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							<title><![CDATA[Fiscal Commission Best First Step To Address Debt Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2023/12/05/congressional_fiscal_commission_the_best_first_step_to_address_nations_debt_crisis_996844.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Winfree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic was the catalyst for a tsunami of federal spending that has since continued apace. What'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s worse, since 2020, the United States has paid for'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 76'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' percent of the additional spending with interest-bearing debt. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s more debt as a percent of total...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Research Shows Blanket School Closures Cause Long-Term Harm]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/08/research_shows_blanket_school_closures_cause_long-term_harm_149865.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Winfree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Missing a year of school leads to losing over two years of wages.
That is one startling conclusion from my new research looking at the long-term impact of school closures. We already know that the pandemic has hurt many students'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' academic performance, but missing school can cause...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Washington Uses Tax Dollars as Patronage Fund for State Programs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/04/18/washington_uses_tax_dollars_as_patronage_fund_for_state_programs_149114.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Winfree</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Taxes are what we pay for civilized society,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Oliver Wendell Holmes famously wrote. It turns out that civilization doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t come cheap. Last year, the federal government collected about $3 trillion in income taxes. This was in addition to $1.5 trillion in taxes for social...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Can Cut Spending If Congress Doesn't]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/29/how_trump_can_cut_spending_if_congress_doesnt_138784.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Winfree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At an Oct. 17 Cabinet meeting, President Trump directed department and agency heads to reduce spending by at least 5 percent in the fiscal year 2020 budget. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Get rid of the fat; get rid of the waste,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he instructed them.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an honorable goal. But waste-cutting...]]></description>
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