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September 1, 2009
Projection Rejection
President Obama says that his health care overhaul plan will reduce costs.
August 25, 2009
Defining ‘Paid For’ Down
The late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan coined the phrase “defining deviancy down” in a 1993 article for the academic journal The American Scholar.
August 11, 2009
Son of Cash for Clunkers
So Congress ponied up an extra $2 billion last week for the Cash for Clunkers program.
August 4, 2009
Middle Class ‘Taxless’
This past weekend, as we watched key Obama administration officials begin their campaign to soften up the American people for future middle-class tax increases, we thought it would be a good occasion to review who actually pays federal income taxes.
July 21, 2009
On Ham and Health Care Reform
Yesterday we learned that, in order to “stimulate the economy,” the federal government spent millions of dollars buying boiled ham.
July 14, 2009
Can Pork Make You Healthier?
Well, who couldn’t have seen this one coming?
Presidential candidate Barack Obama campaigned on ending Washington’s culture of earmarks, where members of Congress specify how much and for which projects federal money will be spent in their respective states.
July 7, 2009
When Politics Trumps Science and Economics
Congress has passed a massive “cap and trade” energy bill designed to raise the price of energy in the U.
June 30, 2009
Should We Cap the Health Insurance Tax Exclusion?
President Obama has been taking some political licks for backtracking on his campaign opposition to taxing employee health benefits.
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