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Saturday, September 01, 2012

Are Entitlements Corrupting Us? Yes - WSJ


No entitlements are not corrupting. It is in our national character to save for retirement.
SS and medicare are retirement plans, not transfers.

Yes. It is in our national character to take care of the poor and the sick. Unemployment insurance and medicaid are for that.

Are Entitlements Corrupting Us? Yes - WSJ.com

Modern China: A tale of luxury villas and displaced villagers | McClatchy

Modern China: A tale of luxury villas and displaced villagers | McClatchy

It's Becoming Clear That No One Actually Read Facebook's IPO Prospectus Or Mark Zuckerberg's Letter To Shareholders - Business Insider

It's Becoming Clear That No One Actually Read Facebook's IPO Prospectus Or Mark Zuckerberg's Letter To Shareholders - Business Insider:

Best quote of Zuckerberg

Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services. And we think this is a good way to build something.

Exclusive: Inside Karl Rove's Billionaire Fundraiser

Exclusive: Inside Karl Rove's Billionaire Fundraiser - Businessweek

On Medicare

Classic Krugman - By Yuval Levin - The Corner - National Review Online

Fact-Checkers Howl, but Both Sides Cling to False Ads -

Fact-Checkers Howl, but Both Sides Cling to False Ads - NYTimes.com:

Quote to the election:

“We’re not going let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers,” Neil Newhouse, the Romney campaign’s pollster, said this week during a breakfast discussion at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.,

Economist's View: The (If I Were To Do Any Rounding, It Would Certainly Be To Four Hours, Not Three) Marathon Man

Ryan lies about everything,

Economist's View: The (If I Were To Do Any Rounding, It Would Certainly Be To Four Hours, Not Three) Marathon Man