2 days ago by davidkirkpatrick

Here’s a link to a fiscal voter’s guide from the think tank, New America Foundation. Follow the link to a page where you can download the 743.17 KB PDF file. From the link: Promises, Promises: A Fiscal Voter Guide to the 2008 Election The United States faces serious fiscal challenges. Large budget d ...

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2 days ago by lestro

by lestro Why do Republicans seem to think that they best know how to run the economy when every indicator says otherwise? The stark contrast between the whiz-bang Clinton years and the dreary Bush years is familiar because it is so recent. But while it is extreme, it is not atypical. Data for the w ...

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2 days ago by J.D. Seagraves

Last week, I discovered a new rap artist named Tahir Jahi had recorded and released a song called “Man Make Da Money” on his MySpace page. No, this isn’t another “bling-bling” materialistic tune - though those can be good, too - but a rap song critical of… the Federal Reserve? You bet! Jahi heaps sc ...

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3 days ago by economistmom

Kind of cute, this “op-art” piece by Christopher Buckley… Note the theme for Wednesday!

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4 days ago by economistmom

This week’s cover story in The Economist magazine: “ Bring Back the Real McCain.” They argue that McCain has been “ too polite to the right,” and as a result has been led to propose some pretty misguided economic policy–or maybe I should say “purely guided by (bad) politics” economic policy. My emph ...

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5 days ago by Richard Falknor

SCROLL DOWN TO UPDATE! Marylander and tollroadsnews.com editor Peter Samuel has indefatigably developed free-market, investor-based solutions for Maryland’s transportation (and budget) needs here and here in presentations to the Maryland Center-Right Coalition and the Maryland Taxpayers Association. ...

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6 days ago by Stephen Kinsella

Image via Wikipedia Not entirely sure how I missed this, but my colleague Dr Tony Leddin has a piece called How wage agreements eroded competitiveness in the Irish Times describing the recent history of Ireland’s attempts to get to grips with the spiral of wage increases following inflation followin ...

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6 days ago by Mark Thoma

Richard Serlin: A dollar spent on tax cuts costs more than a dollar over the long run, a lot more., by Richard Serlin: With regard to ... "The Whole Analysis Sounds Pretty Fishy": So the the right wing propaganda tank, Tax Foundation, claims that tax cuts recover up to 40% of their costs through so- ...

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6 days ago by Richard Falknor

UPDATE August 30! From a hard-bitten county chairman: “I was listening to her speak when I was in the car, all by myself, driving to the State Fair. I had tears running down my cheeks. Within TWO MINUTES, I saw new hope for the Republican Party, for Conservatism, and for the United States of America ...

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7 days ago by Ben

Update: Looks like I got headfaked, like many others. Pawlenty appears to be out. Speculation is on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Kudos to Steve if this is correct. In part he writes about her: Not only is she a woman (which, like it or not, is an issue for some voters), but she also puts a [...]

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