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	<title>Mark Gregory Turansky &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>The Deficit Peacock</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/179</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some are deficit hawks and truly believe we should have a sane, balanced budget.  Others claim to be deficit hawks but upon closer inspection, you realize their feathers are different.  They aren&#8217;t hawks at all.  They are deficit peacocks who love to strut and preen but do very little to address the real problems facing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What you get with &#8220;small government&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/176</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado Springs is dying.  Dramatic budget gaps and an electorate unwilling (and politicians unable) to consider tax increases force the city to cut crucial services across the board.  There are fewer cops, fewer firefighters, no recreation centers, all museums are closing, no public pools, no one to mow the lawns in the park, and no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Global Economy is a Ponzi Scheme</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/156</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lester Brown has an interesting take on the unsustainable economy we live and work within.
http://www.grist.org/article/our-global-ponzi-economy/
He argues, for example, that &#8220;expensive&#8221; $3/gallon gas does not reflect the true cost of the fuel in our cars.  Mr. Brown believes the cost of gas isn&#8217;t just pumping, refining, and shipping gasoline.  It also includes the military cost of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A $9,000 water bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/150</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When I have a dollar to blow on a bottle of water, I buy Perrier!&#8221; quipped Robin Williams in his late &#8217;70s stand-up days.
It killed.  The audience howled at Williams&#8217; derision of paying a lot of money for something we get nearly for free from the tap, especially when the EPA does a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The White Roof &#8212; Steven Chu is right!</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/149</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy Secretary Steven Chu has advocated painting roofs white as a cost saving measure that also reduces the impact of climate change.  The theory is that more heat would be reflected, thereby lowering a building&#8217;s cooling costs, which in turn reduces greenhouse gas emissions because we&#8217;re using less power to cool the building.
An article (blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. President, please, raise my taxes</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/145</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal government is bleeding red ink, as are nearly all other states in the union.  Why?  Because Americans have lodged in their heads the idea that we are entitled to everything, which includes paying nothing.
We expect and demand safety and security from our police force and fire fighters.  We ask our real estate agents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art imitates life</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/106</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Tina Fey is a deadringer for Sarah Palin.  Funny stuff.
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		<title>My Mayor, America&#8217;s Mayor, has lost his lustre</title>
		<link>http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/100</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Turansky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a born and raised New Yorker.  I know what Rudy did for my city.  It was tremendous revival of the city&#8217;s urban culture and revitalization of world famous landmarks like Times Square that had been taken over by peep shows and porn shops.  Today, Times Square is a place you bring your family.  In [...]]]></description>
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