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Golgotha program update

…off calls for more left policies with the argument that his opponents are satisfied with a mere “occupation du pouvoir” and are abandoning the ultimate goal of “conquete du pouvoir.”…

Kornhauser’s Tax Literacy Project–about time

…estates. It is also true of income taxes in general, the way flat taxes would work, the rationales for the corporate tax and many other key tax policies. Lobbyists frame…

Morici and US trade deficits (China and oil)

…in Chinese industrial policies and a departure from maintaining an undervalued yuan to spur industrial development. … The United States has engaged in high level talks with China since negotiations…

Another look at the budget deficits

…current laws affecting taxes and mandatory spending will continue without change. Sometimes, however, current law diverges from current budget policies. This year, the official budget baseline incorporates several especially unrealistic…

The Two Sides of AIG

…could have earned billions of dollars by selling insurance against a meltdown, even as it was wholly incapable of paying out on those policies. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn…

The President’s Speech

…has never stopped asking what he can do for his country – Senator Edward Kennedy. These education policies will open the doors of opportunity for our children. But it is…

BOEHNER…God help us and our honest memories

…Boehner is so fond of doesn’t really exist. Second, Boehner has supported nothing but “borrow and spend” policies since the moment he arrived in Congress, which helps explain his votes…