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<title><![CDATA[Michael Hiltzik - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17619.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Hiltzik]]></description><category domain="17619">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[New Govt Inflation &amp; GDP Figures Are Worthless]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/hiltzik-latest-government-inflation-gdp-110000684.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gaps in data because of the government shutdown make a hash of the latest federal reports on inflation and economic growth.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RFK Jr.'s Cancelling mRNA Vax Research Worse Than It Seems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/hiltzik-rfk-jrs-cancellation-of-mrna-vaccine-research-is-even-worse-than-it-first-seemed/ar-AA1KmQ5x</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On first glance, the data that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited to justify'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' canceling some $500 million in federal grants'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for mRNA vaccine research looked impressive.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Could Sabotage LA's World Cup and Olympics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik-trump-could-sabotage-l-100000270.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Organizers of major sporting events always have a lot to worry about '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' logistics, transportation, security and weather, to start. The organizers of two major events scheduled to take place in Los Angeles next year and in 2028 would be well advised to worry about one additional...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Trump's Billionaire Backers Save Him From Tariff Cliff?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik-trumps-billionaire-backers-pull-100055011.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Billionaires who backed Trump in the election are freaking out over his tariffs, but so far he isn't following their advice.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Attack on Safety Net, Middle-Class Takes Shape]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-the-gop-attack-on-the-safety-net-and-middle-class-programs-begins-to-take-shape/ar-AA1xeGTJ</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No one can be surprised that Republicans are hoping to exploit their Washington trifecta '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the White House and majority control of the House and Senate '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' by implementing vast federal budget cuts in order to save their 2017 tax cuts from expiration.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Peek Into Dystopian Abyss of President DeSantis' America]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/column-glimpse-dystopian-abyss-president-120014862.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis, who is expected to run for president, has turbocharged his attack on LGBTQ+ people, racial minorities and gun safety. How much lower will he sink?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Twitter, Elon Musk &amp; Free-Speech Absolutism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/twitter-elon-musk-and-free-speech-absolutism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There seem to be almost as many opinions about whether'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s acquisition of Twitter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' will be good for the platform or bad as there are Twitter users (about 206 million, at last count).'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Red State Attacks on Transgenders Getting Unhinged]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/mar/14/red-state-attacks-on-transgender-residents-are-get/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You have to hand it to Idaho lawmakers. In a season in which red-state politicians are battling each other in the competition for who can produce the most extreme anti-transgender policies, the Boise legislature is poised to take home the trophy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Farewell to 2021, the Stupidest Year in American History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-12-26/farewell-to-2021-the-stupidest-year-in-american-history</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One year ago, we were looking forward to a safer and sounder 2021.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here's the Correct Way to Think About Inflation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/column-theres-a-right-way-and-a-wrong-way-to-think-about-inflation-heres-a-right-way/ar-AARaoPP</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is there an economic term that strikes more fear into the hearts of consumers than "inflation"?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ban on Vaccine Mandates Beyond Unhinged]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/oct/17/ban-on-vaccine-mandates-is-beyond-unhinged/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Say what you wish about the COVID-19 vaccines '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and their safety and efficacy against the disease are established facts '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but their ability to turn Republican politicians batty is indisputable.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Took You So Long, YouTube?]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/oct/04/what-took-you-so-long-youtube/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the best thing that can be said about YouTube'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policy, announced Wednesday, to ban prominent anti-vaccine activists such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Joseph Mercola from its platform:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[That Woman Who Yelled at FL Gov Rick Scott Is a Hero]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-florida-20160406-snap-htmlstory.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The career of Rick Scott, Florida's Republican governor, has long been one of the outstanding mysteries of the nation's statehouses.He won his first race for governor in 2010, even though the hospital company he ran until being forced out in 1997, Columbia/HCA, had been accused of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is GOP Nervous Court Might Gut Obamacare?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-gop-is-finally-getting-nervous-20150227-column.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It wasn't so long ago that Republicans were viewing the prospect that the Supreme Court might overturn a key provision of the Affordable Care Act with unalloyed glee.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When a State Blocks Obamacare, ERs Close]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-the-lesson-of-louisiana-20150206-column.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Baton Rouge, La., is about to lose one of its crucial hospital emegency rooms, and the reason is clear: The administration of Gov. Bobby Jindal has refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and won't put up any other money to keep the facility open.