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THE ROAD TO FISCAL RUIN – OUR ENTITLEMENT STATE

JULY 28, 2011 The Road to a Downgrade A short history of the entitlement state. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Many on the left still blame Ronald Reagan, but the debt increase in the 1980s financed a robust economic expansion and victory in the Cold War. Debt held by the public at the end of the

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EUROPEAN COUNTRIES – TAX AND SPEND

Neil Reynolds With government spending, virtue hath its own rewards NEIL REYNOLDS | Columnist profile | E-mail From Monday’s Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 2:00AM EDT In 1900, the governments of the world’s most advanced economies taxed and spent, on average, 10 per cent of respective GDP each year. By 2000, they

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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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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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DICK MORRIS – SENATE’S GANG OF SIX PROPOSAL

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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MINNESOTANS SHRUG OFF THE SHUTDOWN

JULY 16, 2011 The unavailability of beer, cigarettes and fishing licenses seemed to annoy them the most. By DAVID STROM Minneapolis What if they had a government shutdown and nobody cared? That about sums up what’s just happened in Minnesota. The fiscal year ended on June 30, and since then all but “essential” services of

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WHAT ABOUT THE TRUST FUND?

JULY 16, 2011 A teachable debt-ceiling moment. President Obama famously played to grandma’s Social Security fears this week, saying in an interview about the debt-ceiling talks that “I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3 if we haven’t resolved this issue because there may simply not be the money in the coffers

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