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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Decentralization 1: It's Still More Government

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I am no fan of so-called "decentralization" or "devolution" from national to local government units (LGUs). Both in prin...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Free Trade 5: Business, Rock Music and Cycling Globalization

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In a news report today in the Financial Times, two very big business lobby groups in the US and Europe, voiced out their impatience at vario...
Monday, July 09, 2007

Free Trade 4: FTA in APEC

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The coming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Sydney, Australia this coming September, is looking to produce one good result...
Monday, June 25, 2007

FIGs and Ratings Technocrats

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Guys who used to prod fiscally-irresponsible governments (FIGs) to either create new taxes, or hike existing ones, were used to be IMF burea...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Tax Cut 5: Tax Imperialism, Privatization (PRPX 2007 Hawaii)

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There was a "Pacific Rim Conference" held in Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, last May 23-24. The event was jointly sponsored b...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Foreign Aid 7: Wolfowitzoellickation of the WB

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Out Mr. Paul Wolfowitz, an American, as World Bank (WB) President by June 30 this year. Coming in will be Mr. Robert Zoellick, an American, ...
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Monday, April 30, 2007

Pol. Ideology 7: Individualism, Entitlement and Freedom

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This is one of the exchanges in MG yahoogroups more than six years ago. From welfare, entitlement and taxes, to individualism, personal res...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Abolishing income taxes, Retaining consumption taxes

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Why income taxes can be abolished, Consumption taxes as main government revenue source [1] Bienvenido “Nonoy” Oplas, Jr. [2] A. Philosophy/P...