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Over at Reason, Steve Chapman has a devastating piece on the stimulus package. The whole thing is worth a read, but this passage is especially worth noting:
The alleged problem is a recession. From the sounds of panic, you would assume we are already in a deep downturn. In fact, that does not appear to be […]

The New York Times has an article up today reporting on how various stripes of economist view the just-announced fiscal stimulus package.  What’s notable is that, though the critiques of the package differ wildly, nearly everyone agrees that what the package, as proposed by the House, is a political effort — not a substantive policy […]

Governor Romney’s healthcare plan is costing taxpayers lots of dough. Hat tip to ABC News The Note.
Romney’s healthcare plan is getting expensive. “Spending on the state’s landmark health insurance initiative would rise by more than $400 million next year, representing one of the largest increases in the $28.2 billion state budget the governor proposed yesterday,” […]

NRO’s Jim Geraghty makes a good point today when he argues that, yes, conservatives really do need to take global warming fears in the electorate seriously.  Here’s the gist: 

I don’t buy into the global warming hype. But that doesn’t mean I want Republican candidates fighting an uphill battle, trying to convince the public that it’s […]

For those who think curbing wasteful spending is a priority, the rumor mill is sending some bad signals right now.  First, on the campaign to put earmark-opponent extraordinaire Jeff Flake on the appropriations committee – Make It Flake! – the word is coming back that he’s a longshot at best. Here’s Ben Pershing in the […]

The Virginia General Assembly is moving fast to repeal the largely unpopular “abusive driver fees” that it imposed last year. Here is a report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The House passed 95-2 without debate a bill that would repeal the unpopular bad-driver fees. The fees were adopted last year as part of a $3 billion transportation […]

As I wrote in my personal blog The Conservative Revolution, FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey appears in the new Citizens United film Hillary: The Movie.
It’s worth watching to remind folks just how power-hungry and ruthless Hillary can be. The recent Democrat debate in Myrtle Beach the other night was also a reminder of how vindictive […]

The Politico reports:
 Fiscally conservative Republicans in the House and Senate are complaining bitterly that GOP leaders are shutting them out of the bipartisan effort to quickly pass an economic stimulus package.
Gee, there’s a surprise.   Pardon my Clintonism, but I feel their pain.
These conservatives, many of whom helped frame the Republican fiscal message over the […]

The CBO has released a new report [PDF] on the current economic situation and possibilities for economic stimulus.  I’m still processing a lot of it, but it seems to me that the quick takeaway is this:

The economic situation is not as bad as it feels.  Though the risk of recession has increased, the report tells […]

This is excellent. Cato’s Dan Mitchell give s a quick video lesson on why tax competition helps everyone, and on the dangers of international bureaucrats using tax cartels in attempts to influence American tax rates:

Clear and concise, all the basics of the issue come across in just 8 minutes.