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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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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OCTOBER 25, 2011 My Tax and Spending Reform Plan Individuals will have the option of paying a 20% flat-rate income tax and I’ll cap spending at 18% of GDP. By RICK PERRY The folks in Washington might not like to hear it, but the plain truth is the U.S. government spends too much. Taxes are
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Updated: Sun., Oct. 23, 2011, Feeling flat By STEVE FORBES Last Updated: 12:27 PM, October 23, 2011 The nightmare on Main Street — the federal income tax code — is ending, which is fantastic news for our beleaguered economy. Dramatically simplifying this monstrosity would unleash a powerful wave of prosperity and job creation. Thankfully in
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OCTOBER 19, 2011 Cain’s Stimulating ‘9-9-9’ Tax Reform A new sales tax could be raised in the future—but so can any other tax. And the low marginal rates would jump-start the economy. By ARTHUR B. LAFFER It used to be that the sole purpose of the tax code was to raise the necessary funds to
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DAILYCALLER.COM Steve Forbes on Rick Perry’s flat tax plan: ‘I’m elated!’ 4:31 PM 10/19/2011 As you might have heard, Texas Governor Rick Perry is planning to come out with a flat tax proposal next week. The plan hasn’t even been finalized, but it already has at least one big backer. “I’m elated by it,” Steve
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OCTOBER 17, 2011 Capital gains tax cuts, deregulation to allow easier investment in growth companies, and the protection of intellectual property created a boom. By AMITY SHLAES Sometimes two separate news events turn out to be related. That’s the case with the Wall Street protesters and the extraordinary mourning at the death of Steve Jobs.
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OCTOBER 15, 2011 The Golden State continues to incubate cutting-edge companies in Silicon Valley, but then the successful firms expand elsewhere to avoid the state’s tax and other burdens. By STEVE MALANGA California has long been among America’s most extensive taxers and regulators of business. But it had assets that seemed to offset its economic
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OCTOBER 15, 2011 Real-estate and newspaper mogul Mortimer Zuckerman voted for Obama but began seeing trouble as soon as the stimulus went into the pockets of municipal unions. By JAMES FREEMAN New York ‘It’s as if he doesn’t like people,” says real-estate mogul and New York Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman of the president of
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Thanks to Windy for creating these very insightful images of the protest rally in Chapel Hill
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