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Archives for December 2013

No American Has to Join Obamacare

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The Constitution and the Supreme Court protect all Americans from the O’Care beast. Here at National Review you read about the guts of the issue. You find out that the Supreme Court has ruled that Americans who choose not to purchase Obamacare are not lawbreakers, but instead citizens exercising their right to pay a tax […]

Budget Cave-In

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This budget is a mistake as Cato’s Chris Edwards points out here: Republican and Democratic negotiators are expected to agree to a budget deal this week setting spending levels for 2014. The Washington Post says that the deal will amount to “little more than a cease-fire.” However, the deal being described in media reports would be much worse than […]

Goodbye Obamacare in South Carolina?

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It sure looks like a good prospect as Fox explains here. How big and fast will a states’ bandwagon approach follow? House Bill 3101 passed the state House of Representatives in April and now heads to the Republican-controlled Senate with special-order priority, the Daily Caller reported Monday. If the bill becomes law, South Carolina will […]

R.I.P, Jazz guitar legend Jim Hall

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Jim Hall, one of the most influential, creative and admired guitarists in the history of jazz, died today, Dec. 10, according to several news sources. Hall had just turned 83 on Dec. 4. He died of natural causes in his Manhattan apartment after a short illness.  

Your Greatest Investment

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Lucky you. I get to speak with successful businessmen on a regular basis. Their greatest investment tends to be in their business not the stock market. It’s never too late to invest in yourself. I speak regularly with Paul Ewing. He could easily be retired and then some, but instead he and friend David Halley, […]

The Federal Reserve Should Raise Rates Immediately

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I agree with Cato’s Mark Calabria on the need for the Fed to raise interest rates. Here Mr. Calabria lays out the rationale for an increase. To help the economy, the Federal Reserve should begin raising rates immediately and bring its preferred policy rate, the federal funds, to a more neutral stance. The Fed’s current […]

Obama, the Constitutional Violator-in-Chief

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Here Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro gives you a neat top 10 list of Barack Obama’s more egregious constitutional violations. Did the President not swear on the bible to defend the Constitution? How does this man have a job? Why has his resignation not been demanded? After watching snippets of the hearing and reading the written testimony, I thought maybe I […]