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Homeownership Myths
In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Professor Joseph Gyourko, chair of the Wharton School’s Real Estate Department, lists what he sees as the five biggest myths about homeownership. Given the central role of federal housing policy, particularly ...
This Week in Government Failure
Over at Downsizing Government, we focused on the following issues this week: The federal government is assuming a larger share of the Medicaid bill. General Electric might eventually need to be renamed Government Electric. The government’s mai...
Will America Copy England’s Self-Destructive Class-Warfare Tax Policy?
After several posts about crazy decisions by the UK government, mostly involving extreme political correctness, it’s time to get back to basics and look at tax policy. A financial services consulting firm in London has just released a survey w...
Cost Overruns: It’s the Same in Britain
The Taxpayers’ Alliance has published a new study examining a sample of 240 government capital projects in Britain, including weapons systems, highway projects, computer upgrades, health care spending, and other items. The results mirror the se...
Weekend Links
Just in time for Thanksgiving, the turkey has arrived: How Harry Reid’s health care “reform” bill is stuffed with extra costs. A few things you might not know about the Chrysler bankruptcy. Why you should not blame Obama for Bu...
California Grubbing
Kids often have a tremendous sense of entitlement. Well, there are a lot of kids in California colleges — and running them. You probably have heard about the University of California Regents voting yesterday for a 32-percent tuition hike over t...

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