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Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing, and one of the best arguments for immigration reform, even if you'll rarely hear a politician make it.

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The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky.

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Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue pays for current benefits; anything that's left over goes into trust funds for the future. The programs were designed this way for political reasons.

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Politically speaking, it's always easier to shell out money for a disaster that has already happened, with clearly identifiable victims, than to invest money in protecting against something that may or may not happen in the future.

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Of course, plenty of people don't think that guaranteeing affordable health insurance is a core responsibility of government.

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Corporate welfare isn't necessarily a bad thing.

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Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote.

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The U.S. is excellent at importing cheap products from the rest of the world. Let's try importing some human capital instead.

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In order to work well, markets need a basic level of trust.

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Congressional Republicans themselves have vehemently defended the idea that preexisting conditions should not be used to deny people insurance.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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