The Senate Postmortem
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 27th, 2009 5:31 am by HL
Sensible Financial Reform
Nicole Gelinas, Los Angeles Times
Our Christmas Guardians
Ralph Peters, New York Post
Put Down That Shovel!
Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal
The House has passed a $154 billion jobs bill, and the administration has announced a plan to spend $50 billion of repaid TARP money to “create” jobs—this time its green jobs, “shovel ready” infrastructure projects ($27.5 billion for highway construction and repair) and a tax credit for small businesses. More infrastructure? Recycling Great Depression-era projects is lame. My advice? Put down that shovel! It's time to try something else. View Full ImageSan Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and Rep. Nancy Pelosi in 2002.We're in a knowledge economy now; we…