A good op-ed piece appears in the NYT today by New York University law professor Daniel Sahviro. Far from shrinking the size of government, Bush’s tax cuts only fuel its growth. He writes: “The growing federal debt is virtually certain to lead to offsetting tax increases down the road. Does anyone really believe that in 10 years, when Social
From the BBC: “A Japanese company has begun making stab-resistant coats and sweatshirts as fears about public safety rise following a series of gruesome attacks. Madre, the maker, said it was providing the products in response to requests from worried parents.” Read the whole story
As we’ve seen with the manufacturing “crisis,” the “outsourcing of America” is a total farce. As reported in today’s NYT (registration required) and WSJ ($), the total number of jobs lost due to outsourcing was 4,633—only 2.5% of the 182, 456 jobs reported lost during the 1st quarter of this year. I’ve already emailed these articles to Lou
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