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BW on Soc Sec X: the Danger of Low Cost

…funded insurance plan for workers, under 2007 Low Cost the General Fund subsidy, though certainly legally obligated, starts making it take on aspects of a welfare system. With the 2008…

James Galbraith on being progressive

…minimum wages, and a strong welfare state. But they also are highly open. They practice free trade. Business there is free to import, export, and outsource. Business there is free…

Opus 1, Second movement: On taxation

…the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America….

…implementing them. Much data shows that Germans are rather risk averse and value the status quo highly. A visible manifestation of this is the provision of high unemployment and welfare

…world whether, for example, you pass an awful welfare reform bill or you pass an awful welfare reform bill with an especially nasty amendment by Phil Gramm attached to it….

What Obligations Do Mainstream Media Editors (e.g., The Washington Post’s) Have to Bar Their Regular Political Columnists (e.g., Michael Gerson) From Stating Bald Misrepresentations of Fact?

…have explained what exactly the IRS controversy involves–applications for status as a “social welfare” organization, and therefore an exemption from compliance with election laws requiring the identification of donors–and that…