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Daily Archives: November 21, 2011

Carpe Diem

Big Gains Over Time in the Energy-Efficiency of Household Appliances Make Us Better Off

Mark J. Perry | November 21, 2011, 11:01 pm

The chart above shows the dramatic gains in energy efficiency over the last 20 years for clothes washers and dishwashers, based on historical data from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.  In the 11-year period between 1993 and 2004, the … read more >

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Carpe Diem

The Case for Presidential Nominee Clinton

Mark J. Perry | November 21, 2011, 10:38 pm

“We write as patriots and Democrats—concerned about the fate of our party and, most of all, our country. We do not write as people who have been in contact with Mrs. Clinton or her political operation. Nor would we expect … read more >

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60 Minutes Segment on Grover Norquist

Mark J. Perry | November 21, 2011, 9:07 pm

(CBS News – 60 Minutes) “As head of Americans for Tax Reform since 1986, Grover Norquist has transformed a single issue – preventing tax hikes – into one of the key platforms of the Republican Party. As Steve Kroft reports … read more >

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Lessons From Canada: It Fixed Its Fiscal Problems with 7:1 Ratio of Spending Cuts toTax Increases

Mark J. Perry | November 21, 2011, 8:49 pm

Some excerpts from a very lengthy, but excellent Reuters article “Insight: Lessons for U.S. from Canada’s “Basket Case” Moment“: “Canada’s shift from pariah to fiscal darling provides lessons for Washington as lawmakers find few easy answers to the huge U.S. … read more >

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Did the SuperCommittee see these two horrible debt graphics?

James Pethokoukis | November 21, 2011, 8:40 pm

Citigroup send this table out to clients today: And for those who prefer a 75-year time horizon, there is this chart from the Kleiner Perkins USA Inc. report: Citi’s bottom line: When actual austerity is demanded by savers funding budget … read more >

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Columbia, South Carolina Food Trucks Win Victory over Protectionist Restaurant Association

Mark J. Perry | November 21, 2011, 7:59 pm

COLUMBIA, SC – “The new guys in the food game were served a victory at Columbia city council Tuesday night. A nearly two-hour public hearing on proposals by the Columbia Restaurant Association to keep the increasingly popular food trucks from … read more >

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The Market in Kidneys: A Moral Case

Mark J. Perry | November 21, 2011, 5:30 pm

From LearnLiberty.org.  Philosophy professor James Stacey Taylor: “When there’s a transplant operation from a living donor into the body of a living recipient, everybody involved in the operation is getting paid: the anesthesiologist, the surgeon, the nurses, the hospital, etc. … read more >

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Cartoon of the Day: The Wrong Track

Mark J. Perry | November 21, 2011, 5:19 pm

By Gary Varvel.

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Economics, Entitlements

Firing warning shots with ‘blank’ bullets

Thomas P. Miller | November 21, 2011, 4:23 pm

The incredibly sloppy and hurried drafting of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the gift that keeps on giving to opponents of ObamaCare. A “glitch” in drafting provisions for premium assistance in the healthcare law approved by … read more >

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Economics

Let’s get real on entitlements

Peter J. Wallison | November 21, 2011, 3:59 pm

Lost in the media babble about the SuperCommittee’s failure is any sensible assessment of the real issue. As the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) numbers show, the entitlements—Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid—are too large to be attacked with increased taxes. If … read more >

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