There are litanies of American political dilemmas that stem from the classic obstinacy of wanting to have our cake and eat it too. I want to fabricate an artificial democracy in the Middle East in an unknown, tribal land of lawlessness and power-grabbing, but I also want everything accomplished in a couple years without...
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Posts Tagged ‘ deficit ’
Having our Cake
The Daily Links Strike Back
The Daily Links are back! Well that’s the plan anyways. Every day I’ll try and bring something funny, insightful, provocative, or just plain newsworthy to the GW Patriot blog. I’ll make every effort to resist posting from more “mainstream” sources, but if it will spark a lively debate among GW students and Patriot staff...
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Free Trade and Protectionism, Cnt’d.
Alright, so we aren’t going to settle this here, obviously. I’ll offer my final thoughts on the matter: First, as Logan pointed out, it’s more than a bit disengenuous to claim that America owes its superpower status to a high tariff. Why not its abundant natural resources? Its relatively lax regulation of business? Its...
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