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O Brave New World
Well, here we have the propagandist Ezra Klein singing a paean to Obama, liberalism, and the changes wrought by liberalism over the last few years. But all the wondrous changes cited by Klein show nothing more than that America is becoming Europe. “O brave new world, That has … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged current events, ezra klein, liberal mind, liberalism, liberals
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Liberals Gaming The System
Writing in Slate, Claire Lundberg recounts her child care experience while living in France. She refers to France’s child care policies as European-style socialism adding: “And I love it!” Indeed, she seems to especially love it when describing all the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged big government, child care, current events, economy, liberal mind, liberals
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Obama’s Philosophy Of Government
With the election rapidly approaching, liberals are working to convince voters to support Obama. Some of the arguments amount to nothing more than saying that Obama is the candidate most likely to put and keep 315 million Americans squarely under the thumb of centralized government. … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged auto bailout, big government, capitalism, central planning, current events, election, free stuff, Jonathan Cohn
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Heavy Taxation Of The Wealthy
Richard Posner is one of the great jurists and legal scholars of our time. No matter what topic (he is a prolific writer on many subjects), Posner can be counted upon to make thoughtful and interesting arguments, usually from a … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged budget deficit, capitalism, current events, economy, politics, Richard Posner, taxation
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Women Do Not Earn Less Than Men
Every few years, liberals push the claim that women are the victims of discrimination, earning only 78% (or some comparable percentage) of what men earn. This is just another fake issue – women who have the same education and experience as men in … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged current events, gender discrimination, war on women, women
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Break Up The Big Banks
There may be some hope for the economy after all, but only if Romney wins the election and takes George Will’s advice to break up the big banks. The top ten banks now account for 61% of the commercial banking assets in … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged big banks, business, capitalism, current events, too big to fail
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Attacking Paul Ryan
So now liberals have decided that one way to attack Paul Ryan is to paint him not only as a hypocrite on deficits, but one who is managing to get away with it. For example, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post claims that Ryan’s record on … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged budget deficit, current events, deficit, Paul Ryan
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Liberals’ Non Sequitur Reasoning
Steven Pearlstein fires off another shot in the liberals’ war on decentralization and freedom. Evidently, the “services” sector of the economy does not develop as efficiently as the manufacturing sector, which may lead to relatively higher prices for services. Although he initially … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged big government, current events, liberal mind, liberals
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Facts Don’t Matter
The editorial board of the Washington Post is very impressed with last Friday’s jobs report. According to the editors, the economy is “on the move” and Obama has “reason to crow” (as no doubt do the editors). The unemployment rate … Continue reading
More Liberal Thinking
We can always count on Ezra Klein, one of the Obama propagandists at the Washington Post, to give us great insights into the liberal mind whenever he writes (and not in a good way). In a recent column he argues that there are … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged current events, liberal mind, liberals
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