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INTERVIEW WITH DICK ARMEY, REVOLUTIONARY DO-OVER

NOVEMBER 20, 2010 Revolutionary Do-Over By JOHN FUND An old Washington story goes that when Martians land near the White House, everyone inside the Beltway flees in terror. Everyone, that is, except for the folks at the favor-factories known as Congress’s Appropriations Committees, who rush to greet the spaceship and say, “We’re here to help

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THE CHALLENGE BEFORE THE REPUBLICANS

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) As Simple as One, Two, Three A legislative strategy for the House Republicans. Jeff Bergner November 15, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 09 Republicans have won control of the House and have gained several seats in the Senate. What will the Republicans do? Will they simply nibble at the edge

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THIS LAME DUCK SESSION OF CONGRESS SHOULD BE THE LAST

NOVEMBER 18, 2010 In 1933, Americans ratified the 20th Amendment to eliminate lame duck Congresses. For two decades Washington has been ignoring its intent. By BETSY MCCAUGHEY Americans ought to make this lame duck session of Congress the last in history. Members who lose re-election have no moral authority to continue governing: They were fired

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HIDDEN TAXES AND NEW REGULATIONS

FEULNER: Red tape on the rise Take notice of hidden taxes before they get out of hand By Ed Feulner– President of the Heritage Foundation The Washington Times   Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Nobody enjoys paying taxes. Not the ones the government deducts from every paycheck. Not sales taxes. And certainly not the check millions of

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CITIES FACE A DEEPENING FISCAL CRISIS

November 17, 2010 Cities Face a Deepening Fiscal Crisis By Steven Malanga The steep fiscal crisis that many states face includes staggering retirement costs for their workers, estimated at some $3 trillion in unfunded future promises. The size of those liabilities has already shaken up some municipal bond investors, and the inadequate, sometimes misleading way

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EMBARRASSMENT IN SEOUL

NOVEMBER 13, 2010 The world won’t follow slow-growth, weak-dollar America. Has there ever been a major economic summit where a U.S. President and his Treasury Secretary were as thoroughly rebuffed as they were at this week’s G-20 meeting in Seoul? We can’t think of one. President Obama failed to achieve any of his main goals

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THE 8,011-PERSON CRISIS

NOVEMBER 12, 2010 ObamaCare’s pre-existing condition program is a bust. Democrats think they know how to run the insurance industry better than the insurance industry, and they’re getting the chance to prove it under ObamaCare. Consider the early returns on its plan to insure Americans denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. To judge by President Obama’s

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THE 1099 DEMOCRATS – WSJ

WALL STREET JOURNAL NOVEMBER 11, 2010 The 1099 Democrats The Democrats decoupled from business—and lost the election. By DANIEL HENNINGER Calvin Coolidge once said, “The chief business of the American people is business.” The Democrats just lost America because they forgot that. On second thought, you can’t forget what you never knew. The Democrats running

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