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

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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?

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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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WHITE HOUSE QUIETLY EXEMPTS ‘FRIENDS’ FROM OBAMACARE

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WOLF: Tawdry details of Obamacare White House quietly exempts pampered politicos By Dr. Milton R. Wolf    The Washington Times January 28, 2011 If you would like to know what the White House really thinks of Obamacare, there’s an easy way. Look past its press releases. Ignore its promises. Forget its talking points. Instead, simply witness for yourself

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CAP AND TRADE RETURNS FROM THE GRAVE

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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

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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

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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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THE UNITED AUTO WORKER’S NEXT ACT

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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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CAN DEREGULATION WORK?

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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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OBAMA’S GREAT LEAP RIGHTWARD

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JANUARY 21, 2011 The White House co-opts GOP talking points—will House Republicans take advantage of their newly won recourse? By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Come one, come all, to witness President Barack Obama’s Great Leap Rightward. Come, as well, to witness the GOP response. Mr. Obama has a new mission this year—to make the country believe

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REINFORCEMENTS ARE HERE – TYRRELL

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Founders’ spirit returns with Tea Party movement By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. The Washington Times January 5, 2011  New Year’s Day in Washington dawned gray, wet and cold. It was a perfect day for sightseeing, and so my wife and I decided to sightsee. We went to Mount Vernon, George Washington‘s home, named, incidentally, after

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