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Senator John McCain has changed his story on his opposition to the Bush tax cuts. The Associated Press reports,
Republican John McCain says he opposed President Bush’s tax cuts because they didn’t come with spending cuts. That is not what he said at the time.
In a presidential debate on Wednesday, McCain said he voted against the […]

This is simply an amazing admission from the former president and first-lady hopeful Bill Clinton. Hat tip to ABC News.
We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions ’cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.
Well, at least someone on the left is admitting that carbon taxes […]

Ben Smith of The Politico writes that Barack Obama was the “most liberal” senator of 2007, according to National Journal.
National Journal rates Obama the single “most liberal” member of the Senate last year, spotlighting some policy differences, as well writing GOP attack ad if he’s the nominee, but perhaps also a helpful note in consolidating […]

Always good to know that, in Congress, the secret to making any plan better is to spend even more taxpayer money on it. What’s a few billion dollars (before interest) between Congressmen?

Whenever the issue of tax cuts gets brought up, a common complaint is that many tax cuts “only benefit the rich,” and that the rich don’t pay their fair share. Typically, of course, there are no statistics to back this up. If there were, I think it would be a tougher argument to […]

Here’s an op-ed I published in my school’s newspaper yesterday.
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It all began in a place called Hope.
No, I’m not referring to that classic line by a certain incorrigible former president; rather, a guy who really wants Clinton’s old gig.
Mike Huckabee was born and raised in the same small burg - Hope, Arkansas - as […]

This is Rep. John Campbell (R-CA) making some great points on the ridiculous Keynesian economic scheme that is moving quickly through Congress.

Quick links for the morning:

Andrew Roth at the Club for Growth puts together the full list of legislators who’ve sworn off earmarks.
Steve Forbes on the economic stimulus package.
Florida residents say the economy and insurance are their top issues.
Amity Shlaes argues that, in the midst of a shaky economy, even JFK “punched through the Keynesian fog” […]

I’m busy working on some other projects, so posting may be light again today, but in the meantime, I’ve got an op-ed on the stimulus package in today’s American Spectator:
Ah, bipartisanship. What would Washington be without it? It’s a lovely word that gives politicians the opportunity to link arms and claim […]

Here’s FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey reacting to a proposed change in bankruptcy law that’s intended to calm subprime fears in the Wall Street Journal this morning:
Politicians are always willing — if not quite qualified — to play the role of economic savior. And with fresh bad news about the economy coming out regularly, there are […]