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Soc Sec XXI: When personal isn’t private

…claimed that because under his proposal nominal dollars going to Medicare would still be increasing, it was a deliberate lie to suggest that he was ‘cutting Medicare’. Now anyone who…

Farm Bill and WTO GATS Part 2

…not be clear until September whether the new proposals would accomplish that goal. The proposal was careful not to assign blame, but it also said time was running out on…

Tax breaks for dogs?

Here’s a little fun one for you. Should pets, in this case dogs, be tax deductible like children? That’s right. From Congress.org a person comes up with this proposal: My…

Jean Schmidt Takes on a Marine

…– usually made up of about 2,000 soldiers each – begin pulling out of Iraq early next year. So there we have it – the whole furor over Murtha’s proposal

No on Proposition 77

…do and the proposal in Proposition 77 is less than perfect. The supporters of Proposition 77 noted that a better proposal had been put forth but did not pass the…

Social Security and Enron Accounting

…engaged in what has to be seen as political absurdity. The DeMint proposal does nothing to reduce the General Fund deficit. Mr. Murdock opens his oped with: Republicans are making…

Corporate Pork: the Lease v. Buy Decision

Via bgreer comes this Washington Post story: For the past three years, the Air Force has described its $30 billion proposal to convert passenger planes into military refueling tankers and…

Podestra Writes to the National Review

It would seem that John Tammy’s disingenious attack on a tax proposal endorsed by John Podesta prompted this reply from John Podesta, which NRO had the courtesy to post. Since…

Back Door Privatization or Back Door Tax Increase?

A proposal from David Brooks is labeled back door privatization by Noam Scheiber. Brooks writes: We could start by indexing Social Security benefits to prices, not wages, so the system…

Social Security and the Economics of Bill Thomas

…side to counter these dishonest claims? I guess not. But we also know the House GOP leadership loves to truncate real debates when the White House does place a proposal