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- State Budgets and the Wages of Sin
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>The history of public finance is largely the history of currency debasement for those civic authorities that possess the ability to print their own money and the debasement of values and culture when those authorities cannot. If the past has taught us anything, it is that people can get extremely creative, for better or worse, when the cupboards run bare. For politicians in democracies, there are economic and political limits to simply raising taxes.
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> - Blinken Warns Nile Dam Talks Could 'Boil Over'
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> - To the New President, Godspeed, Up to a Point
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> - Biden Wisely Rejoins Global Fight Against Climate Change
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> - Another Dark Anniversary: Pro-Life Cause Faces Uneasy Future
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> - Why Bad Faith Mob Demands and Fear Reign Supreme
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(RealClearPolitics - Homepage - January 23 2021 - 2:43 PM:)
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>In the prevailing climate, the rational choice is to avoid social scorn and ostracization no matter how baseless the grievances one must appease.
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> - The Radical Normality of Biden's First Days in Office
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(RealClearPolitics - Homepage - January 23 2021 - 2:39 PM:)
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>Have you seen Joe Biden's tweet??!?!
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> - On Weak Government, Complicit Media, Strong Tech
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(RealClearPolitics - Homepage - January 23 2021 - 2:30 PM:)
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>Sure, our leaders in Washington, cowering behind masks, might be convinced of their own power, but is Jeff Bezos convinced of it?
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> - Biden's Culture War Aggression Is an Early Mistake
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(RealClearPolitics - Homepage - January 23 2021 - 2:28 PM:)
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>He may have needlessly crippled his chances for lowering the temperature already.
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> - Unity Must Be Based on a Shared Understanding of Facts
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(RealClearPolitics - Homepage - January 23 2021 - 2:25 PM:)
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>Republicans will have to abandon the lies they've perpetrated - starting with the one about Trump winning the election - before we can all get along.
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