Tag: bill clinton
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Reagan, Bush, and McCain: Selling America First
This 2003 article by Warren Buffet–explaining in his usual pithy manner how we’re frittering away our future well-being by borrowing abroad and selling off our assets–got me looking once again at our country’s long-term financial position in the world. And once again, I came across one of those profound inflection points at–you guessed it–1980. The…
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Corruption: Are Pubs Worse than Dems?
My friend Steve can’t resist taking a somewhat tangential jab at me regarding corruption: Dems versus Pubs. For those who aren’t in the know, he and I have had this conversation already, and after looking at his evidence, I found myself hard-pressed to argue that in the legislative branch, over decades, the Pubs are necessarily…