Apparently the most important thing state governments can imagine themselves doing at this particular point in time, despite 46 of them being chest high in red ink, is to protect adults from advertising consensual services in which both parties benefit. Good job.

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Angelo M. Codevill in his seminal piece “America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution” at The American Spectator describing the new American political dichotomy of the Ruling Class and the Country Class: Its attitude is key to understanding our bipartisan ruling class. Its first tenet is that “we” are the best and brightest […]

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There’s a good piece at Downsizing Government which sums up the woes of MMS/oil industry partnerships. Also, I’ve never quite understood why regulatory capture is described by Leftists as a free market failure, rather than a government failure. If government regulators are charged with making sure that industry players abide by sets of rules and […]

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Is there anything that could make Senator Baucus’ disdain for the American people more clear than openly admitting he isn’t even slightly interested in doing his goddamn job?

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You see? We definitely need government overlord protectors because businesses aren’t responsible enough and don’t recognize that they have a monetary incentive to do what is good for their businesses all on their own.

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The New York Times on Cuomo, Clinton’s Housing Secretary (because the founders definitely put a proviso in to the Constitution that the federal government oversee fucking housing): And, in an effort to reverse decades of discrimination against blacks and Latinos, Mr. Cuomo pushed the government-sponsored banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to buy more home […]

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Apparently, lawmakers in DC, as well as a bunch of do-gooder type researchers, have nothing better to do than critique films and their use of cigarettes. The number of U.S. movies showing people smoking has declined since 2005, but cigarettes are featured in far too many films and could be influencing young people to take […]

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The Times, again, bending reality to fit their narrative of tax cuts adding to government debt: Republicans say cutting taxes would ease millions of families’ financial difficulties while encouraging the creation of jobs. But tax cuts mean higher government deficits, and Thursday’s report illustrated that clearly, estimating that extending the entire Bush tax cut package […]

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Though it shouldn’t be taken as an overt sign that they are abandoning their pro-Obama point of view, the Times has, once again, exposed one of the many kinks in Obama’s armor: A more national, outward-looking strategy for creating a “postpartisan” dynamic might have included White House partnerships with Republican governors or even with conservative […]

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The New York Times concerning Fannie and Freddie: The administration is still considering these and other options. The choice will reflect in large part a judgment about how hard the government should try to increase homeownership. Broader guarantees create greater risks for taxpayers, but also lower interest rates, bringing ownership within reach for more families. […]

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