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							<title><![CDATA[Who Will Go to Prison, Biden or Trump?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/14/who-will-go-to-prison-biden-or-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden and former President Donald Trump are now in a legal death match, where, for either one to stay out of prison, his opponent will probably go to prison.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress' Irresponsible $1.7T Xmas Gift to America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/27/congress-17-trillion-irresponsible-christmas-gift-/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congress just passed a $1.7 trillion (that is trillion with a T) budget that President Biden has signed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Short-Sighted Lockdown Strategy Destroying U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/4/governments-short-sighted-strategy-to-covid-19-pan/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The data is clear, the U.S. lockdown for COVID-19 did not measurably change the mortality rate in the United States. In addition, the models were wrong, period. Their predictions failed empirically.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the U.S. Economy Is Actually Better Than Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/30/better-than-ever/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Paul Ryan Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/11/paul-ryan-suffers-from-being-timid/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is tough to play hardball with your friends. Have you ever known someone who was exceptionally smart, very personable and highly accomplished, but was not particularly good at managing a large number of independently minded people? I have. His name is Paul Ryan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tax Cut America Can't Do Without]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/4/the-tax-cut-america-cant-do-without/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How much should corporations pay in taxes?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Crony Capitalism Against the Real Thing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/24/crony-capitalism-disrupts-the-free-market/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the past decade, a strange migration of a couple of thousand people from all over the world to Las Vegas takes place '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' in the middle of July. They come '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' at least most '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' not to gamble and certainly not for the weather where the normal daytime temperature is a 100-plus...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bias, Ignorance and Reality in Climate Science]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/16/bias-ignorance-and-reality-in-climate-science/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The rains have returned to California, and the six-year drought appears to be largely over. We have heard countless assertions from journalists and politicians, ignorant of the weather history of California and the other western states, that the drought was a result of global warming.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should the Constitution Be Amended?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/08/28/should_the_constitution_be_amended_119749.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What amendments to the U.S. Constitution, if any, would you like to see? The widespread belief is that the American constitutional republic, if not actually broken, is in a state of disrepair. In his new, best-selling book, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Last Days of the IRS]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/31/the_last_days_of_the_irs.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There has been much discussion about which banks and other financial institutions are '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'too big to fail.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' In reality, no institution is too big to fail, including any private company or political entity, whether it is Detroit or the former Soviet Union. The more relevant...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Bad News for Blacks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/26/obamas-bad-news-for-blacks/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you knew nothing else about President Obama other than looking at the data, you might conclude that he was insensitive to blacks, given that they have done far worse economically under his administration than Hispanics or whites. What is striking is that the president and his advisers...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Government Abuse By Refusing to Submit to It]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/23/stop_government_abuse_by_refusing_to_submit_to_it_119345.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most people who work in government have no problem giving their real names and telling you what they do, but there are exceptions. Those who are engaged in real undercover work for government intelligence agencies or certain law enforcement agencies have a legitimate need to keep their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Type of Tax Reform?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/07/16/what_type_of_tax_reform__119247.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What type of tax reform do you want? Simplification of the existing progressive income tax system? A flat tax? A sales tax? A value-added tax?
Tax professionals, economists, elected officials and others heatedly debate the pros and cons of each. However, it is unlikely that real tax...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Evolutionary Anomalies in our Midst]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/26/evolutionary_anomalies_in_our_midst_118954.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is odd to be on a small volcanic island on the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles west of Ecuador, for a meeting of economists and a few other academics and think-tank types. One of the lesser purposes of the meeting is to discuss what we can learn from natural selection and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Preserving Their Monopoly on Monopoly Money]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/29/preserving_their_monopoly_on_monopoly_money_118589.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The need to slough off the outworn old to make possible the productive new is universal. It is reasonably certain that we would still have stagecoaches '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' nationalized to be sure, heavily subsidized and with a fantastic research program to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'retain the horse'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politicians Calling For Higher Taxes Don't Have Your Best Interests At Heart]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/08/politicians_calling_for_higher_taxes_dont_have_your_best_interests_at_heart_118305.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is considerable evidence that drinking one glass of red wine per day for most middle-aged men has more health benefits than costs. There is also considerable evidence that drinking three or more glasses of wine per day causes more health problems than benefits. Even so, the owner...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[From Stagnation to Prosperity to Stagnation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/17/from_stagnation_to_prosperity_to_stagnation_117995.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The great tragedy of our time is that so few know economic history; thus we have been doomed to repeat the mistakes of a generation ago, and millions suffer.
