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 <title>Colorado Democrats Just Reduced my Income</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/278</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[Today I'm mad.  Very mad.  At Democrats.  They've reduced my income, reduced commerce within Colorado, and simultaneously reduced the income of the State of Colorado.&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/278">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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 <title>Limiting Insurance Company Rate Hikes</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/276</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[The newest twist to the Democrats' efforts at health reform or insurance reform (or whatever they call it today) is allowing the federal government to limit insurance company's ability to raise their rates.  This is a populist proposal that might <I>sound</I> good but which could easily threaten the free market and insurance companies as much as anything else that has been proposed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/276">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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 <title>How Obama Got Keynes Wrong</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:25:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/275</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[A year ago I <A HREF="/articles/37">wrote</A> that our deficit spending, done in the name of Keynesian theory, was <I>not</I> in line with what Keynes approved of.  Now an influential economist is saying pretty much the same thing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/275">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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 <title>U.S. Could Receive Lower Credit Rating</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/274</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[Moody's fired a warning shot on Wednesday when it stated that the United States could lose its AAA credit rating unless economic growth was better than expected.  This could have a huge impact on the U.S. economy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/274">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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 <title>Social Security Needs a Bailout</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/273</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[For years the Social Security surplus has been pumping its extra money into the federal government's treasury.  Since Americans have been paying more in Social Security taxes than Social Security has been paying in benefits, the Social Security Administration has "invested" that extra money in U.S. Government bonds.  This extra Social Security money, in large part, is what caused the <A HREF="/articles/16">illusion of a surplus</A> during the Clinton years.<br />
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Unfortunately, that's no longer the case.  Social Security is no longer taking in more than it's paying out.  That's a double-whammy for the federal budget: Not only will Social Security no longer be providing "surplus money" for the government to spend on other things, the federal government will now have to <I>pay</I> Social Security out of the general fund to keep it solvent.&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/273">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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 <title>"We Want Our Money Back"</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/272</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[Regarding the reasoning behind President Obama's proposed bank tax, President Obama said "We want our money back". <A HREF="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/14/politics/main6096968.shtml"><IMG BORDER=0 SRC="/images/external.png"></A><br />
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So do we, Mr. President.&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/272">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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 <title>Taxing the Banks</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/271</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[So now President Obama has announced a new bank tax.  Wasn't the idea over the last year to get banks loaning money and forcing them to absorb losses in order to restructure loans?  How does <I>taxing</I> them move banks towards that goal?&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/271">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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 <title>2010: America Rising</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/270</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[Happy New Year everyone.  It's 2010.  The year we take our country back.<br />
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And to Democrats and liberals, here's what's about to happen...&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/270">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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 <title>Here Comes the Next Phase of the Financial Crisis</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/269</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[Many of us have suspected for some time that the financial crisis has yet to play out entirely.  Despite numbers that, perhaps temporarily, might suggest some kind of a recovery, there are many things going on that could yet be the equivalent of a financial nuclear bomb.<br />
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Dollar devaluation, overwhelming government debt, an alternative reserve currency, pricing oil in some other currency, too much government spending and related massive deficits, asset bubbles, easy money, and the potential end to government support of low interest rates and mortgage backed securities, to name <A HREF="/articles/53">just a few</A>.<br />
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It seems to me in the last few days we've seen two potential big red flags about what the future holds.&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/comments/269">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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 <title>The GOP and the Tea Party</title> <author>Craig Steiner</author>
 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <link>http://www.craigsteiner.us/articles/56</link>
 <description> <![CDATA[2010 is nearly upon us and, if things go as they're expected to, the upcoming November election could be nothing short of epic. With the Democrats apparently intent on pushing their policies <I>despite</I> clear public opposition, this could wind up being the perfect storm.<br />
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But for this to transpire, we must all stay true to our principles and be realistic about the best way to advance them.  This applies to both the Republican Party <I>and</I> the grass roots via the Tea Party movement, 912 groups, etc.  If we don't, we risk throwing away this historic opportunity.<br />
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I've seen what appear to me to be disturbing indications that some people aren't doing that.&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.craigsteiner.us/articles/56">Continue reading the article...</A>]]></description>
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