How Oil Prices Could Collapse: Pajamas Media
Do you think $140 a barrel is insane? Last week the president of OPEC Chakib Khelil predicted…
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EPA Greenhouse Gas Proposal Due; Will the Public Have a Say?: Shopfloor.org
This afternoon the Environmental Protection Agency will release the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking information with which to develop (or not) regulations to control greenhouse gas emissions…
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Rethinking the Goals of a National Mortgage Bailout | Redstate
Front and center this week have been the ill fortunes of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that together own trillions of dollars’ worth of US home mortgages…
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My Country, ‘tis of Thee, Knows Little About Liberty - Adam Smith Institute
This week’s Economist contains some sad figures about my home country, the United States. Only one third of Americans believ...
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A Nuclear Renaissance via the Air?Post Date: 2008-03-04 10:25:32
According to a recent article in Energy and Environment News, the Air Force is planning to build a 100-225 megawatt nuclear power reactor. It will not only provide affordable, reliable electricity to an Air Force base, which has yet to be chosen, but will also be used as a power source for the local community. This is a departure from the usual news regarding the comeback of nuclear power. These stories generally revolve around plans to build large, 1000-1600 megawatt commercial reactors to incr...
Tax Cut FactsPost Date: 2008-03-04 09:26:54
Since the economy is set to be a key issue in the general election, tax policy will be a major point of departure for the two eventual nominees. Both leading Democrats have pledged to end the Bush tax cuts arguing that they only benefited upper income tax payers and that they also starved the government of needed revenue. Both arguments are false.
On the wealthy’s share of the tax burden Heritage Foundation Center for Data Analysis director Bill Beach notes:
The top five percent of income ...
NAFTA Myth of the DayPost Date: 2008-03-04 08:47:51
With the leading presidential candidates doubling down on their anti-trade promises, it is important that the facts about the benefits of trade are repeated as often as possible to counter their deceitful populist rhetoric. Today’s ‘NAFTA Myth of the Day’ comes courtesy of Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies director Daniel Griswold. Griswold wrote last week:
Ohio workers would pay a heavy price for pulling out of NAFTA. Canada and Mexico are the top two mark...
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