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THE GREEDY BASTARDS PARADOX

January 31, 2011 The Greedy Bastards Paradox Bogie If we accept President Obama’s economic arguments, his State of the Union address was most remarkable in the aftermath, when nothing happened. For the sake of argument, let’s agree with the President that the winning ticket of the global economic lottery will be investment in renewable energy, […]

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THE ROCHE RECORD – CAN WE GET SERIOUS PLEASE, OUR GREAT COUNTRY IS AT RISK

CAN WE GET SERIOUS PLEASE, OUR GREAT COUNTRY IS AT RISK by Frank Roche, Economist Throughout American history, in good times and bad, policy makers have always faced difficult challenges, choices, and final decisions.  American policy makers in 2011 face their own difficult challenges, choices, and final decisions.  What I sense is missing today among policy makers is a sufficient degree of seriousness,

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WHAT CAUSED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS?

JANUARY 27, 2011 Congress’s inquiry commission is offering a simplistic narrative that could lead to the wrong policy reforms. By BILL THOMAS,KEITH HENNESSEY AND DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN Today, six members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission—created by the last Congress to investigate the causes of the financial crisis—are releasing their final report. Although the three of

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CAP AND TRADE RETURNS FROM THE GRAVE

JANUARY 28, 2011 The president’s plans for “clean energy standards” amount to carbon controls by other means. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Cap and trade is dead. Long live cap and trade. The president presented his new, conciliatory face to the nation this week, and his State of the Union was as notable for what it

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OBAMA’S ‘INVESTMENT’ CHARADE

WALL STREET JOURNAL JANUARY 27, 2011 Milton Friedman warned that government spending cancels out higher-return private investment. By STEPHEN MOORE Words matter in politics, which is why the federal government no longer “spends” (and wastes) money, but rather “invests” it. According to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, nearly every penny of the $2.5

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RYAN, BACHMANN, PALIN AND STOSSEL RESPONSE TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH

Click on the link for the responses of  ‘Ryan, Bachmann, Palin and Stossel’s  Response to the SOTU Speach’ Ryan, Bachmann, Palin and Stossel Respond to the SOTU Speach

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CAN DEREGULATION WORK?

JANUARY 21, 2011 It was hard under Ronald Reagan. It will be impossible under Barack Obama. By PAUL H. RUBIN How successful is the president’s recently announced deregulatory initiative likely to be? Based on my experience at two regulatory agencies (the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Product Safety Commission) during the Reagan years, I

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