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The Irresponsibility Of John Boehner

Originally published at Capital Gains and Games. Like most federal budget watchers, I assumed that the extremely negative political reaction to the federal government shutdowns in 1995 and 1996 meant that tactic wasn’t likely to be threatened again, let alone actually...

What the Bain Debate is Really About

The 2012 presidential election may go down as one of the strangest political seasons in recent memory, for the simple reason that the influence of the financial sector in politics, policy and the economy has caused Republicans to sound like Democrats and Democrat to...

Budget Cuts Have Consequences Ask Andrews Air Force Base

Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. I can't tell you the number of focus groups I've watched and polls I read where the overwhelming opinion was that federal spending could be cut without any decrease in the quantity and quality of what the government does....

Et Tu Cory Booker

False equivalence of the day: Appearing on NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday, Newark Mayor and Obama bundler Cory Booker said he was “uncomfortable” with the Obama campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s career with Bain Capital. “It’s a distraction from the real issues,”...

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