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Battle of the Tax Cuts

There is a debate hitting our congress that may make or break the reelection chances of some incombants. Both sides of the aisle, for the most part, agree that we can’t rais taxes in a time of economic hardship that our country faces today. Yet the debate will rage on, fueled by the white house, when it comes to who should keep their share of the Bush Tax Cuts. Continue reading

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An economist explains health spending

Don Surber
Thursday September 10, 2009
[source: http://dailymail.com/Opinion/DonSurber/200909090307 ]
Robert Fogel won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1993. He wrote a piece last week in which he explained the two reasons why Americans spend more money on health care than everyone else in the world.
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Ditch the Rich Hits

The wealthy are not made of money.
By Jonah Goldberg
November 14, 2007 12:00 AM
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmFkNzQyNjU4MjQ4NzQxNzZiOTdjMmVlYmYwYjM2NDA=

“The question is, should we be giving an extra $120 billion to people in the top one percent?”

So asked Gene Sperling, Hillary Clinton’s chief economic adviser, at a recent National Press Club panel discussion. Translation: It’s the government’s money, and anything left over after Uncle Sam picks your pockets is a “gift.” Continue reading

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How Poor Are America’s Poor?

Robert E. Rector
Senior Research Fellow
August 27, 2007

http://www.heritage.org/

Executive Summary:
How Poor Are America’s Poor? Examining the “Plague” of Poverty in America by Robert E. Rector Executive Summary #2064 Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau counts the number of “poor” persons in the U.S. In 2005, the Bureau found 37 million “poor” Americans. Presi­dential candidate John Edwards claims that these 37 million Americans currently “struggle with incredible poverty.”#[ Continue reading

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