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THERE AIN’T NO SUCH THING AS A FREE FEDERAL DOLLAR
Over the last half-century, the role of the federal government has greatly expanded. Washington is now deeply involved in elementary and secondary education, healthcare, housing, employment practices, the media, how we use our land
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THE MIDDLE CLASS: INCOME, WEALTH AND SOCIAL MOBILITY
President Obama and the Democrats are fond of talking about the need for government to “build the middle class.” Building the middle class is an easy sell in America, because we are a middle-class
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LEGISLATING HIGHER WAGES: WINNERS AND LOSERS
Fifty years ago, I was working after school as a “soda jerk” in a drug store when the minimum wage was increased to $1.25 an hour. I was pretty happy about it at the
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TOYS YOU WON’T SEE FOR CHRISTMAS
Christmas is just around the corner, and Santas are making out their lists of toys and gifts. Here are some items I think would make great gifts. But you won’t find them on any
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DEMOCRATS ABANDON SINKING SHIP
A month ago, Sen. Ted Cruz led a last-ditch effort by conservative Republicans to derail, or at least delay, the implementation of Obamacare. The Democrats protested that the Affordable Care Act was the law
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THE DREAMS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA
The Affordable Care Act (AKA “Obamacare”) was to be President Obama’s signature program — the one that defines his presidency. I suspect it will be, but not in the way he envisioned. The botched
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DEBT: GOING THROUGH THE ROOF
By the time you read this, Congress will likely have worked out a last minute compromise to raise the ceiling on the national debt. We’ve been down this road before; the debt ceiling has
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