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<title><![CDATA[Peter Wallison - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16156.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Peter Wallison]]></description><category domain="16156">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Flawed Jan. 6 Panel Raises Questions for Trump Supporters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/06/21/flawed_jan_6_committee_raises_legitimate_questions_for_trump_supporters_147779.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although the Jan. 6 committee has been unable to show that Donald Trump was directly responsible for the attack on the Capitol, they have come close enough to make it a serious question. Although Mr. Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tweet attacking Vice President Pence for rebuffing his demands on Jan. 6...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Recognizing Material Change in Russia and Ukraine's War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/04/26/biden_must_recognize_material_change_in_ukraine_war_147519.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It seems incredible, but President Biden appears to have accepted the possibility that the war in Ukraine will end with Russia controlling substantial portions of Ukraine. This week he said that NATO was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'sending an unmistakable message to Putin: He will never succeed in dominating...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harsh Coverage of Biden Admin May Reflect Buyer's Remorse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/09/02/harsh_coverage_of_afghan_exit_may_reflect_buyers_remorse__146339.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Afghanistan debacle came to light only a few weeks ago, many Republicans assumed that the media would play down the issue with favorable headlines about ending the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'endless war'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or stories that emphasized Biden simply following President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Critical Race Theory: Enemy of Reason, Evidence, Open Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/critical-race-theory-the-enemy-of-reason-evidence-and-open-debate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How this pernicious ideology rejects rational inquiry and objective truth.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mail-In Ballots: What Could Go Wrong?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/25/mail-in_ballots_what_could_go_wrong_144045.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a speech last week, President Trump said this about mail-in ballots for the coming election: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'This will be the greatest catastrophe. One of the greatest catastrophes in the history of our country, that's how serious it is.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Low U.S. Death Rate Means Mitigation Efforts Are Working]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/01/low_us_covid-19_death_rate_means_efforts_are_working.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the number of coronavirus cases has grown in the United States -- and is now the highest of any country -- one of the themes of the left is that this increase is the result of the incompetence of President Trump and his administration.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Last Sunday, Chuck Todd of NBC asked Joe Biden...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's 'Brexit': Reforming the Administrative State]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/americas-brexit-taking-back-power-from-the-administrative-state</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 31, more than three years after the people of the United Kingdom had voted for it, Britain left the European Union in a move nicknamed]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[WH Lawyers Have Already Closed the Case on Impeachment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/27/wh_lawyers_have_already_closed_the_case_on_impeachment_142242.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s over.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  Although there is still more to hear from White House lawyers this week, their short presentation on Saturday made clear that the House impeachment case is a loser.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Has Brought Back the Reagan Coalition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/15/reagan_trump_have_more_in_common_than_attacks_on_gadhafi_soleimani_142146.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s successful attack on Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Quds Force and a major international terrorist, has produced a number of comparisons between President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policy in attacking Soleimani and a similar action in 1986 by President Reagan. In April of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Evidence Against Trump vs. the Evidence Against the FBI]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/12/13/the_evidence_against_trump_vs_the_evidence_against_the_fbi_141950.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives, if the pundits are right, is about to impeach Donald Trump for attempting to use his position as president of the United States for his personal political benefit. Everyone should agree that impeachment is a serious matter, simply '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' if not for any other...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Much Is at Stake in the CFPB Court Case]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/10/22/why_much_is_at_stake_in_the_cfpb_court_case_141546.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision to consider the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gives the conservative majority on the court yet another opportunity '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' thus far unrealized -- to validate and re-enforce the Constitution'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s separation of powers.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Mueller Probe Should've Never Been Launched]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/19/the_fallacy_that_trump_acted_with_corrupt_intent_141298.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Corey Lewandowski'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s congressional testimony this week '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' confirming that President Trump had directed him to contact Attorney General Sessions and ask that the Mueller investigation be shut down -- excited interest among some commentators. For them, this confirmed that the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeVos Rule on Sexual Harassment Restores Primacy of Law]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/20/devos_rule_on_sexual_harassment_restores_primacy_of_law_138981.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Department of Education'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new rule on sexual harassment has been challenged as protecting schools but not students. In reality, however, DOE'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s proposal brings its sexual harassment rules back into compliance with the Constitution and laws. This should be an example for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rein In the Administrative State--and Preserve Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/01/rein_in_the_administrative_state_--_and_preserve_democracy_138515.