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Silly Statements on Social Security (In)Solvency

…would think the Social Security system is horribly unfunded. The good news is that the very smart conservative Andrew Samwick and and the very smart liberal Max Sawicky are having…

Bush outruns the Cleland wheelchair

Max Cleland wanted to personally deliver this letter to the President. Of course, George W. Bush is trying to avoid responsibility for the Swift Boat smears any way he can….

Connect the Dots Max Sawicky connects the dots in the August 6th, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing. Definitely take a look. AB UPDATE: Viq Digby, this transcript of Bush being interviewed…

More Mankiw from MaxSpeaks Max Sawicky finds two more nuggets in Prof. Mankiw’s books. Apparently, deficits do affect interest rates and the corporate income tax only hurts workers and customers…