blogalink – Krugman’s column – A War on the Poor

Paul Krugman certainly needs no introduction from me.  He can speak for himself – or for me, for that matter.

Please read his latest Op-Ed piece in the New York Times.

A War on the Poor  By Paul Krugman October 31, 2013

blogalink – The fraud of “new revenue” from PERS “savings”

Governor Kitzhaber recently orchestrated a “grand bargain” to increase revenue for schools and other services in the Oregon state budget.  This happened in spite of ample testimony revealing the fraud and hypocrisy of the proposal.

Here is a link to testimony provided by Tony Crawford, Vice President of the Oregon Education Association.

a letter to the Joint Interim Committee on Special Session of the Oregon legislature, September 26, 2013