The Name Game

By Econ70 | 09/25/2012
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In the 15 presidential elections starting in ’52, the Republicans always lose if the name Bush or Nixon fails to appear on the ticket (’64 (Goldwater/Miller), ’76 (Ford/Dole), ’96 (Dole/Kemp) ’08 (McCain/Palin)). However, the Republicans win nine out of 11 times when either of those names is present, losing only in ’60 (Nixon/Lodge) and ’92…

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Budgeting Math

By Econ70 | 12/15/2011
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Since the Super Committee failed $1.2 trillion in mandatory budgets cuts, starting in ’13 and running through ’21, will commence. But, the $1.2 trillion in cuts are actually only $984 billion! The law assumed that by not borrowing $984 billion, interest costs would fall by $216 billion and that counts as savings! Social Security and…

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