By the late 1970s, many viewed Britain and the United States as in terminal decline. The United Kingdom had been rotting for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Global Warming's &quot;Fatal Conceit&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/03/global_warmings_fatal_conceit_117767.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much of Northern Europe, including Britain, is suffering under the coldest winter and spring of the last 30 to 100 years. The Northeastern part of the United States has had a record cold March. The record cold in Europe has killed thousands and cost billions. It was not supposed to be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Government Steals Your Savings]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/27/how_government_steals_your_savings_117681.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There has been global outrage about the proposal from the Cyprus government to have a significant one-time tax on those who have deposits in Cypriot banks. It has been correctly called a theft of private capital. What many fail to realize is that from the beginning, governments have been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Sequestration Myth]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/13/sequestration_myth_117420.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The head of the Obama White House National Economic Council, Gene Sperling, who is a lawyer, has been claiming that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'all economists'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' agree that sequestration will cost 750,000 jobs. I am an economist with a doctorate from Columbia University, and I don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t agree. The fact is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ending the Corporate Tax]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/27/ending_the_corporate_tax_117185.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can you name the worst tax? In recent weeks, there have been a slew of articles in major publications about how many multinational corporations have found legal ways to reduce their tax burdens by running some of their operations through low-tax jurisdictions. Many who love high taxes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Hidden-Tax Heist]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/24/obamas-hidden-tax-heist/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How is it possible that the government can spend almost twice as much as it takes in without having high inflation? The fact is that over a long period of time, it can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t. In the short run, which can be a few years, the government can paper over its fiscal irresponsibility by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Socialism Spreads Misery to Europe]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/austerity-is-blamed</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Denial is leading to collective economic suicide in Europe and the United States. The French on Sunday elected a socialist president who wants to raise taxes on those elusive rich and keep spending as if there is no tomorrow.Many on the left, including European socialists, the New York...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Failure Is a Free-Market Necessity]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2010/02/22/pin_the_bogeyman_on_the_tea_party_98353.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Have you watched with amusement as various political commentators have tried to demonize the amorphous Tea Party movement by outing behind-the-scenes bogeymen allegedly pulling the strings of this latter day Great Awakening?Sarah Palin. Glenn Beck. Dick Armey. Newt Gingrich. Grover...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Consequences of Irresponsible Spending]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/20/deaf-to-deficit-warnings/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PoliticsDems vow to press ahead on health carePoliticsBrown defeats Coakley in Mass. Senate raceWorldChina removed as top priority for spiesPoliticsTough reviews for Obama's first yearPoliticsObama takes populist tack to buttress DemocratsWorldFrance likely to sell warship to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[D.C. 'Solutions' Worse Than Status Quo]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/21/dc_solutions_worse_than_status_quo_98794.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For at least a century, the Washington political class has been correctly known for creating more problems than solving existing ones. This tendency to enact destructive, rather than constructive, solutions for problems (most often created by government) has now gone into...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stimulus Scam]]></title>
							<link>http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/08/stimulus-scam/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Government-Dictated Health Decisions]]></title>
							<link>http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/02/who-decides-what/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By Richard W. Rahn 									 '&#'.ord('|').';' Wednesday, September 2, 2009							Reports surfaced last week that a pedophile who had abused an 11-year-old girl had been spared jail, yet was continuing to receive Viagra, courtesy of the British taxpayer. On Aug. 23, the London Sunday Times reported that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trade Collapse]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/29/the_trade_collapse_97670.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the U.S. trade deficit were to disappear, do you think that would be a good or bad thing? For years, many in the media and the political world wailed about the U.S. trade deficit, but it is rapidly disappearing - and the consequences are going to be disastrous.
The table shows the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DC Becoming Big Player in US Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/18/government-grinds-the-gears/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Rahn</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you knew that baseball teams with winning records tended to be more profitable for their owners than those with losing records - and if you learned that the Baltimore Orioles had just been purchased by the major league umpire's union, would you expect the Orioles to win more or fewer...]]></description>
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