I love this post by Chris Bowers so much, I’m going to reproduce it in full:
If the public option campaign succeeds, it will be a proof of concept for the Progressive Block strategy–House Progressives threatening to join with Republicans to block must-pass Democratic legislation unless they receive a major concession. After all, the public option [...] Read more »

Taxes

Nobody likes paying taxes

You don’t.

I don’t.

After all, the money may be misspent.

Sometimes it’s wasted entirely.

Sometimes it’s spent on things that are just plain wrong.

And no one likes to part with their hard-earned cash.

But few people ever stand up for taxes.

After all, how would we have public education without taxes?

And what about roads?

And libraries?

And police?

And fire [...] Read more »