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Post-It Notes and Lazy Causation

February 29, 2012by David Phillippe Leave a comment

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 […]

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Rick Santorum’s “Economic Freedom Agenda” fails the smell test.

February 28, 2012by David Phillippe Leave a comment

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 […]

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On Sacrifice and the Federal Debt

February 27, 2012by David Phillippe 3 Comments

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 […]

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More on Knox County and Entitlements

February 25, 2012by David Phillippe Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Grand Old Party of Debt

February 25, 2012by David Phillippe Leave a comment

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 […]

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Yes, the stimulus still probably worked

February 24, 2012by David Phillippe Leave a comment

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: […]

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How Much Austerity is Too Much? Greece Edition

February 23, 2012by David Phillippe Leave a comment

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 […]

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