Daily Archives: January 8, 2013

Glenn Reynolds on rebuilding after disasters and the moral hazard of federal dollars: ‘When “disaster relief” is part of your lifestyle, it’s quit being a form of insurance, and turned into just a subsidy.’ And Progressives ask, “What’s wrong with … Continue reading

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Michael Ramirez: The coming avalanche of debt, entitlements and Obamacare.

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Boulderites: Sign the Mint the Coin petition

Direct the United States Mint to make a single platinum trillion dollar coin! Help “kick the can down the road”.

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Historian Arthur Herman: Experience teaches that those who believe in free markets are right. The  November election and the budget deal, however, show that the other side is  winning, and winning big.

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Paul Krugman: Be Ready To Mint That Coin Be afraid, be very afraid. If there isn’t some unintended consequence that comes out of such tomfoolery, then the government and/or Ben Bernacke should simply drop money from helicoptors and we can forget about working … Continue reading

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Thanks for the memories. Boulder’s Eads News & Smoke Shop closes after 100 years in business I used to frequent Eads quite often to buy a variety of magazines, newspapers and the weekly addition of Barrons. Unfortunately as competition arose … Continue reading

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Robert Samuelson asks: If We Can’t Kill Farm Subsidies, What Can We Kill? Farm subsidies are a metaphor for our larger predicament. We no longer have the luxury — as we did for decades — of carrying marginal, ineffectual or … Continue reading

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