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The Fruits Of The New Socialism
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
George Will:
The almost erotic pleasure of spending money that others have earned
and saved is one reason people put up with the tiresome aspects of
political life. And now the government's response to the financial
crisis, including the semi-nationalization of nine major banks, has
blurred -- indeed, almost erased -- the distinction between public and
private sectors. Hundreds of billions of dollars that the political class would have
liked to direct for its own social and political purposes have been
otherwise allocated. ...
Willie Sutton Goes to Harvard
The Hollywood Liberal —
Willie Sutton Goes to Harvard “Because that’s where the money is.” — Willie Sutton, when asked in 1934 why he robbed banks WASHINGTON — Washington is having a Willie Sutton Moment. Such moments occur when government, finding its revenue insufficient for its agenda, glimpses some money it does not control but would like to. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., recently convened a discussion of how colleges and universities should be spending their endowments. Grassley, who says more than 135 institutions each have endowments of more than $500 ...
You Will Be Mine You Will Be Mine, All Mine
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run —
George Will last week detailed how a ever-hungrier political class is rooting out sources of private money like truffle pigs in a mushroom forest: ...
