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…economic growth and too little credence to human needs for community that require allocating the burdens and benefits of the tax system fairly among the people and entities that make…

Tri-Committee Health Care Bill Deficit Neutral

…set the stage for lowering the future growth in health care costs. Net Medicare and Medicaid savings of $465 billion, coupled with the $583 billion revenue package reported today by…

Warren Buffet’s annual letter to shareholders

…purchasing companies] were known as “leveraged-buyout operators.” But LBO became a bad name. … Their new label became “private equity,” a name that turns the facts upside-down: A purchase of…

Paul Volcker Feb.20

…of the world is doing pretty well, and so long as the rest of the world holds up, for various reasons, including great growth of American exports, maybe we’ll get…

Real world business for the economic buffs

…white label website development. A local flower shop is considered a retail business. This is true but, it is also a manufacturing business. The design of your shop’s storefront is…

Ms Parker, Mc Cain, Party and Honor

…the past several months: hope and change. In the end, did Ms. Parker know she was so prophetic? That’s potent medicine. It also should come with a warning label: “May…

Same labels, same old stuff

One Salient Oversight sends some thoughts from down under on recycling labels: Think of the common labels thrown out against political opponents these days. What sort of political thinking would…

The Shrinking of Treehorn

…show prices, but sizes of items. Lempert says packaged goods makers should have to put the word “new” on the label if they take away even 1 ounce and explain…