Taylor: Budget is Sign of Obama's Left Turn

March 6, 2009

NJ’s Stuart Taylor offers the centrist view on the President’s budget: a basic concern that the numbers don’t add up, the “cuts” are on phantom spending, and you won’t be able to squeeze the top 2% enough to make this work. “The house is burning down. It’s no time to be watering the grass.”

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POTUS's Radical Agenda is Killing the Dow?

March 6, 2009

Stanford Economics Prof. Boskin encapsulates the fears of many defenders of capitalism and the free market: that what we are witnessing is a redefinition of the role of government in the economy, and that Obama’s solutions are “designed to radically re-engineer the market-based U.S. economy, not just mitigate the recession and financial crisis.”

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White House Reconsiders Tax Hikes Amid Pushbacks From Dems, Charities

March 5, 2009

Some lawmakers questioned whether it was smart to reduce mortgage-interest deductions in the midst of a housing-market crisis. “Isn’t there a concern that limiting the deduction would further depress home prices?” Sen. Pat Roberts (R., Kan.) asked during the hearing. Charitable organizations are also worried. Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy said Wednesday that Mr. Obama’s […]

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The Assault on Compassion: More On Charity Deduction

March 5, 2009

Among the claims that modern liberalism likes to make is that, unlike conservatism, it “cares for the poor” and pursues policies that make that sentiment real. This claim, already weak (see liberal opposition to welfare reform and school choice), is about to grow weaker still. We have in mind President Obama’s proposal to limit tax […]

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Higher Taxes and Working Wives

March 5, 2009

Amanda’s thinking of getting married. Why would President Obama, who won 56% of the women’s vote and supposedly ended pay discrimination by signing the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, want to make it more difficult?

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Information That Would've Been Useful Yesterday: Chas Freeman Gets Vetted Now?

March 5, 2009

Eli Lake reports that Chas Freeman is indeed to be investigated by the Inspector General. At issue are his ties the to China National Offshore Oil Corp, in which the Chinese government has a majority stake, and his role as president of the Middle East Policy Council (MEPC), which is in part Saudi-funded. And not […]

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Too Many Cooks? White House Czars Power Stirs Criticism

March 5, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama named two women this week to lead his effort to overhaul the nation’s health-care system. One of them, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, began preparing for confirmation hearings, where senators will probe her views on health policy and demand lengthy documentation of her credentials.

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Cramer: My Response to WH

March 5, 2009

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money. I fight to help viewers and readers make and preserve capital. I fight for their 401(k)s, for their 529s and their […]

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Keating: Gordon Brown's Lame White House Visit

March 5, 2009

Commentators on both sides of the Atlantic have noticed that Gordon Brown’s visit to the White House yesterday was not exactly the high-profile boost that the struggling prime minister was hoping for. In a break with protocol, Obama decided to skip the traditional side-by-side photo-op in front of the two nation’s flags, didn’t invite Brown […]

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Interview: Gingrich on Health Care

March 5, 2009

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