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Sensible Tax Reform

…tax revenues in the slump and recession. This is a problem we share with the whole world, as the International Monetary Fund’s staff has recently shown. Second, in the (almost…

The President’s Speech

…stronger than before. The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach. They exist in our…

SOCIAL SECURITY AIN’T BROKE

…the savings it generated exactly for this purpose. Fourth, I don’t agree with Beale that there is NO “problem.” The Trust Fund is not the problem. The problem is that…

Stop Acting Surprised

…took office. 2. The government response to the problem wasn’t going to have any positive effect since it addressed a non-existent problem (i.e., poor decision making on on Wall Street)…

Taking a page from John Roberts, Jeb Bush solves the problem of workers working part-time who want to work full-time: The way to create full-time jobs for part-time workers who want, but can’t find, full-time jobs is for part-time workers who want, but can’t find, full-time jobs to start working full-time. [With awesome update!]

…policy with longstanding private-sector race discrimination that resulted in the need for government remedial policy. Bush, by contrast, identifies a problem (people who work only part-time because they are unable…