Post-It Notes and Lazy Causation
Everyone has an opinion on gas prices. It’s one of those subjects that, much like the weather, can act as a vehicle for fueling sentiments about non or flimsily related […]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Rick Santorum’s “Economic Freedom Agenda” fails the smell test.
Will Wilkinson has an excellent post on Rick Santorum’s op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. Suffice it to say, Santorum has a curious view of what constitutes economic freedom in his […]
On Sacrifice and the Federal Debt
One of the more annoying aspects of President Obama’s political rhetoric is his usage of “shared sacrifice” and “fair share.” Now, I understand why he uses those words. They appeal […]
More on Knox County and Entitlements
I received some positive off the ‘net comments regarding my post on Knox County and entitlement spending. Sometimes it can be difficult to contextualize national issues in a way that’s […]
The Grand Old Party of Debt
Seems like all the buzz the other morning (totally different in the afternoon, but hey, it’s the news cycle) was about this report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget […]
Yes, the stimulus still probably worked
I just wanted to quickly point out that the Congressional Budget Office released one of it’s regular reports this week on the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: […]
How Much Austerity is Too Much? Greece Edition
Perhaps when you start paying to keep your job: Salary cutbacks (called “unified payroll”) for contract workers at the public sector set to be finalized today. Cuts to be valid retroactively […]
