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Steve Forbes celebrates CEI’s 25th year

Steve Forbes in the Washington Times today has a very nice tribute to CEI on its 25th Anniversary.  Forbes points out some of CEI’s significant achievements in pursuit of freedom and against expanding government and the real need for CEI and other free market groups to continue their strong defense of these principles.

Here’s his conclusion:

Groups like CEI are a crucial voice for entrepreneurs and all people who want to pursue their own destiny in life. That must seem like a lonely…

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UBS agrees to deal with the devil

UBS agrees to deal with the devil

I revoke my previous apology to the Swiss, and reiterate my previous disapproval.  As evidenced by the latest outcome in the U.S. tax case involving UBS, we have moved beyond troubling and into something much worse.

...the world’s largest wealth manager in terms of assets, agreed to pay a $780 million fine and disclose information about some of its clients to settle a landmark U.S. tax case.

As I said in my older post: “In direct contradiction to their own legal view of tax evasion. …

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Should the Anti-Stimulus Package be tan or beige?

Should the Anti-Stimulus Package be tan or beige?

President Obama more than once last week called it “inexcusable” for Congress to get “bogged down in distraction, delay or politics as usual” over the anti-stimulus legislation. Actually, there never was such a bog-down, since the bill already passed the House by the Democratic majority, and he never needed much Republican support to make a package of substantial magnitude happen in the Senate. Obama is seeking a sheen of bipartisanship, but if he’s convinced it’s right and he occupies the…

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Posted in Bailout Watch, Deregulate to Stimulate, Personal Liberty, Politics as Usual, Regulation, Stimulus to NowhereComments (7)

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