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The Gravy Trains
This is a quick update to this morning’s post, Runaway Trains, about the administration’s high-speed rail boondoggle. Rasmussen Reports, the national polling organization, reported today on their survey of public opinion on high-speed rail: A [...]
Runaway Trains
Two excellent opinion pieces were published Monday on the administration's high-speed rail boondoggle. One was an editorial in the Wall Street Journal: We suppose every President is entitled to a pipedream, but President Obama's vow [...]
Floor Statement of House Appropriations Committee Chairman Putney on House Budget
On Thursday, Feb. 10, Delegate Lacey E. Putney (I-Bedford), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, opened House debate on HB 1500, amendments to the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 State Budget with these remarks. Highlights of the [...]
The Pace Quickens? IMF Calls For Dollar Alternative
This just in from CNN: NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The International Monetary Fund issued a report Thursday on a possible replacement for the dollar as the world's reserve currency. SDRs represent potential claims on the [...]