What’s amazing is that CNBC actually aired this—CNBC, one of the WH’s favorite propaganda machines! It was not even 2 hours after Steve Wynn’s interview that he received a invitation from the tenant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC wanting him to explain in person why he said what he said! Below is a short interview […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Think Big Republicans should embrace Paul Ryan’s Road Map. BY Fred Barnes July 19, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 41 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: As ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, Ryan was able to get the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to run the numbers in his plan. CBO
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JULY 16, 2010 The Uncertainty Principle—II Only 30 times more complicated than Sarbanes-Oxley. The Dodd-Frank financial reform bill passed by the Senate yesterday promises to generate historic levels of red tape. But apparently the 2,300 pages are so complicated that a debate has broken out over precisely how many new regulatory rule-makings it will require.
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JULY 16, 2010 The Yo-Yo Market and You The stock market will suffer dizzy spells until the fog of monetary policy uncertainty is lifted. By ANDY KESSLER Bull markets, it is said, climb a wall of worry. Smart investors buy in early when worries about profits or inflation or wars scare away the faint of
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JULY 14, 2010 The Uncertainty Principle Dodd-Frank will require at least 243 new federal rule-makings. So Republicans Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins now say they’ll provide the last crucial votes to get the Dodd-Frank financial reform through the Senate. Hmmm. Could this be Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s secret plan to take back the
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JULY 13, 2010 The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth Runaway government spending, not declining tax revenues, is the reason the U.S. faces dramatic budget shortfalls for years to come. By BRIAN RIEDL President Obama and congressional Democrats are blaming their trillion-dollar budget deficits on the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. Letting
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JULY 13, 2010 FDR, Obama and ‘Confidence’ Demonizing business deepened the Great Depression. The White House can learn from Roosevelt’s mistakes. By AMITY SHLAES What is confidence and why is it missing? The concept seems to be driving Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner crazy this summer. You can hear that when you listen to him talk
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WALL STREET JOURNAL JULY 10, 2010 Lessons From the Swedish Welfare State New research shows bigger government means slower growth. Our country is a prime example. By ANDREAS BERGH AND MAGNUS HENREKSON Americans are debating whether to substantially expand the size of their government. As Swedish economists who live in the developed world’s largest welfare
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JULY 12, 2010 The World Isn’t Waiting on Free Trade, Why Are We? Our exporters are losing ground. The president should act on the trade agreements with Colombia and others. By MIKE JOHANNS More than three years ago the United States and Colombia signed a trade agreement that would reduce or eliminate tariffs on most
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JULY 12, 2010 U.S. Weighs Tax That Has VAT of Political Trouble By JOHN D. MCKINNON At least 139 countries, including most major economies except the U.S., levy a value-added tax on goods and services. Amid swelling deficits, there are increasingly loud calls in Washington for adopting a value added tax. John McKinnon discusses. But
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