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RUSSIA AND CHINA – OUR PREDATORY TRADING PARTNERS

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THE WEEKLY STANDARD Our Predatory Trading Partners How Russia and China take advantage. BY Irwin M. Stelzer August 9, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 44 America runs large and persistent trade deficits. Our partners figure out how to make lots of things we want, and we can’t figure out how to produce an equal amount of

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AMERICAN CROSSROADS – THE REPUBLICAN ANSWER TO GEORGE SOROS

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EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:   The irony of laments by Democrats such as Mr. Obama about (Republican) money in politics is that most outside dollars are being spent in the service of liberal candidates and causes.  The progressive left has spent the better part of a decade building an archipelago of tightly linked third-party groups; MoveOn.org, Democracy

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SCHWARZENEGGER SPEAKS OUT ON CALIFORNIA FISCAL WOES

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AUGUST 27, 2010 Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future Few Californians in the private sector have $1 million in savings, but that’s effectively the retirement account they guarantee to many government employees. By ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Recently some critics have accused me of bullying state employees. Headlines in California papers this month have been screaming “Gov

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THE PITFALLS OF ‘WINNING BIG’ IN NOVEMBER

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AUGUST 21, 2010 The GOP and the Temptation of Hubris If Republicans take over the House, they’d best think carefully how they use their power. Ask Newt Gingrich. By JOHN J. PITNEY JR. Republicans could still blow it, but as they head toward a likely victory in the midterm election they should consider what it

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THE NEXT BAILOUT – UNFUNDED PENSIONS

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AUGUST 19, 2010 Unfunded Public Pensions—the Next Quagmire A federal bailout would cost trillions and prevent necessary reforms. But there are several ways states can rationalize their workers’ retirement benefits. By R. EDEN MARTIN The next big issue on the national political horizon may be whether the federal government should bail out the many budget-strapped

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MITT ROMNEY – HOW TO FIX OUR ECONOMY

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MITT ROMNEY Grow jobs and shrink government By Mitt Romney  |  August 18, 2010 IT’S NOT happening the way President Obama had planned. Unemployment blew past his 8 percent ceiling and hasn’t looked back. Private sector investment in new jobs and capital has languished. Even the head of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, Christina

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POOR PERFORMING TEACHERS AND THEIR UNIONS

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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Bright Lights, Bad Schoolhouses Teachers’ unions as big-screen villains. BY Sonny Bunch July 26, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 42 Facing thousands of worried members at the annual convention of the National Education Association on July 3, the head of the nation’s largest teachers’ union sounded a little whiny. “Today,

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