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The Club for Growth sponsored 1,028 economists from all 50 states to pressure congress not to enact protectionist policies against China. Congressional Democrats have been rattling their sabers for months now with any number of restrictive trade policies. If enacted, what would be the outcome? [...]
Especially in dire situations, we must consciously choose to be part of the solution, or part of the problem. Emotions often run high when a department, or organization, or product line is failing. It is common in those instances to sit around and sulk, or review the decisions that created the mess, or otherwise play the blame game. [...]
The ongoing message is that we're running out of oil, and that it's dirty, and scary and bad for the environment. Never mind that our air is some 70% cleaner than it was say, 30 years ago. [...]