Nudging The Nudgers

Mario Rizzo has a wonderful bit of polemic judo regarding behavioral economics and "nudging." I personally like the idea of tying Congressional salaries to forcing the "stimulus" money to be eliminated as soon as this "stimulus" is no longer "necessary" (my, how many scare quotes I use...), but I would go a step further:  tie…

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Beautiful

This is a wonderful depiction of Obama's proposed $100 million cuts.  It also gives you an idea of the size of mandatory spending, mainly for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.  Again, if you ever want to get the federal budget in check, those are the three you absolutely must change.

I’ve Got A Fever And The Only Cure Is More Bailouts

The New York Times needs to read what the Cato Institute has said regarding the bailouts before noting that they were quiet on the subject.  David Boaz sets them straight. Meanwhile, Veronique de Rugy points out that bailout reciept involves rent dissipation, just like everything else that goes through Washington.  This doesn't reach the full…