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Seymour Martin Hersh

…1 that Cheney ordered the CIA to set up an assassination team to kill top al Qaeda leaders. This is sortof a scoop as people have been wondering what super

Bernie Sanders Draws the Line on Health Care

…that ordinary legislation or amendments thereto should require a 60 vote super-majority to move to a vote. But the filibuster exists and the majority cannot deny the minority some opportunity…

Taxes for States in Trouble?

…tax liability for the “super-rich”, since they are ordinarily in the highest tax brackets so their AMT calculation is still less than their regular tax liability.) Yet the patch is…

Soak the Rich: A non lesson from Europe.

…It is just not possible to enforce high tax rates on them. In the USA the vaster majority of people are employees including the vast majority of the super rich….

Money Metric Welfare and "Economic Efficiency"

…this is based on the fact that a change can have positive EV even though it only helps a few super rich people and hurts everyone else. OK just because…

Despair lifting

…means to an end. But I have reason to think that unlike the Bushies, they don’t really believe it; it’s just politics. Now the double super secret deepest background conversation…

Against Liquidity Keynes Himself Contends in Vain

…to sale such as the lack of common standardization (and subsequent need for costly negotiation and legal review) that ISDA has helped remedy. (notice this is a super top secret…