July 23, 2011 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN DID I mention that I’ve signed a pledge — just like those Republican congressmen who have signed written promises to different political enforcers not to raise taxes or permit same-sex marriage? My pledge is to never vote for anyone stupid enough to sign a pledge — thereby abdicating
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July 24, 2011 The Beltway Industry Full-Time Employment Act By Michelle Malkin 7/22/2011 Dodd-Frank, the 2,300-page financial “reform” monstrosity spearheaded by Capitol Hill corruptocrats, turned 1 this week. It made too-big banks bigger. It made too-risky incentives riskier. It made a lousy economy lousier. Billed as a “consumer protection” act, Dodd-Frank has succeeded phenomenally —
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IBD Editorials Best Debt Plan Would Shave A Half-Trillion By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Posted 07/21/2011 06:54 PM ET The debt ceiling looms. Confusion reigns. Schemes abound. We are deep in a hole with, as of now, only three ways out: the McConnell plan, the G6 plan and the Half-Trillion plan. • The McConnell essentially punts the
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July 22, 2011 Never Trust Anything From a Gang By David Limbaugh 7/22/2011 The vaunted budget plan from the “Gang of Six” is said to be growing in popularity, but all you need to know to oppose the plan is that a “gang” is behind it. Also, President Obama and Sen. Dick Durbin both support
JULY 21, 2011 The SEC and FDIC are led by boards. Why should one person have sweeping powers over the economy? By RICHARD SHELBY Mr. Shelby, a Republican senator from Alabama, is the Ranking Republican on the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. On July 18, President Obama nominated former Ohio Attorney General Richard
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JULY 20, 2011 Richard Cordray is a junior achievement Elizabeth Warren. In the small favors department, President Obama did not nominate banking scourge Elizabeth Warren to run the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Instead on Monday he nominated one of her protégés, former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, whose career sounds like Mrs. Warren without
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July 21, 2011 Rick Perry and ‘Texism’ By Janet M. LaRue 7/20/2011 As if the public isn’t fed up with racism and sexism in politics, political pundits, short on creativity and long on mimicry, have added another “ism” when discussing the possibility of Gov. Rick Perry of Texas announcing his run for president. “Is the
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SENATE DEBT DEAL IS A FRAUD! By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Published on DickMorris.com on July 20, 2011 The new Gang of Six proposal brewing in the Senate is a total sellout which promises to usher in a vast new round of new taxes. Not just closing of loopholes, but real live taxes we
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MSNBC To GOP Congressman: “Do You Have A Degree In Economics?” MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer, you may remember just yesterday said the attack on Rupert Murdoch at a hearing encapsulated what the British were feeling. Today, Contessa “educated” a conservative Representative that without the bailout, the country would be in “a depression.” Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)
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Foxx votes for Cut, Cap and Balance Act Applauds passage of historic debt reduction bill WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, (NC-05) voted last night to pass the Cut, Cap and Balance Act (H.R. 2560). The bill would cut spending by more than $100 billion next year and by $6 trillion over the next ten years. Additionally,
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