December 9, 2012

Swing States Proposing Reform of Electoral College Vote Split

Officials in Virginia and Ohio, once reliably red states that have gone for President Obama in the past two elections, have discussed the idea of apportioning their electoral votes by congressional district — a system [...]

USDA Chief: Rural America Becoming ‘Less Relevant’

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has some harsh words for rural America: It’s “becoming less and less relevant,” he says. A month after an election that Democrats won even as rural parts of the country voted [...]

The Most Absurd ‘Loophole’ in the Tax Code

And I mean absurd in the most literal sense. We all know that the U.S. tax code is riddled with “loopholes”, exemptions and deductions intended to incentivize certain activities. Many of these are of dubious [...]

Federal Government Borrows 46 Cents For Every Dollar It Spends

While President Obama is out campaigning for higher taxes on a few people that won’t do anything about the national debt, the government is piling on the debt by borrowing 46 cents for every dollar [...]

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