The Right to Rise? Ok!

In today's Wall Street Journal , Gov. Jeb Bush celebrates the "right to rise," a concept he credits to Rep. Paul Ryan. The idea behind the phrase is a powerful one: "We have to make it easier for people to do the things that allow them to rise." At a time when Americans born into the poorest …

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Written by David Frum on Monday December 19, 2011

Where Was the GOP's Middle Class Agenda?

Saturday night's debate provided a good example of how current GOP orthodoxy thwarts presidential candidates from talking seriously about the economic problems of the American middle class. Mitt Romney wants to offer a middle-class economic agenda. (Or anyway, his consultants have decided he …

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Written by David Frum on Monday December 12, 2011

A Conservative Free Thinker

Robert Patterson makes a welcomed point in the  Washington Examiner : For decades, conservative economists have essentially argued that carving out loopholes for property income at the expense of workers will generate more jobs and greater prosperity. Yet the legacy of the Reagan, Clinton, …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday November 2, 2011

Anti-Corruption, Anti-Democratic

Or so goes Kapil Komireddi's assessment of a disturbing movement among understandably exasperated middle-class Indians: An unusual revolution is underway in India. Over the past 10 days a 74-year-old former soldier and social activist called Kisan Baburao Hazare has been on hunger strike, …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday September 7, 2011

America's New Consumer Divide

Chrystia Freeland reports new research that suggests that 10% of US households account for 50% of US consumer spending. Chrystia Freeland reports new research that suggests that 10% of US households account for 50% of US consumer spending. Remember how folk singers back in the 1960s used to …

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Written by David Frum on Friday June 10, 2011

Now It’s the Dems Turn to Experience Mediscare

The Dems are finally discovering what should have been obvious from the sea of gray and white heads in evidence in all those town hall videos: senior citizens loathe Obamacare. The Washington Post finally discovers what should have been obvious from the sea of gray and white heads in evidence …

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Written by Gusher on Monday August 10, 2009