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If Mr. Rubin wants to help reduce the future entitlement benefits he frets so much about, he could always support reforming those programs. Yet when President Bush invited him to participate in a bipartisan entitlement commission last year, Mr. Rubin refused.
Which is why we suspect that Mr. Rubin’s real game here is politics. …

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Our enemies in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) are economically dependent, in large part, on support from oil-exporting countries. As Secretary of State, Dr. Rice has spoken of how energy “warps” our foreign policy. Without much fanfare, Dr. Rice at the Department of State, in conjuction with the Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman (bio), has [...]

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Tom Blumer has a great review of how the Welfare Reform Act may be exceeding the expectations from when it was signed into law.
From a peak of over 14 million in 1994, and over 12 million at the end of 1996 (over 4.5 million families) when the new law took effect, the number of those …

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If you want to tell me that Wal-Mart comes in and destroys the landscape of cottage communtities, I would agree with you. If you tried to tell me that they are bad for the economy, I would direct you to the nearest N.A. meeting! Townhall has a good piece on the subject.
“Senator …

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With the elections upon us, we are being bombarded by the left with the same old tired line: The Bush policies have produced “a disappointing decade on inequality.” In looking at the figures, one may be surprised to learn that “the Bush years compare very well by tax and income equality to the …

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She has a plan, but this is the key:
“This plan will make the basics of life in the middle class — health care, education and retirement — affordable for those who take responsibility,” Clinton said.
That doesn’t seem fair. Why should someone take responsibility?
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