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Where do my federal tax dollars go?
Probably to your elderly neighbors: ” [In 1960] 52 percent of federal spending went for defense, 26 percent for “payments for individuals” — the welfare state. By 2008, 61 perc… more →
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Where do my federal tax dollars go?
sanityinjection wrote 3 weeks ago: Probably to your elderly neighbors: ” [In 1960] 52 percent of federal spending went for defens … more →
Obamawatch: Presidential multi-tasking
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sanityinjection wrote 1 month ago: The Obama Administration seems to be taking multitasking to the highest level in pushing for more th … more →
Media Infatuation
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The Forum wrote 1 month ago: In his latest WaPo column, Robert Samuelson does a great job of summarizing the media and its love f … more →
Calling b.s. on the Corporate Media: Obama vs. Bush
weatherdem wrote 1 month ago: The lede of this article caught my attention, as it was designed to do: Is the press giving the pres … more →
The Return of the "Social Security is Going Broke" Myth
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Craig wrote 1 month ago: As if there wasn’t enough panic coming from the Republicans in D.C. (along with some Democrats like … more →
'Just how much government debt does a president have to endorse before he's labeled "irresponsible"?'
whatbias wrote 2 months ago: The wonder is that these issues have been so ignored. Imagine hypothetically that a President McCain … more →
Drill, baby Drill!
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Tim Weaver wrote 2 months ago: Robert Samuelson of Newsweek is puzzled as to why the Obama administration is biased against the oil … more →
The Free Market and its Enemies
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Aristotle The Geek wrote 2 months ago: This is a series of lectures von Mises delivered in 1951 on economics, the philosophy behind it, and … more →
This Morning's Must-Read Op-Eds
frankstrategies wrote 3 months ago: Robert Samuelson in the Washington Post: Obama’s Economic Mirage Ari Fleischer in the Wall Str … more →
Internet Roundup
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Mr. Roach wrote 4 months ago: A roundup of a few interesting things from the internet this week. Great pieces by establishment con … more →
I Weigh In on Cramer vs. Stewart.
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mathpol wrote 4 months ago: Here is a post on E. J.’s precinct at the Washington Post, and my response. “So, who’s to blam … more →
Health Care Reform - Three different themes
jimmy1920 wrote 6 months ago: Three reports this week about the costs of health care and health care reform caught my attention. … more →
The Catholic Church as a lobbyist
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Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 6 months ago: (Photo courtesy of www.nationalreview.com) The fact that Catholic believers are launching an all-o … more →
Inequality in the USA
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Fabius Maximus wrote 6 months ago: Conservatives are fond of citing how much of the tax burden is carried by the rich. These usually … more →
In Defense of Lobbying
kathrynbaer wrote 7 months ago: Robert Samuelson as written an op-ed that’s provoked a lot of comment–most of it hostile … more →
Obama and long-term trends
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thenextwavefutures wrote 8 months ago: In among the reams of Obama coverage one of the more interesting articles – certainly from a f … more →
Economics: 11-05-08 A president's power over the economy
alaskakid wrote 8 months ago: A great short article by AP found here. Only need a small snippet. But read this. Robert must be rel … more →
Quotable: Robert Samuelson on Deleveraging
John Stodder wrote 9 months ago: The veteran economics columnist Robert Samuelson clarifies the nature of the risk for the world … more →
It's the *cost* of health care, not the extent of coverage
sanityinjection wrote 10 months ago: Tubby sends along this Newsweek column by Robert Samuelson arguing that the priority in American hea … more →
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