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A New Plan to Socialize Losses

President Obama’s a man with a plan.  A couple weeks ago he unveiled his plan to save the middle class by calling CEOs.  This week he told people in Arizona he plans to save the housing market by providing government … Continue reading

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Apocalyptic Revelations and Other Fictions of Government

Are you ready?  Something remarkable could happen within the next few days.  In fact, this Friday, if Congress doesn’t take action, we’ll all have the extraordinary opportunity to experience something that rarely occurs… Apocalypse! No kidding…  President Obama even says … Continue reading

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How to Erase the Federal Debt and Other Bad Ideas

The world is rife with bad ideas.  Just open your eyes and look around.  Hardly a blink can be made without some bad idea coming into view.  What’s more, the worse the idea…the more popular it becomes.  Here’s a partial … Continue reading

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The Greatest Show On Earth

Things are getting interesting.  Last week, for instance, markets offered up both a rich comedy and tragedy above any story a Hollywood screenwriter could imagine.  The comedy, of course, was the Facebook IPO flop.  The tragedy, fittingly, was courtesy of … Continue reading

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