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FORMER HEAD OF BB&T GIVES CAUSES OF 2008 FINANCIAL MELTDOWN
THE WASHINGTON TIMES DECKER: 5 Questions with BB&T’s John Allison ‘It’s easier for government to control a few large institutions’ By Brett M. Decker– Brett M. Decker, former Editorial Page Editor for The Washington Times, was an editorial page writer and editor for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Senior Vice President of
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ECONOMIC JUDGEMENT DAY
Economic Judgment Day Richard W. Rahn is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth By Richard W. Rahn This article appeared in The Washington Times on January 22, 2013 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The Departments of Defense, State and Justice are authorized by the Constitution
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GENERATIONAL THEFT – OUT OF CONTROL GOVERNMENT SPENDING
February 15, 2013 Generational Theft Needs to Be Arrested A Democrat, an independent and a Republican agree: Government spending levels are unsustainable. GEOFFREY CANADA, STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER AND KEVIN WARSHMr. Canada is president of the Harlem Children’s Zone. Mr. Druckenmiller is the former president of Duquesne Capital. Mr. Warsh is a former Federal Reserve governor
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT PRESIDENT
The following two articles on Abraham Lincoln give us an insight into the great man and president that he was. The second article is a quote from his Second Annual Message of December 1, 1862. February 13, 2013 A Lincolnian Economic Primer for Obama Abe’s approach was to provide rules of the road
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ACROSS-THE-BOARD SPENDING CUTS
January 28, 2013 The Case for Across-the-Board Spending Cuts Claims to support a ‘scalpel’ over a ‘meat ax’ become excuses for doing nothing. By JEFF BERGNERMr. Bergner, an adjunct professor at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va., has served as a congressional staffer and as an assistant secretary of state. EXCERPT FROM
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YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE ARE A NATION OF TAKERS
January 25, 2013 Nicholas Eberstadt: Yes, Mr. President, We Are a Nation of Takers Since 1960, entitlement transfers have grown twice as fast as personal income—to $2.3 trillion annually. By NICHOLAS EBERSTADT EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: • In 1960, according to the Office of Management and Budget, social-welfare programs accounted for less than a
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IT’S THE MESSAGE, MORONS
January 25, 2013 It’s the Message, Morons By William L. Gensert On November 6, 2012, almost 66 million Americans traded the nation’s future for a chance to worship a false god. In a country of over 315 million people, a minority of eligible voters traded prosperity for the illusion of forced fairness. In reelecting
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WHY OUR FISCAL DEBATES AMOUNT TO NOTHING
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Small Ball Why our fiscal debates amount to nothing Yuval Levin January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: It is crucial to see that both of these approaches are basically defensive in nature: The left is trying to avoid a fundamental transformation of
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THE DIRTY DEBT-CEILING FIGHT – WHAT WILL THE GOP DO?
January 4, 2013 Strassel: The Debt-Ceiling Fight Will Be Dirty The GOP thinks it will win, but the party’s strategy is far from clear. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Question three: What other hostages are Republicans willing to see shot? Knowing he has lost his tax trump card, Mr. Obama seamlessly
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