cato-at-liberty.org - 1/22/2009
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President Obama says that “our economy is badly weakened,” partly because of “our collective failure to make hard choices.” And that when government programs don’t work, “programs will end.” Yet he continues to press for a spending program that ...
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Obama Plays Bad News Tune for Stock Market - Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg
Government Spending Is No Free Lunch - Robert Barro, WSJ
Can We Afford All This Spending? No We Can’t - David Boaz, Cato Institute
Is Dissent Still Patriotic? - David Harsanyi, Denver Post
Stimulus Deferred - IBD Editorial
Would All Be Well With Blackwell? - Quin Hillyer, American Spectator
Anything That's Peaceful - John Stossel, Real Clear ...
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