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The Naked Case for GOP Debt Ceiling Thuggery
Tweet Share on Facebook June 28, 2011 Comment (13)There are times when Washington hackery is so flagrantly, well, hackish, the mind reels.
Marc Thiessen has evidently expanded his affinity for torture into the economic as well as national security realm. In this Washington Post column, Thiessen all but dares the GOP congressional leadership to break bad with the White House: Cough up everything we want, or the economy loses a testicle.
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Conservatives Should Stop Taking Ayn Rand Steroids
Tweet Share on Facebook June 21, 2011 Comment (21)Jonathan Chait spotlights this long and compelling reckoning, by Slate’s Stephen Metcalf, with the work of Robert Nozick, one of libertarianism’s intellectual godfathers.
It’s well worth your time.
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GOP Debate Solidifies Romney's Frontrunner Status
Tweet Share on Facebook June 14, 2011 Comment (18)In the run-up to last night’s Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, Newt Gingrich’s campaign ended in everything but name.
Tim Pawlenty, meanwhile, unsuccessfully attempted to become a frontline candidate. His economic plan earned howls of derision from mainstream economists, left and right, and was taken seriously only in the most Kool Aid-besotted corners of the intellectual right.
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Tim Pawlenty Proposes Insane Economic Plan
Tweet Share on Facebook June 7, 2011 Comment (15)When consuming Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s economic plan, be sure to take extra time to chew—it’s gag-inducing.
First, a quick look at recent history.
In 2008, Sen. John McCain’s campaign platform included a reduction in the corporate income tax from 35 percent to 25 percent. According to a Wall Street Journal report in March of that year, McCain’s economic advisor, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, was “searching for ways to pay for Sen. McCain’s tax proposals.”
