THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Paul Ryan (R-WI). (Tribune file photo) By Paul RyanMay 16, 2011 Despite Washington coming to grips with the fact that the debt threat is real, policymakers still are not having the debate Americans deserve. The talk is too often restricted to “shared sacrifice.” This sets up a debate where we are really […]
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MAY 9, 2011 Obama says he’ll ‘check under the cushions.’ But neither he nor his allies on Capitol Hill have initiated any net reductions in spending since last fall’s election. Not once. By Fred Barnes Do President Obama and Democrats want to cut spending? There’s not much evidence they do. They have acquiesced to some
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THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR By David Boze on 4.28.11 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Daniels erased a $200 million dollar deficit and turned it into a surplus, reformed state government, and reduced the total number of state employees to their lowest number since Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was top of the charts. Daniels is currently taking on the
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Saddled up and ready to go. John McCormack April 22, 2011 11:59 AM In his column today, Charles Krauthammer sizes up the potential GOP presidential candidates and concludes by noting there’s a chance Paul Ryan could end up running in 2012: Even less likely to run — the 2016 bench
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The status quo is far more ‘extreme’ than the Republican budget Yuval Levin April 18, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 30 Late last month, Senator Charles Schumer of New York led a conference call in which Senate Democrats briefed reporters about the ongoing budget battle. At the outset, unaware that
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APRIL 22, 2011 If government got by with 20% of GDP in 2007, why not in 2021, when GDP will be substantially higher? By JOHN B. TAYLOR Palo Alto, Calif. Americans are clamoring for a fact-based debate about the budget, but the numbers they’re hearing from Washington are terribly confusing. Here’s an example: Speaking at
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APRIL 23, 2011 By TOM LAURICELLA The U.S. dollar’s downward slide is accelerating as low interest rates, inflation concerns and the massive federal budget deficit undermine the currency. With no relief in sight for the dollar on any of those fronts, the downward pressure on the dollar is widely expected to continue. The dollar fell
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Great Debate Ryan vs. Obama will be this year’s main event, if the president is up for it. Fred Barnes April 18, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 30 Paul Ryan’s dissection of Obama- –care at the White House health care summit on February 25, 2010, elevated him to a
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com By Andrew C. McCarthy Andrew C. McCarthy, a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, is the author, most recently, of The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America April 16, 2011 The Audience Is Listening Obama gives jihadists the olive branch and Ryan the hickory
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