Herman Cain’s harried staff trying to keep up with its star candidate
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 13th, 2011 4:34 am by HL
Herman Cain’s harried staff trying to keep up with its star candidate
CONCORD, N.H. – If there’s one thing Georgia businessman and presidential contender Herman Cain knows how to do on the campaign trail, it’s broadcast loudly and often that he’s having a really good time.
His staff? Not so much.
The morning after a candidates debate at Dartmouth College that Cain dominated with talk of his “9-9-9” plan to overhaul the federal tax code, the former Godfather’s Pizza executive brought New Hampshire lawmakers to their feet with a rousing speech in the state Capitol’s august House chamber.
Report: A quarter of U.S. millionaires pay taxes at a lower rate than some in middle class
A quarter of millionaires in the United States pay a smaller share of their income in federal taxes than many middle-class families, according to a new congressional analysis that offers fresh support for President Obama’s push to raise taxes on the nation’s wealthiest households.
The report, by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, found that when all federal taxes are taken into account — including those on wages, investment income and corporate profits — some households earning more than $1 million a year paid as little as 24 percent of their income to the Internal Revenue Service in 2006.
Dinner at America’s table: How a White House rite evolved
The arrival ceremony, the good china, the wonk mixed with the pomp (the womp!), the Sensible Shoe People mixed with the Famous Celebrity People mixed with the people who are at these things because they are always at these things, who know better than to try to wear a hanbok, elegant as the garment might look.
Public ire hits Wall Street, and government
The fledgling Occupy Wall Street protests tap into a deep vein of public animosity toward the country’s major financial institutions, one that is on par with the deep negativity aimed at Washington, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Public distrust of the federal government is growing, and well documented. In the new poll, more than two-thirds of Americans say they view Washington unfavorably, including nearly half who hold “strongly” unfavorable impressions. These sentiments spike higher among Republicans, and continue to fuel the tea party political movement.