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The following is a long (4 page) document which can read on this page or you can click on the link below to read or save the document in PDF format. The PDF version has bold text emphasis on certain portions which I didn't put in the version on the blog… more »

Re: Querying Greenspan (Washington Times, 3/15/05) http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050314-090220-1011r.htm Marketwatch.com article about Greenspan's presentation today: http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?siteid=mktw&dist=nwhpm&… more »

John Berthoud of the National Taxpayers Union on keeping Congressional spending under control through the upcoming budget process: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=6794 Scott Hodge and Curtis Dubay of the Tax Foundation on Union and Go… more »

In response to a piece on Larry Kudlow's site about unions and social security reform, I wrote a comment in response to another reader's comment. Again I think it's an instructive demonstration of the views of opponents of reform and hopefully a good exa… more »

For your reading enjoyment, here is my response to a note from a friend about Social Security reform. His note to me is below my comments: Hey Luis, The system does not work like a private insurance system and privatization is definitely the best c… more »

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050309/ap_on_go_pr_wh/social_security Republican pollsters are reporting a few aspects of the current public position on Social Security reform which are troubling but not surprising to those of… more »

Re: "Roosevelt vs. Bush", (John Nichols, The Nation, 3/5/05) http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=2242 [Update from March 7: Based on a comment from a reader of this blog which you can read in the comments below, I have to say t… more »

Brad Warbiany (http://warbs.blogspot.com) and I are having an ongoing dialog which I think is worth putting up in a new posting partly because it shows how even nominally conservative/libertarian people are having a tough time understanding the personal… more »

In his testimony before the House today, Alan Greenspan finally said what seems logical to me: He "suspects" that personal retirement accounts add to overall national savings and boost the national "capital stock". For the record, the logic of this is… more »

here's an interesting piece by Rich Lowry of National Review which follows nicely on my prior comments regarding the AARP's hypocrisy. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/rl20050228.shtml more »