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Cap-and-Trade Proposals…and truth in spending

…has been misrepresented in recent press releases distributed by the National Republican Congressional Committee. The press release claims our report estimates an average cost per family of a carbon cap…

R.I.P. Social Security Crisis: "We hardly knew ya"

…take my eye off the numbers. Right around Halloween the Treasury will release Trust Fund balances for Sept 30th which is to say the Q3 numbers. I’ll certainly check in…

Inflation Rampant?

We had a couple of data releases this week telling us something about inflation. Today’s release was the CPI data for March, which comes on the heels of yesterday’s PPI…

The Rest of The Story

Reader RN alerted me to a recent press release by the Bush administration touting the fantastic job growth following the 2003 Bush tax cuts: “The American economy has created 4.4…

Debunking the White House’s Budget Myths

The release of the Mid-Session Review of the 2006 budget by the White House today was accompanied by a press release full of dubious claims. Each point in the press…

Angry Bear Views

Press Release: Angry Bear Views Growing Exponentially Cumulative views of angrybear.blogspot.com: 7 (Friday), 23 (Sat.), 76(Sun.), 128 (monday, and today is only half-way over). This is growth, 1990s Enron-Style! So…