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	<title>The Proud Profiteer &#187; Economics</title>
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		<title>Those Unpatriotic, Debt Free Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2011/10/those-unpatriotic-debt-free-americans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the economy in the crapper and possibly heading into a double dip recession, the Wall Street Journal did some brilliant journalism this weekend pointing out who is at fault for this economic malaise. American consumers&#8217; long-running love affair with debt is on the rocks. And as they repent for their credit-driven Bacchanalia, the foundering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But How Would They Get Their Mail</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/but-how-would-they-get-their-mail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.proudprofiteer.com/?p=2463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other week I was debating a guy on Facebook, who was telling me how government has to provide certain services. I&#8217;m pretty sure it began because of the Tennessee fire fighters watching a house burn down. Of course as most of these arguments go, the Postal Service was brought up. The argument he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Example Of The FDA Driving Up Drug Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/another-example-of-the-fda-driving-up-drug-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.proudprofiteer.com/?p=2446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While everyone complains about the rising cost of health care, most Americans look to the government for the solution. It&#8217;s sort of like asking your dealer to help you kick your drug habit. All one needs to do is look at the daily examples where the government steps in and distorts the free market. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fannie and Freddie Tab Could Hit $363 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/fannie-and-freddie-tab-could-hit-363-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/fannie-and-freddie-tab-could-hit-363-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bailouts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fannie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freddie]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.proudprofiteer.com/?p=2437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Wall Street Journal, the tax payer may be looking at another $363 billion bailout, but this time just for Fannie and Freddie. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac&#8217;s regulator said Thursday that the companies could end up costing the government $363 billion as they absorb losses from bad mortgages. Fannie Mae and Freddie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another REASON Bill Maher Is An Idiot, Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/another-reason-bill-maher-is-an-idiot-profits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/another-reason-bill-maher-is-an-idiot-profits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always wanting to hear the viewpoints of those who disagree with me, I always watch Bill Maher&#8217;s show when I get a chance. Typically, I end up asking myself the same question every time, &#8220;Why the hell am I even watching this?&#8221;  The reason I get so frustrated is Bill Maher states his opinions as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Lennon debunks Malthus&#8217;s centuries-old myth in seconds</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/john-lennon-debunks-malthuss-centuries-old-myth-in-seconds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/john-lennon-debunks-malthuss-centuries-old-myth-in-seconds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[malthusian catastrophe]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.proudprofiteer.com/?p=2387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When free markets are not hindered by government dictates, the economics of scarcity spurs the entrepreneur to address these concerns with solutions such as better farming techniques in Malthus's day or living on the moon as Lennon so nonchalantly puts it. With that little quip, Lennon highlights the entire problem with Malthus's thesis. Technological advances push back the day of Malthus's catastrophe.]]></description>
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		<title>Geithner Wants Americans To Pay More At The Store</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/geithner-wants-americans-to-pay-more-at-the-store/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/10/geithner-wants-americans-to-pay-more-at-the-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deflation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.proudprofiteer.com/?p=2372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Timothy is apparently asking China to make it even harder on Americans. He&#8217;s calling on China to increase the value of the Yaun, which would make Chinese products more expensive for Americans. Doesn&#8217;t he realize this is what has helped Americans live the standard of living they currently do. With the Fed destroying the value of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monopoly PDAs Would Not Form In A Stateless Society</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/09/monopoly-pdas-would-not-form-in-a-stateless-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/09/monopoly-pdas-would-not-form-in-a-stateless-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.proudprofiteer.com/?p=2341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there is one trump card our overlords use when we freemarket peasants demand a freer market, it has to be monopolies. We’ve all heard the arguments. If the benevolent state wasn’t there to stop it, greedy businessmen would collude to monopolize every industry. We would all suffer by having to pay the excessive prices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How long should someone be allowed to receive unemployment assistance?</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/07/how-long-should-someone-be-allowed-to-receive-unemployment-assistance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/07/how-long-should-someone-be-allowed-to-receive-unemployment-assistance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning on FaceBook, Dimitri Vassilaros, a local reporter in Pittsburgh, posted his question of the day, which was &#8220;How long should someone be allowed to receive unemployment assistance?&#8221; Of course, there were the typical stories of someone that was laid off, and then there were the all caring liberals who love to say they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Frum highlights his ignorance of economics</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/07/david-frum-highlights-his-ignorance-of-economics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/07/david-frum-highlights-his-ignorance-of-economics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Frum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Insider has a post about David Frum acting as a complete tool for those who love big government and planned economics. One of the problems is that the anti-Keynesian arguments are simplistic (and probably wrong). The most common critique of Krugman&#8217;s &#8220;spend spend spend!&#8221; strategy is that America will go the way of Greece, [...]]]></description>
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