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Eric Boehm

Eric Boehm

@EricBoehm87

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Eric Boehm

@EricBoehm87 · Apr 24, 2023

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Bring back budget caps -- because Congress can't be trusted to control itself

The House GOP debt ceiling plan would restore spending caps. Good.

The House GOP debt ceiling plan would restore spending caps. Good.

The most important part of the Limit, Grow, Save Act is the limits.

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Eric Boehm
Eric Boehm

@EricBoehm87 · Apr 17, 2023

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In November 2007, the original iPhone was barely four months old, and Barack Obama was considered a long shot to win the Democratic nomination for president. That same month, the TransWest Express Transmission Project filed its first request with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), seeking permission to build a 732-mile electric transmission line from a wind farm in southern Wyoming with Las Vegas. Last week, the BLM *finally* granted permission for the line to be built.

It took 15 years for the feds to approve a 700-mile electric line

It took 15 years for the feds to approve a 700-mile electric line

It'll be another five years before it's operational.

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Eric Boehm
Eric Boehm

@EricBoehm87 · Apr 11, 2023

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Ron DeSantis talks a lot about freedom -- but there are some jarring contradictions in how he applies the term to policymaking. I wrote about it for Reason:

What 'freedom' means to Ron DeSantis

What 'freedom' means to Ron DeSantis

The jarring contradictions in the Florida governor's pitch to voters.

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