Archive for the ‘Harming the Poor’ Category

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 9:00am

You Gonna Eat That?

As clamor continues to rise around the possibility of raising the food tax, one has to wonder why Republicans are eager to reinstate this regressive tax. In an oh so unofficial poll issued by Fox news of “political insiders,” some 68 percent of Republicans (presumably legislators among them) say that they support reinstating the tax, [...]

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 at 3:05pm

Bills to Watch: H.B. 126 – Voter Identification for Eletion – B. Daw

Often, when writing for this “bills to watch” series, I sit down and try to figure out the logic behind why the sponsor is proposing a bill. Naturally sometimes I disagree with the ideology behind it but, none the less, I can see where they are coming from. H.B. 126 as proposed by Representative Brad [...]

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 at 7:01am

All’s well that ends well…right?

Many of you may have seen this bumper sticker floating around your city: So this leads me to the question, how low will gas go once Bush leaves the White House on January 20th? The national average right now is around $1.72 and dropping fast, at the current rate of reduction at $1.44 less per [...]

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 at 5:51am

Amendment XXIV

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to [...]

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 at 6:01am

Um, why have gas prices not gone down?

So I was looking around on gas buddy, because, sadly my scooter is not functioning right now and I have to drop back to the ol’ 35 MPG vehicle. Killing a little time at work, I discovered this little chart: As you can see, the price for gas in Salt Lake, on average, has held [...]

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 at 8:22pm

Yes Virgina, Payday Lenders are a bad thing

Ohio State Representative Chris Widener (R) spoke on CBS’s face to face segment the other day regarding how payday lenders are harming the citizens of Ohio. Payday lenders are an epidemic in this state. Charging the poorest of the poor interest rates of approximately 520 percent APR. Something must be done to stop this predatory [...]

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