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HOW ROMNEY AND PERRY DIFFER ON THE ECONOMY

U.S. NEWS & World Report October 27, 2011 by Rick Newman On some things, virtually all the Republican presidential candidates agree: President Obama’s health-reform plan must be scrapped. Government spending is far too high. Taxes should be lower. Washington needs to be reined in, and more power should devolve to the states. But many differences […]

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MICHELLE OBAMA AND ‘THE FEW AT THE TOP’ – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Michelle Obama and ‘the Few at the Top’ By Victor Davis Hanson Posted on October 29, 2011 8:32 PM It was wise late in the 2008 campaign to suggest that Michelle Obama cool it and retrench a bit. There had been one too many “raise the bar,” one too many “downright

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FOUR REASONS KEYNESIANS KEEP GETTING IT WRONG

OCTOBER 28, 2011 Concern over future tax rates is one of the main reasons for reduced investor confidence. By ALLAN H. MELTZER Those who heaped high praise on Keynesian policies have grown silent as government spending has failed to bring an economic recovery. Except for a few diehards who want still more government spending, and

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THE DIVIDER (OBAMA) VS THE THINKER (RYAN)

VIDEO LINK TO PAUL RYAN’S SPEECH AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1274179818?bctid=1241818113001 OCTOBER 29, 2011 The Divider vs. the Thinker While Obama readies an ugly campaign, Paul Ryan gives a serious account of what ails America. By PEGGY NOONAN EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Which gets us to Rep. Paul Ryan. Mr. Ryan receives much praise, but

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AMERICAN HISTORY – PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING – THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE 1920’S AND TODAY

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Time for Another Harding? How a much-derided Republican president actually succeeded in cutting the budget and fixing the economy. Allis Radosh and Ronald Radosh October 24, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 06 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  Dawes penned a warning: “Some day, a President, if he is to save the

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PAUL RYAN ON THE PERRY FLAT TAX PLAN

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Paul Ryan on the Perry Plan: ‘I Can Tell You This: It Would Grow The Economy’ By Avik Roy Posted on October 26, 2011 3:11 PM In a conference call today sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, Paul Ryan answered some questions regarding the Perry plan for an optional flat tax. Ryan

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LOSING THE ECONOMIC BATTLE

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The global debt apocalypse approaches. David M. Smick October 31, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 07 On the issue of public debt, Washington is experiencing what psychologists call “learned helplessness.” The financial news is so relentlessly terrible that people have become numb to it and assume nothing can be done

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BONEHEADED ECONOMICS – FRED BARNES

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Magical thinking about jobs from liberal ­Democrats. Fred Barnes October 24, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 06 It’s not just the Occupy Wall Street rabble who are promoting unorthodox ideas (to put it kindly) about our economic plight and how to create jobs. They have friends in Washington. A few

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