which he received from Rep Charlene Lima’s e-mail. From: Rep. Lima, Charlene To: riile2 Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 16:53 Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Weekly Update: New Poll and Stealing Democracy DO TO TECHINICAL DIFFICULTY THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT FUNCTIONING Thank you for contacting…
Thanks to WPRI’s indefatiguable Ted Nesi for the heads-up. Rhode Island’s largest public-sector union declared victory Friday in a lawsuit against Pawtucket, just hours before the mayor revealed the city is running an unexpected $2.3 million deficit. Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter ruled Jan. 5 that Pawtucket cannot force retired teachers to start sharing the…
This gem from the Laura Ingraham Show; transcript via Real Clear Politics. (Good interviewing, Laura.) Ingraham: You know I am going to raise the issue of Texans for Public Justice, their analysis of your campaign contributions since 2000 you have received more than $7 million from private equity firms and private investment firms. Are any…