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The United States Established Itself As A Trustworthy New Nation In Its First Two Decades After The Revolutionary War By Paying Its Debts, Even When Many In The Country Believed It Had No Obligation To Do So. Alexander Hamilton, The Founder Of This Newspaper, Insisted On It.

When Obama Was Inaugurated, He And His Team Had An Insight - Though Whether The Insight Was Conscious Or Not I Don't Know. But It Was This: The Tarp $700 Billion Price Tag Was A New Kind Of Model.

As A Matter Of Policy, Increasing Taxes On The Most Economically Productive Group, Which Already Generates 60 Percent Of The Nation's Federal Revenues, During A Sustained Period Of Economic Doldrums Is A Wretched Idea.

Obama Has Seen To The Passage Of The Most Radical Legislation In Recent American History And So-called 'progressives' Should Be Thanking Him For It - Even As Many Of The Rest Of Us Rear In Horror From Its Implications.

Unquestionably, American Political Rhetoric Can Be Repugnant, And The Right Can Certainly Be As Guilty As The Left.