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TARP Made a Profit - If by Profit, You Mean Loss.
TARP  bailouts  profit  loss  Nick_Gillespie 
4 weeks ago by ehanneken
Stop Panicking About Bullies: Childhood is safer than ever before, but today's parents need to worry about something. Nick Gillespie on why busybodies and bureaucrats have zeroed in on bullying.
Nick Gillespie is neither denying the existence of bullying nor defending it--he's saying it's a smaller problem (in aggregate) than anti-bullying activists make it out to be.
bullying  bullies  children  moral_panic  Nick_Gillespie 
8 weeks ago by ehanneken
Why the new GOP/Paul Ryan Budget is Better Than Obama's But Still Ain't Good Enough For Gov't Work.
Paul Ryan's proposal would increase spending, and wouldn't even balance the budget after ten years.
Paul_Ryan  Republicans  government  spending  budget  deficit  Nick_Gillespie 
9 weeks ago by ehanneken
Spend of an era: Liberal diatribe on the financial crisis and tea party needs reality check when it comes to austerity that wasn’t
Nick Gillespie reviews <em>Pity the Billionaire: The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right</em>, by Thomas Frank. Thomas Frank, like too many on the left, prefers to live in a fantasy world where the U.S. government operates on an "austere" budget, and abides by laissez-faire principles.
Thomas_Frank  libertarianism  regulation  austerity  book_review  Nick_Gillespie 
january 2012 by ehanneken
Is Matt Damon Right That Teachers Make a "Shitty" Salary?
teachers  salary  Matt_Damon  Nick_Gillespie 
august 2011 by ehanneken
In U.S. politics, the independents have it
independents  politics  Nick_Gillespie  Matt_Welch 
july 2011 by ehanneken
Five Uncomfortable Facts About the Wonderful, Horrible Debt-Limit Debate
debt_limit  government  debt  deficit  Nick_Gillespie 
july 2011 by ehanneken
Death of the Duopoly
duopoly  Democrats  Republicans  politics  Matt_Welch  Nick_Gillespie 
june 2011 by ehanneken
Times' Kristof on "this Republican Eden, this Utopia...Pakistan"
Nicholas_Kristof  federal  budget  deficit  debt  government  spending  Nick_Gillespie 
june 2011 by ehanneken
Five Budgets for a Broke-Down and Busted Amerika
federal  government  budget  deficit  debt  spending  Nick_Gillespie 
april 2011 by ehanneken
Paul Ryan's Budget Plan: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Paul_Ryan  federal  budget  deficit  debt  government  spending  Medicare  Medicaid  Social_Security  Nick_Gillespie  Veronique_de_Rugy 
april 2011 by ehanneken
Rep. Paul Ryan's Plan vs. Barack Obama's Budget
Paul_Ryan  government  spending  federal  budget  deficit  debt  Nick_Gillespie 
april 2011 by ehanneken
3 Essential Facts About the Current Moment: We're Out of Money, The Public Sector is Overpaid, & We Can't Tax Our Way Out of This.
government  budget  deficit  debt  spending  taxes  Nick_Gillespie 
march 2011 by ehanneken
Opinion: This Is No Way to Win the Future
federal  budget  deficit  debt  government  spending  Veronique_de_Rugy  Nick_Gillespie 
february 2011 by ehanneken
We Can’t Win the Future By Repeating the Past
government  spending  federal  budget  deficit  debt  Nick_Gillespie  Veronique_de_Rugy 
january 2011 by ehanneken
How to Balance the Budget Without Raising Taxes: The 19 Percent Solution
I don't understand why they're targeting 19%, when their own research shows 18% is all they can count on.
federal  budget  deficit  debt  GDP  taxes  spending  Nick_Gillespie  Veronique_de_Rugy 
december 2010 by ehanneken
Austerity Means Never Having to Say You're Broke!
states  United_States  budget  deficit  debt  austerity  Nick_Gillespie 
december 2010 by ehanneken
The Remarkably Stable Amount of Federal Revenue as a Percentage of GDP
taxes  GDP  federal  budget  deficit  debt  Nick_Gillespie 
november 2010 by ehanneken
Think Twice About Buying GM Stock as a Private Citizen! (Or as a Taxpayer!)
GM  auto_manufacturer  bailout  IPO  Nick_Gillespie 
november 2010 by ehanneken
The Surprisingly Strong and Historic Case for Anonymous Political Speech
anonymous  free_speech  campaign_finance_reform  DISCLOSE_Act  Nick_Gillespie  Meredith_Bragg 
october 2010 by ehanneken
Let it Burn or Not? Fulton Fire Department Follow-up: Updated with Mangu-Ward Video!
Fulton_Fire_Department  fire_department  libertarianism  insurance  Nick_Gillespie 
october 2010 by ehanneken
Why is everyone picking on the Bush "tax cuts" rather than the Bush "spending increases"?
George_W._Bush  taxes  spending  federal  budget  deficit  debt  Nick_Gillespie 
september 2010 by ehanneken
What's Round on The Ends and High in The Middle? Ohio's Public Sector Salaries, That's What
Ohio  government  spending  deficit  debt  Nick_Gillespie 
july 2010 by ehanneken
How to Save Cleveland: Turning around America's dying cities is difficult, improbable, and necessary.
Cleveland  cities  Nick_Gillespie 
may 2010 by ehanneken

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