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Restoring Economic Liberty Will Require Restoring Democracy

By CFIF Staff
Thursday, April 16 2009

Hope springs eternal for politicians in the minority. Embattled Republicans are already spinning scenarios in which the 2010 midterm elections will provide an unambiguous rejection of the Obama Administration’s dramatic expansion of government. But what if the GOP is proven right … the voting public once again demands change … and America discovers that a Congress full of resurgent Republicans is powerless to stop the bleeding? That scenario is all too plausible given the breathtaking rate at which the legislative branch is losing its power to determine the nation’s…

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