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THE CHALLENGE BEFORE THE REPUBLICANS

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) As Simple as One, Two, Three A legislative strategy for the House Republicans. Jeff Bergner November 15, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 09 Republicans have won control of the House and have gained several seats in the Senate. What will the Republicans do? Will they simply nibble at the edge […]

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A GROWTH AGENDA FOR THE NEW CONGRESS – ART LAFFER

NOVEMBER 12, 2010, 4:09 P.M. ET For now: Extend the Bush tax cuts, repeal ObamaCare, support free trade. After 2012: Enact a flat tax, stabilize prices, balance the budget, give politicians incentive pay. By ARTHUR LAFFER Since its cyclical zenith in December 2007, U.S. economic production has been on its worst trajectory since the Great

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THE 8,011-PERSON CRISIS

NOVEMBER 12, 2010 ObamaCare’s pre-existing condition program is a bust. Democrats think they know how to run the insurance industry better than the insurance industry, and they’re getting the chance to prove it under ObamaCare. Consider the early returns on its plan to insure Americans denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. To judge by President Obama’s

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BRITAIN SHAKES UP WELFARE

NEWS & OBSERVER Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 LONDON Britain announced the most radical overhaul in decades Thursday to its once-generous welfare system, pledging harsh penalties for those who refuse jobs and community work service for the unemployed in return for benefit checks. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announced sharp changes to the country’s

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CALIFORNIA DREAMING

On Climate Change California Dreaming: Missing America’s Wake-Up Call Larry Bell, 11.10.10, 11:25 AM ET What happened to the notion that “where California goes, so goes the nation”? The Nov. 2 midterm election results demonstrated something very different: The Golden State zagged, while most of the country zigged. That dynamic applied pretty much across the

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DARRELL ISSA’S COMMITTEE INVESTIGATIONS

NOVEMBER 10, 2010 Mr. Issa’s Investigations Oversight is harder than a TV interview. Most Republicans have been suitably modest and restrained in the wake of their victories last week—then there’s Darrell Issa. The California Congressman is set to chair the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in January, and he’s wasting no time adjusting to

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BERNANKE’S FOLLY

AMERICAN  THINKER November 09, 2010 Bernanke’s Cowardice Has Sealed Our Fate By Monty Pelerin The day after the election, the Federal Reserve launched QE2, the second round of Quantitative Easing. This public relations euphemism attempts to hide the fact that the Fed is “printing money” (the Fed actually does it electronically these days). “Cheating, debasing,

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HERITAGE’S PRESIDENT, ED FEULNER ON SELF-RELIANCE VS SERVITUDE

From Self-Reliance to Servitude Published on October 21, 2010 by Edwin Feulner, Ph.D. We use a variety of yardsticks to judge whether our country is on the right track. Is inflation up? Has unemployment dropped? What’s the stock market doing today? Here’s another one: Are Americans, who have long prided themselves on their freedom and

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ALL THE PRESIDENT’S RADICAL WOMEN

Extreme Girls: All the president’s radical women By Michelle Malkin  •  October 20, 2010 09:39 AM My column today is a rejoinder to Maureen Dowd’s plaintive wail about Republican Mean Girls in the NY Times on Sunday. I’ll take a GOP mama grizzly who wants government to leave you alone over a Democrat bully bureaucrat any day.

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