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In Europe, at least. France has a new Socialist President, François Hollande. While the Euro traded lower this morning (no surprise), the opposition in Germany, both politically and to the ongoing austerity pact with France, was energized. Ms. Merkel’s political opponents, though, seemed cheered. Sigmar Gabriel, head of the opposition Social Democrats, said on [...] When I first encountered the Arthur Kohl-Riggs campaign for governor running as a Republican, I thought it was a joke. I’ve been paying attention since then and of course he’s gotten short shrift from the official media and bloggers alike. But after watching this video, whether you take his campaign seriously or not, I have [...] Submitted without comment.
They're treading on you! They're treading on you! Over at Red State, there is rumor of a coup d’etat in the Wisconsin GOP. (NOTE: I will not link to RedState, but here is a URL for the article you can copy and paste: http://bit.ly/JJI0kn) The Wisconsin Tea Party movement is not gelling to Tommy [...] Public-sector job losses don’t count.
Except when they do. One way to dramatize just how severe our de facto austerity has been is to compare government employment and spending during the Obama-era economic expansion, which began in June 2009, with their tracks during the Reagan-era expansion, which began in November [...] If we don’t cut corporate taxes immediately, it will be the end of civilization….
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