Compared to ideal policy, the deal announced last night between congressional Republicans and President Obama is terrible.
Compared to what I expected to happen, the deal announced last night is pretty good.
In other words, grading this package depends on your benchmark. This is why reaction has been all over the map, featuring dour assessments from people like Pejman Yousefzadeh and cheerful analysis from folks such as Jennifer Rubin.
With apologies to Clint Eastwood, let’s review the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Dan Mitchell is a Senior Fellow at The Cato Institute
Filed by Grant Davies
5 comments:
Noice site you have hear, just came over from THL. Hope to see you around...
Thanks for reading. I enjoy your site as well.
Dan does good work. Thanks for sharing it. But I have a news flash for you, Grant, I enjoy your writing even more.
Cheers!
I'm humbled by that compliment. I may feel inspired to write more often based on that. Thanks for the support. Cheers to you as well.
Grant
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Please read this article at Atlas Shugs where Obama admits to the Foreign Minister of Egypt that he is a Muslim. See it here
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/06/-obama-tells-egyptian-foreign-minister-i-am-a-muslim-stealth-coup-on-the-white-house.html
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