Free Cars

By Carter Wrenn | April 7, 2009 |

I thought the Democrats had ‘Ethics Reformed’ pay to play out of existence – but it turns out I was wrong. For instance, it seems automobile dealers (at least some of them) like bestowing cars on Democrats – so former Governor Easley’s been driving a car free, courtesy of a dealership, and so has Mrs.…

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Marching in the Wrong Direction

By Carter Wrenn | March 26, 2009 |

Well, I’d say Obama did pretty well at his press conference the other night – so he must just have been off his game a couple of weeks ago at his first press conference. Right now Obama’s going through the part of his presidency where folks are taking a good look at how he does…

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Budget Cuts?

By Carter Wrenn | March 20, 2009 |

It’s right there on the front page of the newspaper: The governor’s got a $3.4 billion hole in the budget to wrestle to the ground and fill – so she’s cut spending $1.3 billion a year. But there are two other numbers in the newspaper that are peculiar. $21.4 billion – which is what the…

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A.I.G., Alcoa and Taxes

By Carter Wrenn | March 19, 2009 |

Well, Obama’s after A.I.G. hammer and tongs. Which is fine. More than fine. But there’re also a couple of overlooked questions worth considering: Like why didn’t the Washington genius (and it’s beginning to look like it was Treasury Secretary Geithner) who poured $170 billion into A.I.G. have the good sense to tell A.I.G. up front,…

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