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America’s governance mind: FUBAR

…United States history… According to the environmental groups, Watt decreased funding for environmental programs,[5] restructured the department to decrease federal regulatory power,[5] wished to eliminate the Land and Water Conservation…

The Newest “Hot Thing”

…linked with an insurance product. The purpose is better coordination, leading to better care and lower (or slower climbing) costs. In my experience, this works better in larger urban markets…

Green Shoots Data Defined

As a rule, the Shiller Index uses the CPI as reported for All Urban Consumers (CPIAUCNS on Fred(r)). But the Index is only updated Quarterly, so monthly data is estimated….

How to target the poor?

…bank account. Some may not live in a very monetized economy. A tax-based assistance program is better, I’d think, for the urban poor than the rural poor. From the Into…

Health Care Reform Hard Ball

…is part of the federal government (the few exceptions are authentic, not an urban myth, and a cause for reflection). My actual thoughts on US senior citizens begin with the…

Rural Bias in the Senate

…roughly 1.5% of the population. The 6 are a tad embarrassed by this and say they have tried to take urban concerns into account (that’s Democracy at its best —…

JOHN C. DUGAN…OCC carries on

rdan John Dugan speaks: TESTIMONY OF JOHN C. DUGAN COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY before the COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE March 19, 2009 It would…

Looting Social Security: (the Basics Revisited, Again)

…Heritage, joined by the American Enterprise Institute, the Concord Coalition, the New America Foundation, the Progressive Policy Institute and the Urban Institute. “Our group covers the ideological spectrum,” they claim….