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Redefining ‘Conservative’

…of Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson.” Tom Raum writes for the Associated Press: “The era of big government is back. President Bush is presiding over the most expensive government relief

Some Fiscal Realism from Tom DeLay

…significantly reduce the massive Federal budget deficit with spending cuts alone. Does this mean Congressman DeLay is conceding the obvious point – the Bush tax “cuts” are merely tax deferrals?…

Who Will Get Rich from Katrina?

…are clinching some of the administration’s first disaster relief and reconstruction contracts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. At least two major corporate clients of lobbyist Joe Allbaugh, President Bush’s…

Senator Clinton: Making a “Federal Case”

…so, but watch how Fineman gets utterly confused on the real issues: But FEMA and disaster relief were relatively risk-free ways for Clinton to honor the Democratic Party’s Big Government…

Evacuation, Levees, and the Convention Center

…vehicles shot straight down Broadway, Fifth Avenue, the West Side Highway etc. The disaster zone, as the President mentioned, is the size of Great Britain. Would relief vehicles have made…

Finally, a Plan

…not to respond to attacks from Democrats on the relief efforts, and sought to move the blame for the slow response to Louisiana state officials, according to Republicans familiar with…

Bush Defends Tax Cuts as Deficit Reducing

Mark Thoma listens to the President’s Saturday morning address so we don’t have to – and provides this link: ”The tax relief stimulated economic vitality and growth and it has…

Greenspan Highlight Reel

…appreciable relief from elevated energy prices for years to come. And finally, Greenspan’s final worry, and the one that he spent the most time discussing: unusually low long-term interest rates:…

David Frum on Reducing Poverty in Africa

Frum argues that Africa does not need financial assistance but might benefit from free trade within the Western Hemisphere: African aid relief is the same. Jeffrey Sachs may imagine that…

US Imports: What and from Where?

…and materials are moved around the country via tank cars with properly maintained vacuum relief valve products in order to be delivered safely and efficiently to wherever they need to…