Howard Schneider
- Location
- Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
- Birthday
- February 02
- Bio
- I am a 53 year old financial services professional. I graduated from Wagner College in 1980 with a B.S in Economics & Business Administration with a minor in Sociology. My interests beyond economics lie in politics, literature, theater, music, and sports. I have always enjoyed writing and I look forward to writing on my varied interests to express my views and interact with others and explore their views. I invite differences of opinion and I am open to having my mind change. The only permanence is change.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Immigration Reform By Way Of
Fair Markets And Compassion
September 30, 2011 05:00PM - American Public Education At A
Crossroads
August 30, 2011 06:51PM - The Anatomy of the Debt
Ceiling Showdown
August 14, 2011 04:20PM - U.S. Foreign Policy Adapting
to a Middle East in Flux
August 09, 2011 02:13PM - Corporate America and the GOP
Are Hijacking Our Democracy
August 02, 2011 10:17AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Well done, Rebecca. Too
often we sweep these racial
incidents
under the rug and
m…”
3:12PM - “I agree with you
completely, Oscar.
Conservative Republicans
have
totally become…”
February 14, 2012 05:39PM - “Excllent article, Mark.
I do think it is the end of
Wall
Street as they knew it
d…”
February 08, 2012 03:05PM - “You are absolutely
right, David. The theory of
trickle down
economics has
been co…”
February 07, 2012 06:15PM - “You are so right, M
Kitt. Lobbyists and K Street
have been
corrupting our
politic…”
February 03, 2012 04:26PM
Howard Schneider's Links
Immigration Reform By Way Of Fair Markets And Compassion
The illegal immigration debate in the United States has included many reform proposals over the past several years. It has also included a troublesome level of histrionics from all quarters involved. Unfortunately most of the solutions offered to date have been for the purpose of ameliorating the sym… Read full post »
American Public Education At A Crossroads
Public education in the United States was one of the greatest creations of the nineteenth century. It was an example of our striving to give everyone access to the basic tools to become well rounded citizens and productive participants in society. Our Founding Fathers did not believe that all citizen… Read full post »
The Anatomy of the Debt Ceiling Showdown
The debate that has been raging regarding the conditions for raising the debt ceiling has been predictably political and murky. It is true that progressive Democrats have emphasized protecting social programs and raising revenues. At the same time conservative Republicans have argued for massive spen… Read full post »
U.S. Foreign Policy Adapting to a Middle East in Flux
The Middle East has been ablaze in revolutionary fervor since December 17, 2010 when a Tunisian vegetable salesman set himself on fire. This occurred after a policewoman fined him and confiscated his cart. He tried to appeal to his municipality but was turned away. He eventually died of his burns. Th… Read full post »
Corporate America and the GOP Are Hijacking Our Democracy
I generally attempt to stick to writing about issues and examining them from both sides while trying to discover sensible solutions. I also tend to shy away from conspiracy theories from both sides of the political spectrum. However a confluence of events has developed that has been troubling me grea… Read full post »
Investing In Our Future While Balancing Our Budget
I have been wrestling with a dilemma in my mind the past couple of weeks while I developed and then wrote my article, "A Progressive Answer to Paul Ryan’s Path to Social Oblivion". That article was written because of my urgent feeling that the United States budget deficit needed to be… Read full post »
A Progressive Answer To Paul Ryan's Path To Social Oblivion
I was anxiously awaiting Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan "The Path to Prosperity" a couple of months ago. Many other people were doing the same. Ryan is the Republican House Budget Committee Chairman and he had a reputation for being a responsible budget cutter. I expected extremely sharp cuts in most… Read full post »
The Myth of Strict Constructionism and Judicial Restraint
The United States Supreme Court recently ended its 2010-2011 term with another decision that brings into question how legally consistent this conservative philosophy of judicial restraint really is. This decision pitted the state of California against the Entertainment Merchants Association. The cour… Read full post »
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