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Wasting the Plenty

…a thin margin of error” given the government’s responsibility “to cover unforeseen losses.” The March 5 letter, provided to the Globe, said the additional borrowing authority is necessary to “leave…

DOLB’s Punditry on Obama’s speech

…divorce successful. Has it become my mission accomplish moment? I heard this: “And we will expand our commitment to charter schools. but as a father when I say that responsibility

Budget 2010 is telling?

…aid. The budget on Thursday will come amid a week of reminders of the nation’s fiscal plight. On Monday Mr. Obama will hold a “fiscal responsibility summit” at the White…

Peterson is non-partisan??

rdan Fiscal conservatives that involve two parties is bi-partisan, not non-partisan. And David Walker is hardly objective at this point. A new religion emerges on fiscal responsibility that hardly peeped…

Do not confuse American companies with American jobs.

…almost as well. Whether it’s stimulus or bailout, policy makers must remember that American companies aren’t the same as American workers – and our first responsibility is to the latter….

Looting Social Security: (the Basics Revisited, Again)

…fiendishly clever “grand bargain” they want President Obama to embrace in the name of “fiscal responsibility.” The government, they argue, having spent billions on bailing out the banks, can recover…

Freedom vs. Four Freedoms

…believe that freedom is a societal responsibility not realized until no one anywhere is lacking in healthy sustenance. Friedman is not a monster, indeed he considers the market the best…