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The Liberals’ Orwellian Strategy
Using Medicare as the backdrop in a recent post, Matthew Yglesias claims that the difference between an economy based on markets and competition and an economy that is centrally planned (of the sort that Obama desires) is “superficial.” According to Yglesias, both types of economy are … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, central planning, Orwellian
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Decentralization Is Centralization?
It seems fair to characterize Obama’s “vision” as one that would move America even further along the road to centralized authoritarian government, and that in stark contrast to this, Romney and Ryan favor an approach where economic and political power is more … Continue reading
Teeth
Come on people, cut Todd Akin a break. He obviously saw IFC’s recent showing of the movie “Teeth,” mistakenly thought that vagina dentata was real, and applied it to his analysis of rape and abortion. Probably not the first time someone has been … Continue reading
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Attacking Federal Employees
Now for something entirely bizarre. In a USA Today article, Dennis Cauchon reports that 21,000 federal retirees have pensions of $100,000 or more, but it isn’t until the second to last sentence of the article that he happens to mention that 96% of the six-figure pensions are part … Continue reading
Going After The Oldsters
Charles Lane channels Robert Samuelson in attacking well-to-do seniors who, according to Lane, can and should contribute their “fair share” to resolving the country’s fiscal predicament. Let me say it again: If oldsters pay less than Lane or Samuelson want them … Continue reading
Foreign Policy Experience
It’s hard to figure how liberals can criticize the foreign policy experience of anyone in view of the foreign policy background of Obama/Biden. Jonathan Bernstein admits that Obama had little foreign policy experience in 2008, and since then, his record as president has been no … Continue reading
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Liberal Weeping
So Washington Post sportswriter Mike Wise recounts how he and some other sports writers choked up and wept after hearing the story of Tahmina Kohistani, the female sprinter from Afghanistan. They admire her courage in overcoming the misogynists in her country to participate in the Olympics, but these liberals can’t seem … Continue reading
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Obama’s “Vision”
Matthew Yglesias is incoherent when he claims that Ryan’s selection as VP means we’ll ignore the biggest issue of the campaign (i.e., the terrible economic performance since 2009). At one point, he claims that politicians “will still talk about this,” but … Continue reading
Obama’s Tax Increases
As he mocks those who oppose Obama’s brilliant policies, Ezra Klein mentions Obama’s proposal to raise the marginal tax rate on incomes of over $250,000 by “4.5 percentage points.” Check it out; by using the number 4.5, Klein makes it sound like Obama wants to … Continue reading
Transfers From the Young to the Old
Robert Samuelson writes yet again about the conflict between the young and the old in our society, bemoaning the “huge” transfers of wealth from the young to the old in the form of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. According to Samuelson, the young subsidize the … Continue reading
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