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	<title>The Blog of a Secular Conservative &#187; Fiscal Policy</title>
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		<title>Where Do We Draw The Line?</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/the-fine-line-of-taxe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/the-fine-line-of-taxe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was having a conversation with someone the other day and she took a very moderate position when it comes to taxation. “We shouldn’t be taxing people who genuinely need every time they earn, but I don’t have a problem taxing people who have more money than they need.” Honestly, I find it hard to argue with that logic. It seems pretty reasonable to me. I vaguely agree, in theory.]]></description>
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		<title>More Non-Tax Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/more-non-tax-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/more-non-tax-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're beginning to see a pattern here.  Although the actual tax rate has not increased, many of of us will be paying more in taxes next year.  Earlier this week, with the passage of the health care bill from the house, the Democrats managed to cram through a tax-hike-that-isnt'-a-tax-hike that directly targets middle- and lower-class Americans.  How you ask?  If the bill passes, the tax bracket you belong to will no longer adjust for inflation.  ]]></description>
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		<title>That Depends On Your Definition Of Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/obama-is-raising-taxes-on-the-middle-class/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/obama-is-raising-taxes-on-the-middle-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cap and Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Obama, you, together with Ms. Pelosi, are raising taxes on every sector of society in the middle of a recession.  Every time you claim you are not raising taxes, you are lying to the American people.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ask Janus: How Does Taxing Citizens Hurt Businesses?</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/how-does-taxing-people-hurt-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/how-does-taxing-people-hurt-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day I met a gentleman online who believed, amongst other things, that income taxes don&#8217;t hurt businesses or the economy because they tax the people and not businesses or industry.  Today&#8217;s blog entry is another installment of Ask Janus in which I&#8217;ll be teaching Economics 101.  Today&#8217;s class: How Raising Taxes [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Houston Tax Day Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/pictures-of-the-houston-tax-day-tea-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/pictures-of-the-houston-tax-day-tea-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bail Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Day Protest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A huge collection of photos taken at the Houston Tax Day Tea Party protests.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Debt Game</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/the-debt-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/the-debt-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Debt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let's play a game.  Try to come up with ways to pay off the $11 trillion national debt.  Here's some figures to get us started: last year the national budget was $2,650 billion dollars.  We spent $412 billion of that paying JUST INTEREST.  The debt has increased by more than 20% since January.  

And... go!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>There Are No Words</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/there-are-no-words-2009-bail-ou/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/there-are-no-words-2009-bail-ou/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Bail Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The economic crisis currently gripping our country has been the top political issue in this country for months now.  My blog is a political blog.  Noticeably absent from it has been the top political issue in the country.  Why?  Because words can't describe how angry, disappointed, and disgusted I am with the handling of it all.

Believe me, I've tried.  There are many half-written posts on the subject.  A starting paragraph followed by a rant followed by broken sentences that simply couldn't be folded in coherently – not that my rants are terribly coherent to begin with.  It almost makes me feel like I've somehow failed as a blogger.  I'm normally a very articulate person.  I'd like to at least think that I'm a rational, reasonable, persuasive person.  

But every time I think of what the government has done on this my mind just fucking asplodes.]]></description>
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		<title>Support Free Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/support-free-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/support-free-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAFTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Free trade isn't the horrible job killer that the doom-sayers claim it is.  Free trade increases demand for American goods, decreases the cost of living in America, and makes world a better place for everyone.  While I doubt that any of the free trade agreements sitting in Congress right now will be passed in the next four years, we need to fight against the erosion of our current agreements by the Obama administration.  Support America.  Support prosperity.  Support capitalism.  Support free trade.]]></description>
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		<title>Failure Is Good</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/capitalism-whyfailure-is-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/capitalism-whyfailure-is-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Bail Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The basic equation of capitalism is with risk comes reward.  Without risk, capitalism doesn't work.  We need risk.  We need failure.  We need to expect failure.  We need to accept failure.  We need to let failure happen. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem Is Entitlement</title>
		<link>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/auto-manufacturers-arent-entitled-a-bail-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.secularconservative.net/fiscal-policy/auto-manufacturers-arent-entitled-a-bail-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Bail Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auto Manufacturers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bail Outs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecconomy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UAW]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Warning: The following could be considered a rant.  Those of you who read this blog for the dry, thoughtful, “just the facts” tone of my posts may want to look away.

My problem with the auto bail out (on top of my problems with bail outs in general) is that the companies are not financially viable – and they're not viable for a reason.  Everyone who has anything to do with them has a sense of entitlement.]]></description>
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