SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 Business had better enjoy the next 16 months. President Obama unveiled part two of his American Jobs Act on Monday, and it turns out to be another permanent increase in taxes to pay for more spending and another temporary tax cut. No surprise there. What might surprise Americans, however, is how the […]
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 Neither candidate is helping the cause of reform. Republicans have been more frustrated than usual with their Presidential candidates, and last Tuesday’s debate exchange on Social Security between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney shows why. One candidate seemed to taunt his critics by showing disdain for anyone who supports the entitlement for
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Jonathan V. Last September 5, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 47 Once upon a time we had a president who sulked that his relatively uneventful tenure denied him the chance to thrust his way into greatness. In the days after 9/11, the New York Times carried a quotation from a
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The End of the New Deal Order It won’t win the future. Matthew Continetti September 5, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 47 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The modern welfare state was born. In our era, Keller writes, political debate isn’t over how to constrain government. It’s over how to use
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES Automatic cuts would undermine constitutionally mandated mission By John R. Bolton-John R. Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of “Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad” (Simon & Schuster, 2007). Wednesday, August
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Morning Jay: The Store Is Closed Jay Cost August 24, 2011 6:00 AM In a recent interview with CBS, President Obama said: I’m the President of the United States and when people aren’t happy with what’s happening in Washington…I’m gonna be impacted just like Congress is. And you know
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER York: Keep your health plan? Don’t count on it byByron York Chief Political Correspondent August 26, 2011 President Barack Obama address the American Medical Association during their annual meeting in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2009 where he vowed, “No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American
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