TCS Daily : January 2010 Archives
Tax-Tax-Tax, Spend-Spend-Spend
The day after President Obama's State of the Union, Congress went ahead and passed a $1.9 trillion — that's right, $1.9 trillion — increase in the federal government's debt limit. Let me tell you why this bothers me. First, in...
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Tax-Tax-Tax, Spend-Spend-Spend
The day after President Obama's State of the Union, Congress went ahead and passed a $1.9 trillion — that's right, $1.9 trillion — increase in the federal government's debt limit. Let me tell you why this bothers me. First, in...
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Time for a Change at the Fed
What exactly did Ben Bernanke promise Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid? That's the big question right now. Reid reluctantly endorsed Bernanke after a one-on-one meeting. Here's what Reid said, according to the Las Vegas Sun: "I made it clear that...
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Time for a Change at the Fed
What exactly did Ben Bernanke promise Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid? That's the big question right now. Reid reluctantly endorsed Bernanke after a one-on-one meeting. Here's what Reid said, according to the Las Vegas Sun: "I made it clear that...
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Health Reform and the Conspiracy Against Taxpayers
Last week's cynical deal between the Obama administration and organized labor to exempt unionized workers from the so-called Cadillac health plan tax was portrayed as a victory for organized labor. In truth, the deal was a gift to public-sector unions...
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Medicare Rationing Begins in 2011
House and Senate Democrat leaders, and President Obama, argue that they can "pay for" health insurance "reform" by cutting $500 billion from Medicare spending over the next decade—largely through arbitrary reimbursement cuts,— without reducing the quality of care d
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Enough Is Enough—Time to De-stimulate
We've got to get America working again. That's the message in my latest column, De-stimulate. That's right. De-stimulate. As in get rid of higher taxes, regulations, healthcare mandates, EPA mandates, spending and borrowing worries, etc, etc. This big government mo
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Impressions of the U.S.-India Summit
In late November, I had the opportunity to attend a panel discussion at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC. Montek Singh Ahluwalia was the chief guest, and the topic was India's economic story, as well as his...
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Are Latest TSA Regulations "Too Stupid for America"?
If you're flying overseas soon, or even thinking of flying and don't have time to watch the late night talk shows, Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert, visit the TSA Web site for comic relief. The TSA, an acronym that appears...
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