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AARP vs. Social Security?

…the Wall Street Journal the organization was open to cuts to the entitlement programs. “The ship was sailing. I wanted to be at the wheel when that happens,” AARP policy…

The Time I Offered to Bet $10,000

…Stearns who was worth paying—had endorsed William Jefferson Clinton several months previously. He was the first head of a Wall Street firm to do so, but not the last. Meanwhile,…

Financial Speculation Taxes

…by Thanksgiving, is currently deliberating on which revenues — if any — to raise and to include in its plan. With Wall Street at the center of the 2008 economic…

Kudlow’s Komedy Kapers (Cross-post)

…recent Wall Street Journal editorial calling for corporate tax cuts noted that this is the second highest top statutory tax rate among developed countries.[2] While true, this gives the false…