Habib and Madar (not their real names) own a small restaurant in Las Vegas. I met them a few years ago when a friend told my wife and me about their place. We went there to check it out and have lunch. There were only about 10 tables and one other employee besides the owners. [...]
Progressives have exclaimed their disappointment, outrage, and disgust with the way the President negotiated the budget deal with Republicans last year and the debt limit increase this week. He agreed to extend all of the Bush tax cuts, not just those for people making less than $250,000 a year; he did not get a “clean” [...]
Continue reading …Progressives are making a huge mistake by maintaining a rigid resistance to any discussion of entitlement reform (e.g., Social Security and Medicare). Changes are inevitable at some point because of increasing healthcare costs and the aging Baby Boomer population. If we simply refuse to engage in negotiations regarding these programs, the result could be interventions [...]
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