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“What’s Good for the GOP Goose…”

August 17, 2010 Columns No Comments

By Howard Rich

There’s a disturbing hypocrisy emerging from within the “establishment” wing of the Republican Party lately – a belief that it’s okay to work against fiscal conservatives who garner the support of the vast majority of GOP voters, just not fiscal liberals.

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Obama’s Transparency Charade Continues

August 10, 2010 Columns No Comments

By Howard Rich

The more things “change,” the more they stay the same in Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C. – especially when it comes to government transparency.

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Rangel Scandal Reveals Extent of Capitol Corruption

August 3, 2010 Columns No Comments
Rangel Scandal Reveals Extent of Capitol Corruption

By Howard Rich

Four years ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised to “drain the swamp” of corruption in Washington, D.C., but after failing miserably to do so it now appears she’s choosing to ignore it – while letting her colleagues sweep it under the rug.

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“Financial Reform” And America’s March to Marxism

July 19, 2010 Columns No Comments

By Howard Rich

Contrary to Barack Obama’s rhetoric about protecting consumers, his new financial reform law represents a dangerous big government power grab that willfully ignores the true roots of the recent financial crisis.

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The Surplus In Virginia Is Not Real

July 16, 2010 Columns No Comments
The Surplus In Virginia Is Not Real

By Bill Wilson

This week there were cheers heard throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Governor Bob McDonnell jubilantly proclaimed that the state had achieved a budget surplus.  There’s only one little problem.  It is not true.

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Inadequate Spending?

July 7, 2010 Columns No Comments
Inadequate Spending?

By Howard Rich

In a column published earlier this week in The New York Times, Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman condemns recent attempts to inject some common sense into what has become an epidemic of mindless government growth in America and around the world.  With the global economy teetering on the brink of another slowdown (due to excessive government borrowing associated with Europe’s failed welfare state), Krugman and other Keynesians – including U.S. President Barack Obama – are now lobbying aggressively for additional government “stimulus” spending at home and abroad.

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Is the Welfare State a Ponzi Scheme?

June 23, 2010 Columns No Comments
Is the Welfare State a Ponzi Scheme?

By Howard Rich

Ponzi schemes rely on people falling for promises that are literally too good to be true – but the outcomes are never really in doubt for the perpetrators of these scams, are they?

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Barack Obama’s Bogus Budget Cuts

June 15, 2010 Columns No Comments
Barack Obama’s Bogus Budget Cuts

By Howard Rich

In its latest attempt to mitigate public outrage over out-of-control government growth, the administration of President Barack Obama has instructed a handful of federal agencies to cut their budgets by five percent.

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Politicians Cause Downsizing

June 8, 2010 Columns No Comments
Politicians Cause Downsizing

By Howard Rich

Of all the myths helping to sustain the unsustainable status quo in Washington, D.C., among the most widely accepted is the belief that a politician’s seniority translates into tangible economic benefits for his or her district.  In fact, this perception works hand-in-glove with another central government myth – the one about politicians being able to create private sector jobs with your tax dollars in the first place.

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