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• Fun with numbers

  
  Beers with Demo — Authority: 505
  Today has been brought to by the numbers 135 and 312 . 135 rhymes with the amount of money in billions that the federal government took in revenue for the month of October. And 312 rhymes with amount of money in billions that same federal government spent in the month of October. Having fun with that Hope and ...
  5 hours ago

• Defending Obama…Again

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 731
  I caught a lot of flack from my Republican friends for my post blaming the FY2009 deficit on Bush instead of Obama. Well, I must be a glutton for punishment because I can’t resist jumping (albeit reluctantly) to Obama’s defense again. I’m venting my spleen for two reason. First, FoxNews.com posted a story ...
  5 hours ago

• The Problem with Deficit Financing a War

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 511
  (War bonds ad from the 1940s, from “Found in Mom’s Basement” blog .) As Bruce Bartlett explains in his Forbes column , when a war is deficit financed, people tend to (way) underestimate its economic cost (like all other things that are deficit financed), and that tends to tilt the subjective cost-benefit ...
  17 hours ago

• The Fed Doesn’t Want Banks to Increase Lending

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 568
  Source: Washington’s Blog Tim Duy – Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Department of Economics at the University of Oregon and the Director of the Oregon Economic Forum – noticed an amazing sentence in the minutes of the most recent meeting of the Fed Open Market Committee: As has already been ...
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• Advisor Alert - November 27, 2009

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 143
  The following report is the advisor alert produced by US Global Investors , a comprehensive weekly alert providing SWOT analysis for all major market groups. You may listen to it in its entirety here while you work: Download audio file (55e283bf-ebd7-436b-06d2-245317d74b6c.mp3) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ...
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• Spending become Dem political problem

  
  PrairiePundit — Authority: 524
  Karl Rove: After engineering an unprecedented spending surge for nearly a year, President Barack Obama now wants to signal that he takes deficits seriously. So this week the White House announced that it is considering creating a commission to figure how to fix the budget mess. Eureka! Well, almost. What seems ...
  2 days ago

• An Empirical Test: Capitalism vs. Socialism in Post-War Germany

  
  GM's Place.Com — Authority: 129
  After the financial crash of 2007 – 2008, Newsweek columnists Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas wrote an article, which appeared in the February 16, 2009 edition, entitled “We’re All Socialists Now.” Meacham and Thomas wrote:If we fail to acknowledge the reality of the growing role of government in the economy, ...
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• Thanksgiving tradition – precedented and “un”

  
  Donklephant — Authority: 534
  The administration that initiated so much that is unprecedented in American politics, introduced an unprecedented new Thanksgiving tradition – carving up our currency for the holidays. Before considering this new tradition, let us not forget the greatest tradition of this holiday, taking time to count our ...
  3 days ago

• Fiscal responsibility, part II

  
  The United States of Jamerica — Authority: 421
  ( Originally posted at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen ) I don’t understand how Conor can say this with a straight face: You’d think after rightly complaining about the Bush Administration’s unprecedented irresponsibility for eight years, leading Democrats would understand that we’re trapped in a ...
  3 days ago

• Odds and ends for 11/25

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 437
  Roots: Here’s one good reason not to go looking for your birth parents. Coincidence?: On Tuesday, Obama’s top Pentagon official for detainee affairs, who had long and publicly opposed military commissions for terrorism suspects, quits . Today, late in the afternoon on the day before a four-day holiday ...
  3 days ago

• Eight Years Later, Still No Appetite to Share the Burden of War Funding

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 747
  Here’s an interesting response from Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), senior Republican on the Finance Committee, when asked by a reporter this morning whether Congress intends to pay for the wars its launched, or continue to borrow the money and pile onto federal deficits. Defending America is a number one ...
  4 days ago

• “Stop — We Can’t Afford You”

  
  The Hoosierpundit — Authority: 480
  A letter to the editor in the News & Tribune: I want to publicly criticize Congressman Hill’s support of H.R. 3962 — just the latest in a long list of yes votes. Once again Rep. Hill follows the footsteps of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and California Rep. Henry Waxman. The state of California is bankrupt ...
  4 days ago

• Shades of Versailles at the White House

  
  The Hoosierpundit — Authority: 480
  Let them eat cake, said Michelle Antionette Obama. From ABC News : Underneath a massive white tent, with a glass ceiling and eight chandeliers, President Obama noted during his first toast at his first state dinner that guests were celebrating the spirit of the U.S.-India partnership under the stars this evening. ...
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• Illegal Immigrants & ObamaCare, a Primer

  
  The Hoosierpundit — Authority: 480
  Robert Rector, who was behind the very successful Republican welfare reform initiative passed in the 1990s, chimes in on illegal immigrants and ObamaCare: The health care bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 3962) clearly and directly contradicts the Presidents declarations and promises. ...
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• NRSC - New Report Highlights Reality Of Hodes Reckless Government Spending Spree

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 445
  NRSC Says 2010 Election Gives Voters Chance To Restore Government Accountability WASHINGTON – As Senate hopeful U.S. Representative Paul Hodes (D-NH) and his Democrat colleagues move forward with their multi-trillion government-run health care plan, a report by the New York Times today details the impending ...
  5 days ago

• Frontrunning: November 24

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  The Goldman "leak" was right all along : Q3 preliminary GDP at 2.8% ( Hatzius had it at 2.7% ), massive drop from previous fudged number of 3.5% ( Bloomberg ), ex CfC and other stimuli Q3 GDP was negative More central bank secrecy: HBOS and RBS bailed out with secret last minute emergency financing ( FT ) Russian ...
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• Conason Reminds Scarborough That The Iraq War and Tax Cuts Ballooned the Deficit.

  
  The Osterley Times — Authority: 134
  Joe Conason points out to Joe Scarborough that the Iraq war, coupled with tax cuts for the rich, did more than anything to balloon the US deficit. Scarborough wants to view such things as "the past" and thinks that "people who opposed everything George W Bush did" are bound to get it right once in a blue moon. This ...
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• Let’s Have THIS FIGHT: Unallotment Battle Looming

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 139
  According to this amicus brief , the DFL legislature is joining in the unallotment lawsuit. Here’s a portion of their brief: After the legislature adjourned, Governor Pawlenty vetoed H.F. No. 2323 (Chapter 179), a bill that increased taxes and delayed some expenditures by approximately $2.7 billion. Journal ...
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• In Which I Actually Defend Todd Young

  
  HoosierAccess — Authority: 478
  Shocking, I know. Pick your jaws up off of the floor; Young would be far and away a better member of Congress than Baron Hill. Blue Indiana has a post up ripping Todd Young for, well, daring to say that things aren’t going so well in the grand adventure that Baron and Barack have taken us on since the start of ...
  5 days ago

• In Which I Actually Defend Todd Young

  
  The Hoosierpundit — Authority: 480
  Shocking, I know. Pick your jaws up off of the floor; Young would be far and away a better member of Congress than Baron Hill. Blue Indiana has a post up ripping Todd Young for, well, daring to say that things arent going so well in the grand adventure that Baron and Barack have taken us on since the start of the ...
  5 days ago

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