Money

Obama’s Taxes: A $2 Trillion Trip Back to the 70s

Friday, June 27th, 2008 - by Tom Blumer

With President Obama in office, the days of governments extracting a top marginal rate of 60% will return. Could bell bottoms be far behind?

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The Saving Grace in McCain’s Energy Policy

Friday, June 27th, 2008 - by Robert Zubrin

The $300 million battery prize and the flex-fuel requirement could save the nation.

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Don’t Bet on Bill Gates Staying Retired

Friday, June 27th, 2008 - by Michael S. Malone

We probably haven't seen the last of him as head of a corporation.

[For more tech news, visit our new PajamasXpress blog Edgelings]

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Online Telethon Launched to Support Our Troops

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 - by Catherine Moy

Move America Forward aims to send the largest shipment of care packages ever to American troops overseas. Here's how you can help.

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Is Yahoo! Manipulating Bloggers?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 - by Michael S. Malone

Is Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! really still on, or were bloggers roped into a stock gambit? (For more tech buzz, check out Edgelings โ€” PJM's new Xpress blog!)

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Why Trains Just Don’t Work in America

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 - by Charlie Martin

Even if you're crazy about trains, you'd have to be nuts to expect that they could ever compete with air travel in a country this size.

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The Saudis’ Oily Con Game

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 - by Youssef M. Ibrahim

How can we convince Saudi Arabia to pump more oil when it reaps the profits of pumping less?

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Barack’s Social Security A-Bama-Nation

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 - by Tom Blumer

The Democratic nominee wants to turn a pension program into another wealth redistribution scheme.

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Spain Smacked by a Dose of Economic Reality

Saturday, June 14th, 2008 - by Soeren Kern

Spaniards, used to socialist largesse, are struggling with market economics โ€” and their prime minister is in heavy denial.

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There’s Good News and Bad News About the U.S. Budget

Saturday, June 14th, 2008 - by Charlie Martin

America's budget problems can be solved โ€” but only if politicians grasp basic economics.

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