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Carbon capitalism
American-style capitalism, sans regulation, has earned its present bad rap. Even so, some market mechanisms do work quite well. Commodities pricing is discovered and costs kept low because markets are...
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Republicans are "rebranding": round up the usual suspects
You have to love the headline: GOP set to launch rebranding effort WASHINGTON (CNN) – Coming soon to a battleground state near you: a new effort to revive the image of the Republican Party and to...
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Speaker wannabee Boehner recycling platitudes of speakers past
The three pillars of any democracy are the rule of law, transparency, and a functioning civil society. Over decades, all three of these pillars have been chipped away in the people’s House. A wonderful...
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Who's serious about reducing the deficit?
Cut Medicare payments and tweak Social Security. Cut defense spending by directly reducing spending and getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Raise income, corporate, and payroll taxes. These issues...
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GOP swallows blue pill of delusion, votes to strip EPA of greenhouse gas...
It’s no surprise that the Republicans in the House of Representatives want to do away with the EPA’s rules on greenhouse gas emissions. But H.R.910, the bill to strip EPA authority over greenhouse...
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Nota Bene #119: Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet
“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “He was a famous figure in Georgian times and he … Continue reading →
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Reinventing ourselves again
Look! Up in the sky, it’s a bird … it’s a plane. Nope, it’s Super Congress. Where caped, congressional crusaders will wage the battle between good and evil far above the heads of mere mortals and...
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How to get ahead on Capitol Hill: Use a leadership PAC to buy power
I’m in my second term in the U.S. House of Representatives. I’m a Republocrat. I like the job. It pays $174,000, has great medical benefits, provides a really nice private gym to use, and lots of...
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CBO's overlooked caution: 'ObamaCare' impact on deficit 'highly uncertain'
I don’t think anyone in this town believes that repealing ObamaCare is going to increase the deficit. — John Boehner, speaker of the House, Jan. 6, 2011, at his first press conference as speaker. The...
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