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Stimulus Packages and Prozac: The Unintended Consequences of Intervention

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 12.18.2009 | Business

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Dr. Peter Breggin

Artificial interventions by know-it-all psychiatrists with their drugs, or know-it-all politicians with their economic bromides can never improve upon the activities of individual human beings pursuing their interests and their ideals in a free society.

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Obama's Big Government SWAT Team

BusinessWeek | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

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The Obama Administration's huge ramp-up in spending has given rise to a national debate over the size and role of government. It has provoked fears th...

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Health Care Debate Looms Large At Thanksgiving

Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Jerry Chautin

Turkey, cranberry sauce, and a side of health care debate is dominating Thanksgiving tables this year. The debate gets more heated when some worry that their situation will be adversely affected.

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Friday Talking Points [93] -- Lies, Lies And Propaganda

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.

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"Big Government" and the Health Care Crazies

Dean Baker | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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Dean Baker

No one in the health care debate is arguing for ending the enormous role that the government plays in the provision of care. They are talking about restructuring this role, so the big government story makes no sense.

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The Red Bottoms of Red-Staters: How Corporal Punishment Contributes to Right Wing Paranoia

Stephen Ducat | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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Stephen Ducat

No paranoid fantasy seems too bizarre, too implausible, or too disconnected from consensual reality to find a credulous audience among right wing true believers.

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Left, Right & Center: Big Government, Is it Back in Fashion?

Huff Radio | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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Huff Radio

Today's show is helmed by Bob Scheer, who, amazingly, describes himself as a "libertarian" !! It's a big think show on the subject of Big Government. ...

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Health Care Debate Loses Coherence

Tom Sullivan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Tom Sullivan

One suspects, however, that behind much of the "Don't Tread On Me" rhetoric directed at Obama is a spluttering "... but, but, but, you're black!"

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How to Debate Health Reform with Conservatives, and Not Get Arrested

Michael J. Elston | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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Michael J. Elston

A recent health care reform debate with a friend got so heated I was nearly arrested for disorderly conduct in my own home! How can you protect yourself from becoming part of an ugly, national incident?

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Obama's Health Plan: We're Being Bamboozled

John W. Whitehead | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Barack Obama, LA Times, White House, Biden, Big Business, Pharmaceutical Industry, Cheney, Obama Health Care, Big Government, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

Critics who refer to Obama's proposed public health plan as socialism have got it all wrong. The menace we face is the triumph of corporatism; the corporate state wedded to the government.

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How Dysfunction Helps the GOP

Thomas Frank | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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Thomas Frank

Government fails constantly when conservatives run it because making it work would be, for many of those conservatives, to traduce the very laws of nature.

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The Obama Secret Army Job Corps

August J. Pollak | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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August J. Pollak

2009-06-23-pollak.jpgRight-wing fears of a massive army of Obama underlings ignore how beneficial that would actually be for the job market.

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How It Was: Auctioning Off the Poor in Old America

Dan Agin | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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Dan Agin

The din of fat cats yodeling in the square about the evils of big government will follow us into 12 percent unemployment and beyond. It won't stop, wi...

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In Thanksgiving for our (Very Big) Government

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

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Elizabeth Rigby

In light of the tremendous challenges facing our country, I am grateful for a government big enough to help us weather the financial storm.

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After the Obama Win.

William Galston | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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William Galston

On the critical issue of government's role, Democrats do not have a mandate. Rather, they have a chance to make their case.

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Libertarian Barr Stumps in N.C.: Palin an Example of the Arrogance of Mainstream Politics

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

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Kelly Nuxoll

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --Bob Barr's campaign for president would be funny if it weren't so serious. Whereas McCain rallies draw thousands, and Obama rall...

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Liberalism, What Are You Going As for Halloween?

Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

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Matt Mendelsohn

This year, it seemed certain that liberalism would show up at the Halloween block party wearing the costume of a self-loathing American: a terrorist-loving, non-flag-pin-lapel-wearing lefty.

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Asian Americans May Nip The Vote

Disgrasian | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Disgrasian

"...two-thirds of Vietnamese Americans said they support Mr. McCain." What?

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Misgoverning

Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Government, Bush Administration, Federal Budget Deficit, Misgovernance, George W. Bush, Defense Spending, Big Government, Managing Government, Management, Federal Budget, Politics News
Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams

The Bush presidency will go down as providing by far the poorest quality of governance in the modern period of big government, pushing the federal government toward fiscal insolvency.

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