Monthly Archives: August 2016

Archive of posts published in the specified Month

It’s The Velocity, Stupid

Depending on the measurement,  inequality (rise in the % of wealth in the top 10%) has increased more under Obama- in spite of policies designed to counter this trend.  These policies have been counterproductive, favoring larger industries, stock shareholders, and

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Shameless

From Victor Davis Hanson at National Review, How the Clintons Got Rich Selling Influence While Decrying Greed The Clinton litany of whiny victimization and excuse-making reflects that sense of entitlement — one not uncommon among academics, journalists, and politicians who

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Fix the Structure of Government

from The Clinton Plan’s Growth Deficit by John Cochrane in The Wall Street Journal Her speech Thursday at least identifies the problem: “Powerful special interests and the tendency to put ideology ahead of political progress have led to gridlock in Congress.” To

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Work Works

From The Daily Signal, These States Added Work Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients: Here’s How It’s Working Out by Nathan Mateer and Rachel Sheffield: Maine, one of the most proactive states in reinstating work requirements for food stamps, saw its caseload of able-bodied

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The Downside of Reform

From The Atlantic, How American Politics Went Insane by Jonathan Rauch Party-dominated nominating processes, soft money, congressional seniority, closed-door negotiations, pork-barrel spending—put each practice under a microscope in isolation, and it seems an unsavory way of doing political business. But sweep them

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Two Realities

From Victor Davis Hanson in The National Review,  Donald Trump, Postmodern Candidate The public is growing tired of two realities: the one they see and hear each day, and the official version that has nothing to do with their perceptions.

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