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There is a common misconception in Washington that the House Republicans, battered after their election losses in November and fearing blame for allowing the nation to go off the fiscal cliff will cave before President Obama’s demands for tax rate and spending increases. At best, it is asserted,
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Date:
12/5/2012
If the Department of Defense (DoD) were a country it would be the 18th or 19th largest economy in the world, ahead of developed economies such as Switzerland, Belgium and Sweden. Unfortunately, DoD has less in common with these countries and more with today’s “sick man” of Europe, Greece. Both the
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Date:
11/30/2012
If the last two weeks are any indication, Washington is headed off the proverbial fiscal cliff at year's end. Numerous pundits have argued that both parties eventually will compromise to avert a 20% increase in federal revenues at the expense of just about every category of taxpayer -- not to mention
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Date:
11/30/2012


