Day: February 28, 2008

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Hillarycare is sickening for the US

Senator Clinton's plan is to use a federal mandate to force every American to buy health insurance. The government will regulate health care, define acceptable health insurance and force every American to buy a plan based on the government established standard. When asked how purchase can be enforced, she told

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Don’t write off schooling vouchers

Vouchers are more successful than ever. A recent referendum loss in Utah should be weighed against the many victories vouchers have achieved across the U.S., says Robert C. Enlow, executive director of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.

Consider:

Since 2000, vouchers have had their greatest period of legislative success; of

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Tax cuts would perk up the slowdown

Back in 2000-01, when the US economy was slowing markedly, the Fed obsessed about inflation. It was wrong, and then took a radical U-turn. It can’t be the same story again. The money supply hasn’t grown in a few years, while inflation is poised to go way down. The Fed

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Africans have historically headed for the hills

Good fences make good neighbours, but the best fences make predatory neighbours stay away. In the case of Africa, two economists argue in a recent paper, the fences are natural, and historically their presence may have done the continent more good than harm.

According to Nathan Nunn and Diego Puga:

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Nuclear energy – power play

Despite what is often heard in the news, energy is not in short supply in the U.S. There are fossil fuels, and lots of them, right there in America. Yet America is one of the few nations that chooses to leave much of its own reserves untapped, say Jack Spencer,

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