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An exchange about policy on economic growth

I left David Chase and Jim Sloman know that I liked this article on pro-growth economic policies and asked for their comments and they had the exchange reproduced below. As a state representative, I focus on matters of state policy and especially on those matters of state policy where there is some potential for action. …

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If only we had leaders like Margaret

I encourage you all to read this commentary from the London Daily Telegraph which looks back at the wisdom of Thatcherism- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peteroborne/100064330/margaret-thatcher-knew-the-single-currency-would-devastate-europe/ key takeaway- In the 1980s the policies of Britain’s first female Prime Minister, which brought pain and unrest to the UK, were called ‘Thatcherism’. Today, we would call such policies by a different …

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