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BOOK REVIEW – RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Guilty Men The political origins of the meltdown. Christopher Caldwell July 25, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 42 Reckless Endangerment How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner Times Books, 352 pp., $30 To have served as the intellectual architect of the […]

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TOYING WITH DEFAULT

JULY 25, 2011 The President isn’t serious about real spending cuts. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The President insists his party is offering serious spending cuts and entitlement reform. He also likes to talk about “balance,” which to him means real tax increases immediately and speculative spending cuts some time in the distant future. Behind the

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THE DEBT CEILING AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

JULY 25, 2011 A welfare state that led to permanent austerity would betray the principles that have made American culture exceptional. By ARTHUR C. BROOKS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:Consider a few facts. The Bureau of Economic Analysis tells us that total government spending at all levels has risen to 37% of gross domestic product today

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GANG OF SIX PLAN

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

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HERITAGE FOUNDATION – WHAT IS POVERTY IN AMERICA?

The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation – http://blog.heritage.org – Morning Bell: What Is Poverty in America? Posted By Mike Brownfield On July 18, 2011 @ 9:52 am In Family and Religion | 134 Comments As Congress struggles to find a way to cut spending as part of raising the $14 trillion

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HOW SPENDING CUTS–NOT HIGHER TAXES–SAVED CANADA

JULY 21, 2011 Liberals up there listened to voters, and their economy is now growing faster than ours. By FRED BARNES EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:As America struggles over spending and debt, Canadians watch with wonderment. A new book, “The Canadian Century: Moving Out of America’s Shadow,” points to a role reversal—a strong Canada and a

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THE END OF THE GROWTH CONSENSUS

JULY 21, 2011 America added 44 million jobs in the 1980s and ’90s, when both parties showed they had learned from past mistakes. The lessons have been forgotten. By JOHN B. TAYLOR Mr. Taylor, a professor of economics at Stanford and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, is the author of “Getting Off Track:

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