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		<title>Another Magnificent Moment in the World of Government Stimulus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 16:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of my work on government stimulus focuses on economic theory and evidence. But every so often it’s a good idea to remind ourselves of the ridiculous ways that government... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/another-magnificent-moment-in-the-world-of-government-stimulus/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Most of my work on government stimulus focuses on economic theory and evidence.

But every so often it’s a good idea to remind ourselves of the ridiculous ways that government wastes money.

Here are some details from a boondoggle in West Virgi]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>California’s Train to Nowhere</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/california%e2%80%99s-train-to-nowhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 16:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[High-Speed Rail]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=9245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve explained before that “high-speed rail” is a boondoggle, and I’ve also posted a thorough presentation on the topic from the folks at Reason about this issue. But some politicians... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/california%e2%80%99s-train-to-nowhere/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’ve explained before that “high-speed rail” is a boondoggle, and I’ve also posted a thorough presentation on the topic from the folks at Reason about this issue.

But some politicians can’t resist throwing good money after bad on  these ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Julia: The Most Disappointing Daughter in the World</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/julia-the-most-disappointing-daughter-in-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=9239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about Julia the Moocher earlier this month, linking the Obama campaign’s make-believe leech with a real-world Greek woman who thought the government should take care of her. I... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/julia-the-most-disappointing-daughter-in-the-world/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote about Julia the Moocher earlier this month, linking the Obama campaign’s make-believe leech with a real-world Greek woman who thought the government should take care of her.

I also shared an amusing parody of Julia by Iowahawk (the creat]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rand Paul’s “Monstrous” and “Nasty” Budget Got 16 More Votes than Obama’s Budget</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/rand-paul%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cmonstrous%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cnasty%e2%80%9d-budget-got-16-more-votes-than-obama%e2%80%99s-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=9237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I wrote some very nice things about a budget plan put together by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, noting that: Senator Paul and his colleagues are... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/rand-paul%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cmonstrous%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cnasty%e2%80%9d-budget-got-16-more-votes-than-obama%e2%80%99s-budget/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A few months ago, I wrote some very nice things about a budget plan put together by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, noting that:
Senator Paul and his colleagues are highlighting the fact  that the plan generates a balanced budget in just five years. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Reformers vs the GOP Establishment: The Battle to Eliminate the Income Tax</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/reformers-vs-the-gop-establishment-the-battle-to-eliminate-the-income-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=9235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Putting Republicans in charge is never a guarantee of good public policy. It was during the Bush years, for instance, that the nation was saddled with a prescription drug entitlement.... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/reformers-vs-the-gop-establishment-the-battle-to-eliminate-the-income-tax/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Putting Republicans in charge is never a guarantee of good public policy. It was during the Bush years, for instance, that the nation was saddled with a prescription drug entitlement. The GOPers in the White House and on Capitol Hill also recklessly ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Revolt of the Italian Tax Slaves</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/revolt-of-the-italian-tax-slaves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=9232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote last year about a tax protest in Ireland, and I wrote earlier this year about a tax revolt in Greece. But Irish and Greek taxpayers are wimps compared... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/revolt-of-the-italian-tax-slaves/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote last year about a tax protest in Ireland, and I wrote earlier this year about a tax revolt in Greece.

But Irish and Greek taxpayers are wimps compared to their Italian  compatriots. When Italians decide to have a tax revolt, they don’t k]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>California Is the Canary in the Class-Warfare Coal Mine</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/california-is-the-canary-in-the-class-warfare-coal-mine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=9219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama’s fiscal policy is a dismal mixture. On spending, he wants a European-style welfare state. On taxes, he is fixated on class-warfare tax policy. If we want to know... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/california-is-the-canary-in-the-class-warfare-coal-mine/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Obama’s fiscal policy is a dismal mixture. On spending, he  wants a European-style welfare state. On taxes, he is fixated on class-warfare tax policy.

If we want to know the consequences of that approach, we can look at  the ongoing co]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Matter How Hard Obama Tries, He’ll Never Make America more Statist than France</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/no-matter-how-hard-obama-tries-he%e2%80%99ll-never-make-america-more-statist-than-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 16:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my first blog posts, back in 2009, featured Veronique de Rugy in a video, warning that America should not adopt the statist policies that caused so much damage... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/no-matter-how-hard-obama-tries-he%e2%80%99ll-never-make-america-more-statist-than-france/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[One of my first blog posts, back in 2009, featured Veronique de Rugy in a video, warning that America should not adopt the statist policies that caused so much damage in her home country of France.

Sadly (but predictably), the politicians in Washi]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Will House Republicans, Squeamish about the Defense Budget, Get Bullied into a Tax Hike by President Obama and Senator Reid?</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/will-house-republicans-squeamish-about-the-defense-budget-get-bullied-into-a-tax-hike-by-president-obama-and-senator-reid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 16:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=9211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year, as part of the fight over the debt limit, Congress created a “super-committee” that was designed to produce at least $1.2 trillion of “deficit reduction.” The statists saw... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/will-house-republicans-squeamish-about-the-defense-budget-get-bullied-into-a-tax-hike-by-president-obama-and-senator-reid/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last year, as part of the fight over the debt limit, Congress created  a “super-committee” that was designed to produce at least $1.2 trillion  of “deficit reduction.”

The statists saw this super-committee as a vehicle to seduce Republican]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Facebook Billionaire Gives Up Citizenship to Escape Bad American Tax Policy</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/facebook-billionaire-gives-up-citizenship-to-escape-bad-american-tax-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is very sad that America’s tax system is so onerous that some rich people feel they have no choice but to give up U.S. citizenship in order to protect... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/facebook-billionaire-gives-up-citizenship-to-escape-bad-american-tax-policy/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It is very sad that America’s tax system is so onerous that some rich people feel they have no choice but to give up U.S. citizenship in order to protect their family finances.

I’ve written about this issue before, particularly in the context ]]></content:encoded>
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