MAY 27, 2011, 7:51 P.M. ET Word of the Decade: ‘Unsustainable’ Washington finally acknowledges the debt crisis. But can it act? By PEGGY NOONAN We’re at a funny place. The American establishment has finally come around, in unison, to admitting that America is in crisis, that our debt actually threatens our ability to endure, that […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Fat City Thank you, Illinois taxpayers, for my cushy life. David Rubinstein May 30, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 35 After 34 years of teaching sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I recently retired at age 64 at 80 percent of my pay for life. This calculation was
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Beyond Mediscare Yuval Levin May 30, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 35 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Right now, Medicare pays all providers the same price for a given service—regardless of quality, efficiency, outcome, the cost to the provider, or patient satisfaction. Medicare recipients play no part in determining who gets
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MAY 26, 2011 Democrats have said they only intend to restore the tax rates that existed during the Clinton years. In reality they’re proposing rates like those under President Carter. By STEPHEN MOORE Media reports in recent weeks say that Senate Democrats are considering a 3% surtax on income over $1 million to raise federal
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 By Neal Boortz You can’t spend like Europe and expect American results. Americans shouldn’t strive to be like Europe … especially when it comes to spending on social programs. Though this is exactly what Democrats are striving to achieve. In discussions about our entitlement crisis, it has become increasingly apparent that
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MAY 20, 2011 A candidate who is timid on entitlement reform is not qualified to lead the country. By DICK ARMEY AND MATT KIBBE Medicare reform has risen to the top of the national agenda and will be the defining issue of next year’s elections. The outcome of this debate will greatly shape America’s fiscal
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April 2011 Ken Cuccinelli Attorney General of Virginia KEN CUCCINELLI was elected the Attorney General of Virginia in November 2009. From 2002-2009 he was a member of the Virginia State Senate. Prior to that he was a partner in the law firm of Cuccinelli and Day, where he specialized in business law. A graduate of the
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