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Event: CBO Director Douglass Elmendorf

Feb 17 2010in Briefings, Featured CharlesTags: , ,
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We help run the Prosperity Caucus and would like to extend an invitation to Market Institute members to come and hear Douglass Elmendorf speak next week. This is an informal off the record group that meets over beer and pizza. It is a great place to meet decision makers and hear from top government officials.

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Stimulus: A Year Later

Feb 17 2010in Featured, Policies CharlesTags: , ,
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The $787 billion stimulus bill signed into law by President Obama on February 17th 2009 has largely been exposed for the pet project slush fund that it is. However, pet projects aside, it has created jobs, so was it still a stimulus? The answer has to be yes, it was a stimulus. It was just [...]

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