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Ron Paul's Spaced Out Plan

Ron Paul has unveiled a fiscal plan that would eliminate the Commerce Department, among other departments. The Commerce Department includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and one of NOAA’s functions is operating the nation’s weather satellites . Paul’s plan …

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Written by Kenneth Silber on Wednesday October 19, 2011

A Recovery Menaced By Dysfunctional Politics

In a time of fundamental uncertainty, what do we know for certain? No, that’s not a Yogi Berra kind of question. Timing of passage of an increase of some size in the national debt ceiling remains uncertain. Which side will blink first remains uncertain. Final form of the legislation …

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Written by Steve Bell on Friday July 29, 2011

You Read it First at FrumForum

Bloomberg News reports today that the new home market has apparently stalled out. But you read it first at FrumForum.com From Bloomberg News : Purchases of new U.S. homes probably stagnated in June, indicating housing is still languishing two years into the economic recovery, …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday July 26, 2011