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	<title>Rise of Reason &#187; Government</title>
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		<title>How high tax rates create over-leverage</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/how-high-tax-rates-create-over-leverage/724/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/how-high-tax-rates-create-over-leverage/724/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
		
		
		
		(Leverage: amount of debt that a company uses in its capital structure.  This is called leverage because it effectively multiplies, or leverages, the equity owners’ gains or losses.)  Over the last few years we have seen firsthand how over-levered companies can create an unstable environment.  Heavily levered firms such as investment banks, AIG, General Motors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The blind leading the blind</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/the-blind-leading-the-blind/721/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
		
		
		
		Remember how everyone told us that investment banks were trading securities, more specifically derivatives, which are so complex that not even Warren Buffet or Alan Greenspan understood them and this led to the downfall of the economy?  Well, there is no longer any need to concern yourself with any of that.  You see, even though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the left was won</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/how-the-left-was-won/704/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/how-the-left-was-won/704/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
		
		
		
		I, like many of you, have always wondered why it is that liberal economics dominate the ranks of well-educated, intelligent, financially well-off people.  Why people that would benefit from welfare and other transfers of wealth would vote democrat is self-explanatory.  However, the reasoning behind a wealthy businessman, an educated and well paid college professor, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quiz: Who spends the most?</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/quiz-who-spends-the-mos/649/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coca-Cola
Starbucks
McDonald's
Google
Microsoft
Intel
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care: Sticking it to the Healthy</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/healthcare-sticking-it-to-the-healthy/614/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/healthcare-sticking-it-to-the-healthy/614/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Moody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
		
		
		
		Let’s, for the sake of argument, assume that HR 3200 is completely revenue neutral and that no one will be taxed a single extra penny, because, for the purposes of my discussion below, it doesn’t matter whether this is true or not. If you comment on this article and say anything about revenue neutrality or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Destruction</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/creative-destruction/604/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
		
		
		
		Freedom creates optimal efficiencies because it demands the best from people and the best is always the outcome.  However, one of the byproducts of efficiency is creative destruction.
Take, for example, the typewriter.  At the height of the typewriter industry there were two notable typewriter manufacturers (there were more than two, but I am only referring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler and Contract Law</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/chrysler-and-contract-law/590/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		A few weeks ago Chrysler declared bankruptcy.  Under normal circumstances the bankruptcy law of this nation would have been upheld and the assets of Chrysler would have been sold off and all proceeds would have been allocated to the bond holders (debt holders) until their principal investment was completely repaid.  After the bond holders’ secured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Really Need to Legislate Vacation Time?</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/legislatevacationtim/586/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Moody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought the arrogance of Congressmen couldn't get any worse, Alan Grayson (D-FL) is going to introduce a bill to require that employers with more than 100 employees give their employees 1 week of paid vacation time.]]></description>
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		<title>Ford’s Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/ford%e2%80%99s-dilemma/583/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/ford%e2%80%99s-dilemma/583/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
		
		
		
		Unlike Chrysler and General Motors, Ford Motor Company did not accept billions of dollars in bailout money from the Federal Government.  As a result, Ford has maintained a far better perception in the market than its domestic competitors.  People seem more willing to purchase a vehicle from a company that did not take the consumer’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glimmers of Hope in the CA Special Election: The Vote Heard Around the World</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/vhatw/579/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/vhatw/579/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 07:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Moody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
		
		
		
		We can hope that history records today as the start of the tax revolt of 2009 with the Vote Heard Around the World in San Francisco County.
For those of you who are unaware, today, May 19, 2009, the state of California held a special election with a bunch of propositions to increase fees and taxes [...]]]></description>
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