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27 Oct 2009
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Obama's war on the U.S. Chamber

By: Michael Lewis
While many are criticizing Obama for his lack of ability to bring the promised "change" to Washington, he has in fact brought change to Washington, inasmuch as Chicago-style, knee-capping politics never made it to the White House before 2008. Chicago politicians are famous for the vicious, vindictive, arm-twisting, back-stabbing politics that have long marked Illinois as a poster child for...
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26 Oct 2009
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Does the Government Think You’re Stupid? Or a Child?

By: Rick Moran
I am often vexed lately when reading what our government is doing. On the one hand, I find it hard to fault the intentions of those who wish to make our lives "easier." On the other hand, I want to throttle them for insulting my intelligence by proposing to do something for me that any reasonably aware 10 year old should be able to do for himself. If the modern welfare state teaches us anything...
26 Oct 2009
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Democrats fiddle while the economy burns

By: Cassy Fiano
If the unemployment rate is at a dismal 9.8%, we’ve lost an average of 16,000 jobs a day, and only one state saw an increase in jobs over the last nine months (North Dakota, with an increase of less than 2,000 jobs), would you consider that there could be such a thing as a “jobless recovery”? As ridiculous as it may seem, it’s exactly what Democrats seem content to settle for...
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26 Oct 2009
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Seven Months and 2.7 Million Lost Jobs Later...

By: Duane Lester
It was during a January 10th radio address that President Barack Obama laid out the number one goal of his economic stimulus plan: Create 3 million new jobs in the next 24 months, with only 600,000 being government jobs. So how's it working out? Seven months after the passage of the Stimulus, a bill so important it had to be passed as quickly as possible, a massive 30,000 jobs have been created...
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24 Oct 2009
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T.J. Brown Column

By: T. J. Brown
In business, the most difficult things to value are people. As an employee, I have struggled at figuring out just how much my work is worth. On the one hand, I don't want to price myself out of getting that job or raise. On the other hand, I am not the only person who doesn't like being underpaid. Employers have the same problem. Overpaid employees are a drain on resources but underpaying employees...
21 Oct 2009
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WILL: ANOTHER ENTITLEMENT FOR SENIORS

By: George F. Will
WASHINGTON -- Three years before Rep. Wilbur Mills, the Arkansas Democrat who then chaired the Ways and Means Committee, had his fling with a stripper named Fanne Foxe, aka "The Argentine Firecracker" (Mills joined her on stage at Boston's exquisitely named Pilgrim Theater, which specialized in what Time magazine primly called "ecdysiast exhibitions"; this was after he had a...
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21 Oct 2009
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First do no harm

By: Lorie Byrd
When it comes to the economy, those in government would be wise to follow a tenet of physicians -- first do no harm. During the 1996 presidential campaign I asked a friend why he planned to vote for Bill Clinton. He said he liked what Clinton had done for the economy. I reminded him that when Clinton took office the economy had already been in recovery for over half a year. I asked him what Clinton...
21 Oct 2009
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An Overlooked Government Intervention

By: Edward Morrissey
With all of the attention paid to the health-care overhaul plans of the Obama administration and the cap-and-trade bill coming next from Congress, political observers can be excused if they believe that all of the government interventions and takeovers have been addressed. However, statism rarely sleeps, and in this case the statists have become adept at multitasking. The House has already passed a...
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