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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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BOOK REVIEW – THE NEXT DECADE

THE NEXT DECADE    by George Friedman Published:   January 2011 Synopsis The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required

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CHINA’S NEXT BUYING SPREE: FOREIGN COMPANIES

JANUARY 24, 2011 Beijing wants to diversify out of U.S. debt and it will have plenty of cash to make acquisitions. By CHARLES WOLF JR. From 2007 through the first half of this year, Chinese buyers—state, private and in between—acquired 400 companies located outside of the country. The acquisitions span a wide range: mining companies

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THE UNITED AUTO WORKER’S NEXT ACT

JANUARY 24, 2011 Saved by Washington, the union wants to write its own labor laws. The top priority for the United Auto Workers this year is to organize one of the foreign, or so-called “transplant,” car makers. That makes perfect sense—for the UAW. Their rich labor contracts and stifling work rules helped bring low Detroit’s

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SOLAR SPECTACLE

JANUARY 22, 2011 Renewable energy’s state capitalists. One of the least edifying spectacles in American business is the sight of industry titans begging politicians for alms. We therefore direct your attention to today’s nearby letter from Rhone Resch, the solar industry’s man in Washington, for a classic of the genre. Mr. Resch more or less

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FRED UPTON – A RUST BELT REVOLUTIONARY

WASHINGTON POST By George F. Will Sunday, January 9, 2011; Consensus is scarce but almost everyone agrees with this: The government is dysfunctional and the Internet is splendid. But last month, the Democratic-controlled Federal Communications Commission, on a partisan 3-2 vote, did what a federal court says it has no power to do: It decided

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THE VAT TAX – WILL THE NEW CONGRESS GIVE US NEW TAXES?

FORBES Jan. 7 2011 By MALLORY FACTOR As new members are sworn in this week in Congress, the American people will expect Congress to get down to work, rein in spending and address our national debt.  While we have cause to be optimistic, Americans need to be aware of a plot brewing to trick Congress

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