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Because of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare &amp; the Sebelius Legacy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-the-sebelius-legacy-20140411,0,2750301.column#axzz2ylIxIFZC</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's doubtful that anyone ever expected the resignation of Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of Health and Human Services--whether it came last fall during the website disaster or on Thursday, when it actually was announced--to bring clarity to the national debate over the Affordable Care...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gay Marriage and the Role of a CEO]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-gay-marriage-20140404,0,7985087.story#axzz2y0cY9JAf</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Brendan Eich's 10-day reign as CEO of Mozilla, developer of the popular Firefox web browser, ended Thursday. He was done in by the news that he had donated $1,000 in 2008 to support Proposition 8, the anti-gay rights measure on the California ballot that year.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Charity Can't Replace Government Programs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20140330,0,1556558.column#axzz2xRmRqdvE</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As often happens when the financial demands on government social programs rise, there's been a lot of talk lately about the need to return to the traditional American system of community and faith-based help for the needy: charity, not government handouts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abby Huntsman Wants to Lead Young Into Poverty]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-abby-huntsman-20140314,0,489874.story#axzz2w7qLflzb</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the CBO Obamacare Report Is Good News]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-cbo-20140204,0,3106578.story#axzz2sS2c0Hf9</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Congressional Budget Office is out with its latest report on the Affordable Care Act, and here are a few bottom lines:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Duck &amp; Jackass Dynasty]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-duck-20131221,0,6012046.story#axzz2oCgjdgJG</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I got the gist of the "Duck Dynasty" thing after my first and only viewing: bunch of rural jackasses who somehow struck it rich get brought into our living rooms to be laughed at by the rest of us aristocrats.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Well, all right. When the archetype first appeared on television via the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Obamacare Site Reboots, There's Reason to Hope]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20131201,0,966731.column#axzz2mE5vzRbu</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Truth Is, Americans Love Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-obamacare-20131001,0,4909537.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Among the many delusions guiding the Republican campaign against the Affordable Care Act, surely the most consistent is the idea that the public detests the law and is clamoring for repeal.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Here's the truth: The American public loves Obamacare, with as many as 88% in favor, according...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Too Big to Fail Is Alive and Well]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are two ways to think about how far we've come in protecting against a repeat of the financial meltdown five years ago that plunged the world into recession.You can conclude that we've pretty much eradicated the risk of another such crisis. That's the bankers' viewpoint. Here's how...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did an Error Fuel Panic Over U.S. Debt?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-debt-excel-error-20130416,0,4073638.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the most fearsome statistics in the war against the federal deficit has always been the country's ratio of debt to gross domestic product. When this ratio reaches 90%, the argument goes, watch out -- lower economic growth is on the horizon. And that's scary, because that's where...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Jobs Act Would Produce Results]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20111025,0,442445.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Students of the sciences can generally tell the difference between action and motion. The first produces results; the second is often designed to avoid results.For a laboratory experiment in how to spot the distinction, let's examine the competing jobs plans offered by President Obama...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the New Deal Accomplished]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history_lesson/2011/10/new_deal_accomplishments_do_conservatives_who_attack_the_new_dea.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During the years of the New Deal, America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s government built as it never had before'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or has since.The New Deal physically reshaped the country. To this day, Americans still rely on its works for transportation, electricity, flood control, housing, and community amenities. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Deal Ignores Real Driver of Deficits]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/health/healthcare/la-fi-hiltzik-20110803,0,4502478.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that Congress is finished displaying its one unquestionable skill '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' conniving at ideological extortion, with the household budgets of millions of Americans hanging in the balance '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the time has come to calculate the damage done to U.S. fiscal policy by the debt ceiling deal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Public Pension Reform, Not Public-Union Bashing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20110515,0,1032272.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here's what we know for certain about the public pension crisis facing  California: The obligations owed or promised to public workers are  growing, and unsustainable.Almost everything else said about  public employees and their retirement packages is open to question,  misleadingly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Neediest, Sickest Would Pay Under GOP Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/health/la-fi-hiltzik-20110417,0,1181721.column</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Hiltzik</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If consensus-building is a hallmark of effective governing, a rule you  can probably find in a civics textbook or two, then I suppose it's an  achievement that everyone agrees that unending federal deficits will lead us to perdition.But the unresolved question is what to do about it.That...]]></description>
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