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...their predecessors failed. Politics is an extremely complex process, and it's not possible to split effective and ineffective policies along party lines. It's difficult to get any sort of useful, long-term legislation passed these days. In fact, I'm going to be so bold as to predict that in the foreseeable future the American government will be no more productive or effective than it has been in the past half-century, regardless of its political make...
...rising rates hurt borrowers, they have been a boon to many savers. Economists say that for every percentage-point increase in short-term rates, holders of securities ranging from Treasury bills to money-market funds gain nearly $20 billion in annual income. Partly for such reasons, experts predict that the latest rate hikes will have little impact on Christmas sales this year. They note that retailers did a respectable, if unspectacular back- to-school business last summer, which usually augurs a solid Christmas season. Moreover, many consumers fail to recognize that the Fed's moves can increase the interest...
...fact, just the opposite is true. Cambridge, through its rent control policies, has violated the fundamental rights of property owners, and in so doing has badly distorted the Cambridge housing market. As basic economics would predict, rent control has led to shortages and ill-maintained properties...
Democratic Congressman Dan Glickman of Kansas, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, saw his re-election hopes thwarted last week by a covert operation he did not predict and could not prevent. On the Sunday before the election, the conservative Christian Coalition distributed thousands of "voter guides" throughout Glickman's congressional district. The pamphlets were slipped onto car windshields in church parking lots; some pastors allowed the guides to be distributed inside their churches. The guides, designed to appear objective and distributed close to the election so Glickman couldn't effectively protest them, gave the Congressman negative ratings...
...This group will throw something ridiculous at the State House and the property owners are going to fight it," he said. "I predict it will die in the state legislature...