Taxes & Economy

What Obama’s Critics Really Say

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 6, 2009

I like this post by Scott Ott, in which he challenges Obama’s comments that critics “say we are trying to do too much, that we are moving too quickly”. …

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Taxes & Economy

Detroit Auto Makers Need More Than a Bailout

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 10, 2008

A mostly on-target piece in the Wall Street Journal explains why a blank check to the Detroit automakers won’t solve their problems: In return for any direct…

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Regulation

We Don’t Need a Climate Tax on the Poor

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 3, 2008

Sen. Inhofe in today’s Wall Street Journal outlines the consequences of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act: The Lieberman-Warner bill (America’s Climate Security Act) represents the largest tax increase…

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Taxes & Economy

Bush Revises Stimulus Deal to ‘Rebate All of It’

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 24, 2008

Great fake news from ScrappleFace “It just makes sense,â€? said White House spokesman Dana Perino, “that if $800 per person would stimulate the economy, then giving back…

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Which schools are “Dropout Factories”?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 30, 2007

ABC 27 Harrisburg, ABC 6 Philadelphia, Carlisle Sentinel, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Philadelphia Daily News and others have all had stories about “Dropout Factories” – i.e. schools…

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