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Brett Kavanaugh now settled in at the Supreme Court, academics and others on the left have begun to worry that the court will reduce the power and reach of the federal government'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s administrative and regulatory agencies'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'often called the administrative state.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Popular Vote Plan Would Do More Harm Than Good]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/25/popular_vote_plan_would_do_more_harm_than_good.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election with a majority in the Electoral College but only a minority of the popular vote, ideas for somehow reforming the presidential election system have received a lot of attention. One of the most successful of these is a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Can End the Standoff With Mueller]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/13/the_president_can_end_the_standoff_with_mueller_137032.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Mueller investigation of President Trump has reached an impasse. The special counsel wants to interview the president. The president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s lawyers -- well aware of cases in which prominent people have been convicted of perjury about their sworn statements instead of the crime for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Realtors, Homebuilders Put Profits Over Middle Class]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/01/realtors__homebuilders_put_profits_over_middle_class_135422.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two powerful lobbying groups that advertise themselves as helping Americans buy homes have announced that they will oppose the Republican tax plan. Their reason? Because it will lower housing costs. Seldom have any denizens of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the Swamp'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' shown their true colors quite so...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Filibuster Is Not a Suicide Pact]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats will abolish the 60-vote rule when they find it expedient. The GOP should consider it now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Losing the House Is Not a Pre-Existing Condition for GOP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/23/losing_the_house_is_not_a_pre-existing_condition_for_gop_133955.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Should Republicans be worried that they will lose control of the House in 2018 because they adopted legislation that repeals Obamacare? Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t bet on it.
We have seen this movie before. The last time, it was called Occupy Wall Street. A little band of dissidents camped out in a park...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nunes' Disclosures May Signal a Watergate-Level Scandal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/04/04/nunes_disclosures_may_signal_a_watergate-level_scandal_133515.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes should not have gone first to tell President Trump what he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d learned about the possible surveillance of the Trump campaign by the intelligence community during the Obama administration. As a matter of comity, at the least,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Cost of Trump's War on the Media]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/24/the_cost_of_trumps_war_on_the_media_133173.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The war between President Trump and the media has obscured an unprecedented effort in the Senate to scuttle the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s agenda. Without the numbers to defeat Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nominees to top Cabinet positions, Democrats have adopted a strategy of tying up the Senate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s advice...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We Need the Electoral College]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/06/why_we_need_the_electoral_college_132499.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump's election with fewer popular votes than Hillary Clinton has raised again the question of why the presidency is decided through an Electoral College and not a popular vote. Mr....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Housing Bubble Is Back]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/opinion/the-bubble-is-back.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' IN November, housing starts were up 23 percent, and there was cheering all around. But the crowd would quiet down if it realized that another housing bubble had begun to grow.Almost everyone understands that the 2007-8 financial crisis was precipitated by the collapse...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Must Shift Focus to Entitlements Or Lose]]></title>
							<link>http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/unless-republicans-change-the-medias-attention-to-entitlement-reform-they-will-lose-the-fiscal-cliff-debate-heres-how/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank: The Midwife of Crony Capitalism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/11/dodd-frank-is-the-midwife-of-crony-capitalism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Too Big to Fail: A Permanent Bailout Program]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/08/14/too-big-to-fail-has-become-a-permanent-bailout-program/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congressman Paul Ryan'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s selection as Mitt Romney'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s running mate is being described as a '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'game changer'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that shifts the presidential election from negative tit-for-tat swipes to a higher strategic plane. What better time than now to have the long overdue discussion about the central...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fannie and Freddie Amnesia]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704671904575193910683111250.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that nearly all the TARP funds used to bail out Wall Street banks have been repaid, the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stand out as the source of the greatest taxpayer losses.The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that, in the wake of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dodd Bill Institutionalizes Too Big to Fail]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.american.com/?p=12786</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One thing can be said about the current debate over the administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s  financial regulation plan, or at least Senator Chris Dodd'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s version:  the debate has sharpened the issues so that Dodd, the Democrats, and the  administration can no longer hide behind slogans. If the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dodd Bill: Bailouts Forever]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons to oppose Sen. Chris Dodd's (D., Conn.)  financial regulation bill. The simplest and clearest is that the FDIC is  completely unequipped by experience to handle the failure of a giant  nonbank financial institution.The country should be grateful for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Too Big Too Fail: Dodd's Dodge]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.american.com/?p=11423</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Wallison</author>
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