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		<title>Endorsing Mike Lee</title>
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Last night I finally got to meet Mike Lee in person. I had been looking forward to the opportunity for a number of reasons. As long as I have been interested in this Senate race I have been carefully looking at the many candidates (past and present). Even before Mike entered the race I had [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/endorsing-mike-lee/#comments">(2 comments)</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Rely on the Altruism of Baby Boomers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Brooks must have thought yesterday was April Fools Day &#8211; that or he thinks he&#8217;s getting old so he decided to pen a column painting a rosy picture for seniors by coming to a senile conclusion. In The Geezers’ Crusade he comes to this wildly impossible conclusion:
It now seems clear that the only way [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/dont-rely-on-the-altruism-of-baby-boomers/#comments">(2 comments)</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Abolish Earmarks</title>
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For some time I have been internally conflicted on the issue of congressional earmarking. Many people, including such diverse characters as President Obama and Congressman Chaffetz, have been vocal about calling for an end to earmarks. Others such as my own Congressman, Rob Bishop, reply that earmarks are not an addition to the [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/abolish-earmarks/#comments">(27 comments)</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Marionette Bob Bennett</title>
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While candidate Mike Lee acted like a senator on the issue of confirming Ben Bernanke for another term as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Bob Bennett acted like a marionette under the control of the mystical wizard of Washington D.C. With a short press release and a predictable vote, our &#8220;Senator&#8221; [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/marionette-bob-bennett/#comments">(7 comments)</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Right to be Charitable (or Not)</title>
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A couple of days ago I heard Jason Lewis on the radio talking about how socialism does not create wealth (after Obama&#8217;s &#8220;where opportunity is absent government must create it&#8221; comment it&#8217;s obvious that some people just don&#8217;t understand that fact) and that the only way that socialism can seem to work is [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/the-right-to-be-charitable-or-not/#comments">(22 comments)</a></div>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/the-right-to-be-charitable-or-not/</link>
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		<title>Change I Could Believe In</title>
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Back in October I wrote about the dangers of a crisis mentality and tried to show that the abuse of crisis was not a one-party trait. I see that Will Wilkinson did a better job of showing that this month in Let the next crisis go to waste:
The Aughts began in crisis when [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/change-i-could-believe-in/#comments">(12 comments)</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Taxes: Supply vs Demand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The bulk of the discussion at the legislative town hall meeting last week was focused on fiscal issues of one kind or another. One thing that was briefly touched on was the potential return of sales tax on unprepared food. I have always been a fan of not having that tax, because of its supposedly [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/taxes-supply-vs-demand/#comments">(6 comments)</a></div>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/taxes-supply-vs-demand/</link>
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		<title>Defined Benefit Pensions: A Failed Experiment</title>
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After the town hall meeting I attended on Wednesday I have been thinking about pension plans generally. The state of Utah is looking at changing their pension offerings for new employees to save the state from future financial ruin. I have seen other companies go through that process already. As a nation we [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/defined-benefit-pensions-a-failed-experiment/#comments">(11 comments)</a></div>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/defined-benefit-pensions-a-failed-experiment/</link>
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		<title>A Current Example of Being a Good Legislator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I attended a town hall meeting held jointly by my state senator, Sen. Dan Liljenquist; my state representative, Rep. Becky Edwards; and the neighboring district representative in Bountiful, Rep. Sheryl Allen. I came away from that meeting with a number of impressions that I will be sharing in the coming days, but the [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/a-current-example-of-being-a-good-legislator/#comments">Leave a Comment</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Whole Foods&#8221; Republican</title>
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Nearly three years ago I publicly wondered where I fit politically. Since then I have solidly concluded that the Republican party is the best fit for me, but now I have found a term for my general political view &#8211; I&#8217;m a Whole Foods Republican who Michael Petrilli describes as:
independent-minded voters who embrace [...]<div class="tantan-getcomments"><a href="http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2010/whole-foods-republican/#comments">(2 comments)</a></div>]]></description>
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