daviddfriedman.blogspot.com - 2/4/2009
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A well chosen name wins an argument by assuming its conclusion. Label cash subsidies to foreign government as "foreign aid" and who can be so hard hearted as to oppose them. Call subsidies to the public schools "aid to education" and you neatly skip over the question of whether additional ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 2/4/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
For the last three months, Americans have been
treated to a debate over what the government can...
do to ease the effects of the current recession and bring about a speedy recovery. Lawmakers of both parties are now considering a very large stimulus ...
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The Case for No Stimulus
businesspundit.com - 2/12/2009
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businesspundit.com —
StimulusWatch is a new wiki that uses online
feedback to hold the government accountable for its elephantine...
stimulus package. From the website : StimulusWatch.org was built to help the new administration keep its pledge to invest stimulus money smartly, and to hold public officials to ...
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Stimulus Watch: Web Watchdog for the Stimulus Package
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Don’t Call It “Stimulus”
Cato @ Liberty —
David Friedman raises a very good point:
A well chosen name wins an argument by assuming its conclusion. Label cash subsidies to foreign government as “foreign aid” and who can be so hard hearted as to oppose them? Call subsidies to the public schools “aid to education” and you neatly skip over the question of whether additional spending in the public school system results in more education.
And “economic stimulus” is a classic example.
Everyone—including Obama, back when he was ...
Changing names
Rolfe Winkler —
... effort that grew more urgent following a September 2007 shooting in Iraq that left at least a dozen civilians dead.
Blackwater President Gary Jackson said in a memo to employees the new name reflects the change in company focus away from the business of providing private security.
Spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell said the company felt the Blackwater name was too closely tied to its security work in Iraq.
As noted in a comment, this reminds me of the the stimulus debate:
Everyone—including Obama, back when he was ...
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