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Based on Where the Top 1 Percent Lives, the Occupy Crowd Should Be Protesting Against Big Government
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Would Haass and Levi Accept Their Own Proposed Deal?
By Justin Logan One of the more exasperating phenomena surrounding the question of “diplomacy” with Iran is that many of the people proposing diplomatic offers have outlandish suggestions for the contours of a negotiated settlement on the nuclear issue. The latest offering comes in today’s Wall Street Journal, courtesy of Richard Haass and Michael Levi of the Council [...] Would Haass and Levi Accept Their Own Proposed Deal? is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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Obama’s Corporate Tax Reform
By Chris Edwards President Obama released a document on business tax reform today. I’m glad the administration is taking an interest in this important topic, but his plan has more negatives than positives. The administration’s tax reform approach is also self-contradictory in numerous ways. Here’s a quick take: The proposal would lower the federal corporate tax rate from 35 [...] Obama’s Corporate Tax Reform is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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President Obama’s Corporate Tax Reform Rearranges the Deck Chairs on the Titanic
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Franken to Chu: Doggone It, Like My State’s Company
By Tad DeHaven The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing last week on the Department of Energy’s budget request for fiscal 2013. Chris Edwards tipped me off to a particularly galling exchange between Energy secretary Steven Chu and Sen. Al Franken (D-MN). Sen. Franken uses his allotted time to badger Chu about a federal loan [...] Franken to Chu: Doggone It, Like My State’s Company is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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USPS: Stuck With the Government Business Model
By Tad DeHaven The U.S. Postal Service has released a new five-year plan for congressional consideration that it says would get the beleaguered government mail monopoly on sounder financial footing and thus avoid a taxpayer bailout. The plan repeats previous suggestions (i.e., workforce reductions, postal network consolidations, elimination of Saturday delivery, elimination of the retiree healthcare benefit funding [...] USPS: Stuck With the Government Business Model is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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Stossel Thursday — New Time
By David Boaz I’ll be on the Stossel show this coming Thursday, along with nearly 1000 cheering Students for Liberty at their annual conference. Also taking questions from John Stossel and the students are Nick Gillespie of Reason, John Bolton (!), and Ken Klukowski of the Family Research Council (!!). Beginning this week, Stossel can be seen at [...] Stossel Thursday — New Time is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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The Tragedy of U.S. Iran Policy
By Justin Logan The latest orchestrated frenzy over Iran’s nuclear program is reaching a crescendo. If the Obama administration were genuinely interested in increasing the prospects for a diplomatic resolution, it would be trying to lessen Iran’s perception of insecurity. Instead, every new policy initiative on Iran heightens that insecurity. Unless Iran responds to all of this in [...] The Tragedy of U.S. Iran Policy is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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Cybersecurity Hype
By Jim Harper The approving response of an IT security professional last week pointed me to a story about cybersecurity in which I’m featured. The story and accompanying video are called: “Is Cyberwar Hype Fuelling a Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex?” It’s a really good look at how government contractors, many former government officials, are working Washington to generate an issue. [...] Cybersecurity Hype is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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Government Workers vs. Their Unions
By Chris Edwards As part of the payroll tax bill on Friday, Congress voted to tweak federal worker benefits. New federal hires will be required to make an additional contribution to their pension plans. While just a small change, federal worker unions railed against the bill as if were armageddon. The American Federation of Government Employees called the pension change an “outrageous injustice that [...] Government Workers vs. Their Unions is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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Why We Honor George Washington
By David Boaz Today is some vaguely named “Presidents’ Day,” but Wednesday is the anniversary of George Washington’s birth. So it’s a good day to remember the contribution he made to the American republic. I wrote this several years ago: George Washington was the man who established the American republic. He led the revolutionary army against the British [...] Why We Honor George Washington is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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Soviet-Style Cybersecurity Regulation
By Jim Harper Reading over the cybersecurity legislative package recently introduced in the Senate is like reading a Soviet planning document. One of its fundamental flaws, if passed, would be its centralizing and deadening effect on society’s responses to the many and varied problems that are poorly captured by the word “cybersecurity.” But I’m most struck by how, [...] Soviet-Style Cybersecurity Regulation is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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Local Governments Also To Blame For Housing Crisis
By Mark A. Calabria Most narratives of the financial-mortgage-housing crisis tend to focus on what are essentially demand-side factors. Whether it is federal mortgage subsidies, like Fannie Mae, or reduced interest rates via loose monetary policy, these policies increase the demand for housing by allowing, and encouraging, more buyers to enter the market. As I’ve written in more detail [...] Local Governments Also To Blame For Housing Crisis is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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Senator Harkin’s Definition of Success
By Sallie James At a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing earlier this week, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), gave somewhat parenthetical comments (the main focus of the hearing was energy, rural development and crop insurance) on federal nutrition programs. Parenthetical they may have been, but I think they signify something important. Harkin’s remarks on nutrition programs (or “food stamps” as they [...] Senator Harkin’s Definition of Success is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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Trying to Do Everything, Doing Nothing Well
By Justin Logan One of the perennial laments about American strategy offered by people like me is that Washington seems incapable of setting out clear priorities in its foreign policy. Everything is urgently important. The business section of today’s New York Times highlights the unfortunate results of this orientation. You may have heard by now that the United [...] Trying to Do Everything, Doing Nothing Well is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog
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