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What Obama Could Learn From British Prime Minister David Cameron
Tweet Share on Facebook July 23, 2010 Comment (1)Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once said, “I think we’ve been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it’s the government’s job to cope with it. … They’re casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society.”
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How Republicans Should Rethink Immigration Reform
Tweet Share on Facebook July 19, 2010 Comment (28)Five words you will never hear again from a conservative: I agree with Markos Moulitsas. Markos, founder and publisher of liberal blog the Daily Kos, wrote recently that, “[a]lienating Latinos may offer short-term electoral gain [for Republicans], but it’s a long-term recipe for disaster.” He’s exactly right.
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Obama’s Stimulus Doesn’t Take the Deficit Into Account
Tweet Share on Facebook July 9, 2010 Comment (34)Milton Friedman famously said, “In one sense, we are all Keynesians now; in another, nobody is any longer a Keynesian.” Friedman intended the quote to show how the individual concepts of Keynes had informed all of economic theory, despite his broad conclusions being false.
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Democrats' 2010 Problem: They Can't Run On Their Record
Tweet Share on Facebook July 2, 2010 Comment (33)With election season fast approaching, House Democrats are finding themselves in a Catch-22. Do they sit back and rest on their accomplishments in hopes that voter ire towards Washington will cool? Or should they continue their torrid legislative pace in hopes of getting the economy back on track? The former risks appearing like do-nothings in the face of an ongoing financial crisis, the latter risks continued backlash over big-government, big-spending solutions. There appears to be no right answer for this batch of unabashed Keynesians.
