Former CENTCOM Commander on Iraq: May 2004
(By Bruce Webb. Well it is a slow night. So let me point you to perhaps the strongest indictment of Bush Iraq policy c.2002-2004. By the guy who General Tommy…
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Soc Sec XIV: Why benefit cuts and cap increases backfire
…$58 What is with the negative numbers? I thought Bruce was always telling us that Low Cost meant fully funded? Well it does, if you use the Trustees’ definitions of…
Springsteen and the RNC Apparently Bruce Springsteen is saying no to those who want him to hold an anti-Bush concert in Giant’s Stadium during the Republican National Convention. But don’t…
THE CBO AND SOCIAL SECURITY… HYSTERIA and HONEST MATH
…any needed increases in SS as the need arises. We showed a few years ago, in something Bruce Webb called the “Northwest Plan,” that by increasing the payroll tax one…
PERNICIOUS IGNORANCE ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY
by Dale Coberly PERNICIOUS IGNORANCE ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY A REPLY TO KRASTING Bruce Krasting in comments to Bruce’s post on Social Security made a number of claims that deserve a…
The David Brooks Phenomenon: He does ‘rewrite’ for Megan McCardle! [UPDATED]
…read the book to correct me if I’m wrong. I wish Paul Krugman read Angry Bear. —- UPDATE: As Bruce Webb and Dan Crawford pointedly pointed out in the…
George Will Comes Out for Single-Payer Healthcare Insurance! Again! (This time, though, it’s the Constitution’s ‘origination’ clause that made him do it.)
…landscape. So does George Will. But the art of real life is painted on a broad canvas. —- UPDATE: Bruce Webb has two detailed comments to this post, the first…
Recessionary signals… (Guest post)
Guest post by Bruce Carman. He first comments on an article from Jeremy Grantham who says that a coming bubble is likely. “. . . There are massive reserves of…
In Praise of Net Social Benefits
…this paragraph from Bruce Kaufman, Institutional Economics and the Minimum Wage: Broadening the Theoretical and Policy Debate, page 444. “Minimum wage laws may enhance (social) efficiency in another way as…
What Martin O’Malley’s Flag Lapel Pin Says About Him. (And, no, it’s not that he’s really, really patriotic.)
Little John April 28, 2015 4:53 pm Yeah Bruce. Hillary is probably jumping out of her skin in joyous celebration. Beverly Mann April 28, 2015 11:33 pm She should be,…