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Athens burns as Greece struggles to implement spartan budget

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off by

Athens, reputed to be the origin of democracy, is in the 21st century a pariah of the worst extremes of what government by the welfare state can do for an economy.  Civilization has ground to a halt as as the irate, impoverished population spasms in …

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The budget mess made simple

Jan 16, 2012 Comments Off by

The image below is one of those things that gets forwarded around and around the Internet. It’s provenance is unclear now, but the message make America’s budget insanity quite cogent:

 

Those who argue in favor of large government debt will insist that governments …

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