Author: Jim Tankersley
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Our national deja vu on taxing the rich
Four years ago, fresh off what seemed at the time to be an unusually bitter and divided presidential election, lawmakers gathered in late December to do something rare: They cut a deal. The “fiscal cliff” compromise left almost no one happy. It neither supercharged nor tanked the economy. But it did resolve what had been…
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Everyone benefits when U.S. women’s soccer players earn more
In the 2016 fiscal year, the U.S. women’s national soccer team earned $23.5 million in revenues for games it played in America. That was triple the revenue the U.S. Soccer Federation predicted in its budget for the year, and it was more than the men’s national soccer team earned from games in the same time period.…
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Obama takes aim at McCain
DENVER – Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night with a scathing assessment of John McCain and a searing indictment of the Bush administration, promising to repair “the broken politics of Washington” and preside over a more prosperous and equitable America.Speaking to a rapturous audience of more than 80,000, the largest convention crowd…
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Polls give no hint of whether policy or personality counts most
WASHINGTON – There’s a reason Democrats are confident they’ll win the White House this fall: On the issues that matter most, Americans seem to agree with their candidates.There’s also a reason Republicans believe their party will prevail: In several recent presidential elections, issues took a back seat to character.Voters want government to do more to…