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Romney Argues Big Spending Cuts Would Cause 'Depression,' Contrary To Tea Party Activists

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: 2012 Elections, Boehner, John Boehner, Economy, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Jobs, Obama, Stimulus, President, Barack Obama, Romney, 2012, Video, Republicans Spending Cuts, November Election, Republican, Gop, Club for Growth, Cato, Tea Party, Republicans, Politics News

Republican House Speaker John Boehner and GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney have, in the course of the past week, pushed starkly different approach...

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Do Koch Bros. Have A Master Plan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: 501(C)(3), David Koch, Charitable Organizations, Video, Cato Institute, Koch Brothers, Charles Koch, Koch Cato, 501c3, Cato, Political Advertising, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Anyone wondering why the ultra-conservative billionaire industrialist Koch brothers are trying to seize control of the libertarian Cato ...

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Laissez Cato Faire

Kevin Dowd | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Cato Institute, Koch Brothers, Cato Institute Koch Brothers, Cato, Koch, Koch Brothers Cato Institute, Koch Brothers Cato, Libertarian, Libertarianism, Libertarians, Politics News

The most likely outcome of a Koch takeover is that Cato would be eviscerated, the brand would be destroyed and the Kochs would take over an empty shell -- in short, the outcome would be a catastrophe, and even the winners would gain nothing.

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Another Twist In Koch Brothers' Lawsuit?

Kansas City Star | Dave Helling | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Non-Profits, Koch Brothers Lawsuit, Non-Profit Law, Cato Institute Non-Profit Law, Cato Institute Koch Brothers, Cato, Koch Brothers, Cato Institute, Koch Brother Cato Institute, Koch Brothers Cato, Politics News

Merits of the case aside, though, the dispute could provide an interesting test of the limits of federal tax law relating to organizations like Cato -...

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The Definitive Case Against Privatizing Social Security

Warren Mosler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Moore, Securitization, Social Security, Pete Peterson, Defict Terrorist, Cato, The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy, Politics News

With the current Social Security program you give the government your dollars now, and it gives you back dollars later. That is exactly what happens when you buy a government bond.

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It's Always a Bad Year to Get Out of Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Bacevich, Longest War, Coin, War Casualties, Afghanistan War, Christian Appy, Budget Deficit, Obama, Daniel Ellsberg, Robert Greenwald, Malou Innocent, Civilian Death, Brave New Foundation, War in Afghanistan, National Debt, Vietnam War, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Vietnam, Taliban, Tom Hayden, Insurgents, Afghanistan, Cato, Rand, Pentagon Papers, Counterinsurgency, World News

After 104 months of war, the last 12 of which saw the U.S. triple the number of troops in Afghanistan, attempted terror attacks against our country are at an all-time high.

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You Are Now Paying for the Next Three Mile Island

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Atomic Energy, Nuclear Renaissance, Three Mile Island, Nuclear Power, Heritage Foundation, Renewables, Cato, National Taxpayers Union, Chernobyl, Green News

Desperate for cash, the nuclear industry wants us all to pay hundreds of billions for the joy of living downwind from more 3 Mile Islands for which they intend to assume no liability.

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To Protect or Not to Protect? The Answer Depends on How You Ask the Question

Janis Bowdler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Nclr, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Sustainability, Financial Crisis, Dodd, Ben Bernanke, Housing Crisis, Alan Greenspan, Cato, The Fed, Financial Regulation, Home News

I will be the first to admit that debates on banking reform don't always leave people on the edge of their seats. But if you have been following the O...

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Washington Post Joins Wall Street Sneak-Attack On Social Security

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Pete Peterson, Concord Coalition, Cato, Fiscal Times, Media News

At the end of the year the Washington Post published as "news" a story that pushed the idea of "a special commission to make the tough decisions that will be required to dig the nation out of debt."

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Health Care Debate Loses Coherence

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heritage, Talk Radio, Tea Party, Health, Hannity, Obama Healthcare, Libertarian, Big Government, Obama Socialism, Ayn Rand, Universal Health Care, Cato, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Herzberg, Healthcare Costs, Politics News

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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