Welfare for Gramps

"Josh Marshall":http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/05/welfare_for_gramps.php pokes fun at Paul Ryan for, as he

Obama Should Refuse His Salary

So Obama "has proposed":http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/11/obama-seeks-pay-freeze-for-federal-workers/67144/ a pay freeze for federal (civilian,

Potpourri

* Barry Eichengreen: "Is America Catching the British Disease?":http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/eichengreen24/English. The