Richard M. Mathews: Unless you are wearing 100% cotton made on the plantation you have had in the family for generations without the benefit of outside seed or fertilizer, the clothes have got to go.
About Richard M. Mathews
Richard M. Mathews is Vice President of the North Valley Democratic Club. He is a member of the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party serving on CDP's Legislative Committee and is an elected member of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party serving on its Rules Committee. LACDP will honor him as a 2011 Democrat of the Year. He is Chief Technology Officer for JMR Electronics in Chatsworth, CA, which proudly builds data storage products in the USA.
Reconciliation Is Conventional, Not Nuclear
December 25, 2009 By
Richard M. Mathews: With the death of the public option in the Senate version of the health care reform bill, more attention is being paid to the budget reconciliation process. The House-Senate conference could bring back the public option, but a filibuster could still kill it. The reconciliation process would allow the bill to pass with a simple majority of 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster.
Ending the Annual Budget Impasse Ritual
February 28, 2009 By
The California budget process is broken due to the requirement for a two-thirds vote to pass the budget. I would like to suggest a different procedure that preserves the minority protections of the two-thirds requirement while encouraging negotiation and ensuring that there definitely will be a budget passed. Proposal: If no budget passes by the [...]
Fair and Balanced Districts?
December 5, 2008 By
by Richard M. Mathews – In a November 25 editorial (“Prop. 11′s point”), the Los Angeles Times stated, “California is supposed to end up with a lot more of those evenly balanced districts.” The Times does not understand of the process of gerrymandering. Balanced districts must not be our goal.
Who Builds the Economy? Democratic Presidents Do!
September 19, 2008 By
by Richard M. Mathews – I wrote recently about how Democratic presidents create many more jobs than do Republican presidents. What about the rest of the economy? I don’t want to talk down the economy as George W. Bush’s team did when he was running for president in 2000. They insisted that the economy was [...]
Impeach on January 19th
August 14, 2008 By
Many people are saying it is too late for impeachment. “Bush will be out of office shortly anyway.” “Congress could never impeach and remove him before he is gone.” “We have to focus on the election.” “There are only a few weeks of Congress in session before they quit for the year.” It does not [...]
Who Creates Jobs? Democratic Presidents Do!
August 8, 2008 By
A recent poll asked whether private companies, Congress, or the president has the most to do with creating new jobs. I find it amusing when pollsters ask for opinions on something that is purely factual. Only 5% got the right answer and said it is the president. Look at the private sector job growth results [...]
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