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'The High Price of Rigidity'

'The High Price of Rigidity'

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Pamela Powers
Mar 30, 2011
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No compromise! No negotiation! No discussion! No public input!

These are the rallying cries of the Tea Party in the Arizona Legislature and in the US Congress. Here is a thoughtful editorial on rigidity from the New York Times.

House Republicans have already won so much in this year’s federal budget standoff that they could easily declare victory and put …

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