Posted on 08 June 2012. Tags: Austerity, Baltic Nations, Baltic Republics, Cato Institute, Communist Nation, Daniel J Mitchell, Downturn, Economic Output, Economic Performance, Estonian Economy, Fiscal Data, Fondness, Forbes Magazine, Government Spending, International Monetary Fund, Professor Krugman, Remarkable Scenery, Skids, Trickery, True Facts
This blog entry from Daniel J. Mitchell, from the Cato Institute, in Forbes Magazine, perhaps not surprisingly, came out on the side of Estonia, not Prof. Krugman! Here’s a couple of highlights: I have great fondness for Estonia, in part because it was the first post-communist nation to adopt the flat tax, but also because [...]
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Posted on 19 August 2010. Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Budget Surplus, Cato Institute, Fica Tax, Harry Reid, Ious, John Stossel, Obama, Partial Privatization, Real Clear Politics, Retirement Age, Security Trust Fund, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Harry Reid, Social Security Trust, Social Security Trust Fund, Stock Crash, Stock Market Decline
John Stossel is a wonderful and prominent libertarian voice today. His article on Social Security at Real Clear Politics is right on point. Social Security is popular but unsustainable. Its commitments over the next 75 years exceed its expected revenue by $5.3 trillion (http://tinyurl.com/29nclg7). Politicians know this, but pander anyway. He caught Senator Harry Reid [...]
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