Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category
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The Trumpster
Posted on April 19, 2011
It should be no surprise that Donald Trump is doing so well in the latest polls. The man is fabulous. In fact, everything he does is fabulous. And let’s face...
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The President’s Bold Speech
Posted on April 13, 2011
The President boldly put forward a brave plan to deal with our national debt problems. First, he wants to increase taxes, especially on rich people, notwithstanding that he had an...
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Debt Ceiling
Posted on April 12, 2011
It was Alexander Hamilton who first took on public debt as a political issue. Hamilton understood that if the federal government assumed the debts of the states, it would not...
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Shutdown Politics
Posted on April 8, 2011
I first got a chance to meet John Boehner when he came to the Congress in 1991. He entered the Congress with a bang, teaming up with the so-called “Gang...
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Dems Punt on Taxes
Posted on April 7, 2011
Balancing the federal budget (or at least making the unbalanced budget look more respectable) usually requires two kinds of actions from policy makers: cutting spending and raising revenue. Republicans like...
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