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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2009 0 Comments

My home state of Rhode Island has been asleep at the wheel when it comes to grabing proposed federal instrastructure stimulus dollars. Although it has been known for weeks if not months that Barack Obama was ready to throw hundreds of billions of dollars at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2009 8 Comments

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has requested a three month extension of time to bring an indictment against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, stating that he needed more time to review thousands of telephone intercepts and to interview new witnesses. While I can't presume to know what...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2009 0 Comments

A post at Critical Thoughts blog notes the relative silence of the Blagojevich blogoshpere about the request of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald for a three month extension of the time to bring an indictment against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and suggests that Fitzgerald may have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2008 1 Comment

Various states, including Rhode Island and North Carolina, are considering taxing motorists based on how many miles they drive. These proposals, understandably, have generated outrage among motorists.News Alert: There already is a mileage tax. It's called the gasoline tax. Motorists pay state and federal taxes...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2008 3 Comments

In his weekly radio address today, Barack Obama repeated his intention to stimulate the economy and "create" jobs through a massive public infrastructure program. As we have noted before, "[o]f all the concepts to help build the economy, Barack Obama has seized on the one...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2008 0 Comments

This headline from my hometown paper, The Providence Journal, says everything you need to know about why Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in the nation:"Assembly Considers Making R.I. Attractive To Business"An overwhelming government budget fed by high taxes, a Democratic state legislature beholden...

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