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…term budget includes $100 billion in infrastructure spending offset by what is effectively $1 trillion in new tax revenues resulting from the elimination of a batch of tax deductions, and…

There’s a Palpable Fear Amongst Kansans, All Across That State, That the Farm Subsidy Levels They Love, and Cherish, and Honor, Will Be Reduced or that the Program Will Be Eliminated. (Or, in light of their senior senator’s comments earlier this week, there should be.)

…enacted when they were in their 20s and 30s may not cherish and honor the Dust Bowl era all that much. Some of them may fear collapsing infrastructure, and a…

WHY THE DEMOCRATS LOST: Because they cannot win unless they explain Keynesian economics and inform the public of the dramatic reduction in federal spending and federal employment since 2010—and the consequences of it. Obama will not (or, intellectually, cannot) do that. So others must.

…in the op-ed about the National Weather Service and those discussed recently by NIH director Dr. Francis Collins. Or by noting the drastic cuts in infrastructure upkeep and in financial…