Are we down to Wish Sandwiches yet? (A wish sandwich is when you have two pieces of bread and you wish you had some meat.)

• First, the history of Nevada’s tax system, so we know how we got so fucked.
• Some estimates about how much money might make its way to Nevada, if the president’s stimulus package is passed. (Thanks Gleaner)
• But first, the stark numbers of just who is going to get hit the worst, first. Spoiler: It’s Nevada’s poorest children.
• And approaching 10 percent of Nevada’s working population is unemployed! Seriously. In December 2008 the rate hit 9.1, up from 5.2 for the same month a year before. And up from 7.9 percent just a month before. It’s the 8th highest jobless rate in the nation.
• Meanwhile, tens of thousands more layoffs announced nationally — Home Depot, Microsoft, Intel, Pfizer, GM and on.
• Even Girl Scout cookies are getting smaller and shrinking the box, because of increased costs on ingredients and manufacturing. Will nothing be spared in this terrible economy?!