| —President Barack Obama, January 27, 2010 |
| —President Barack Obama, February 26, 2010 |
| after requesting increased funding for both agencies |
With that out of the way, let me proceed to our traditional weekend roundup. I was extremely pleased this week to have our first guest post from the distinguished philosopher Jamie Whyte. I’ve been a great admirer of Jamie’s writings since I discovered them a few months ago, and I thought his contribution here—on a radical proposal to improve democracy—was fabulous.
We had two other lively discussions this week, one on why Olympians are like Ponzi schemers (with a followup post a few days later) and one on the fiscal stimulus package on the occasion of its one-year anniversary.
Come back Monday for more!
Clearly we can afford everything–until we can’t.
Continually talking about going through the budget line-by-line is like trying to lose weight by going to the bathroom more often. At some point, there’s just not any more that can come out, and a more substantial behavioral change is needed.