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9:02 AM, May 16, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERThe Republican Senate Budget Committee will release this new chart later today, showing that the "U.S. Spends More Per Person Than Portugal, Italy, Greece, Or Spain."
According to the chart, the U.S. spends $20,000 per person, while Italy spends $16,900, Spain $13,100, Greece $12,500, and Portugal $10,200.
These dollar amounts "Includes spending from federal, state, and local government," according to a note on the chart. "2011 general government expenditures per person, in nominal U.S. dollars."
The chart is based on numbers from the World Economic Outlook produced by the International Monetary Fund.
2:45 PM, Aug 19, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAYWhen even the New York Times is forced to confront reality, you know things are bad:
Read more... Spain helps Cuba engage in human trafficking.10:18 AM, Jul 20, 2010 • By JAIME DAREMBLUM
It’s a familiar trick: When the Castro regime wants something from the international community, it makes a grand show of releasing political prisoners, in hopes of convincing foreign officials that Cuba has liberalized and thus deserves to be rewarded.
Read more... Spain helps Cuba engage in human trafficking.10:18 AM, Jul 20, 2010 • By JAIME DAREMBLUM
It’s a familiar trick: When the Castro regime wants something from the international community, it makes a grand show of releasing political prisoners, in hopes of convincing foreign officials that Cuba has liberalized and thus deserves to be rewarded.
Read more... The bailouts may be only just beginning.8:55 AM, Jul 19, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTIIn his statement celebrating the passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill last week, President Obama said: "There will be no more taxpayer-funded bailouts -- period."
Really? Let's assume Obama is right. Even under the best-case scenario, in which Dodd-Frank performs exactly as its technocratic architects intended, the legislation would -- with all necessary caveats attached -- prevent bailouts just in the financial sector.
Read more... World Cup replica adorns Octopus's garden.11:55 AM, Jul 12, 2010 • By VICTORINO MATUSKudos to Paul the Octopus for selecting Spain as the winner of this year's World Cup (and selecting Germany for third place in Saturday's game). In all, the "psychic" cephalopod correctly—and consecutively—picked eight matches. The Germans hailed him as one of their own until he chose Spain over Germany in the semifinal. Although he was proven right, Germans were demanding Paul be killed—or grilled with just a little oil and garlic to be precise. In fact, security at Sea Life in Oberhausen was boosted over the weekend.
Read more... Spain worries about the risks of former Gitmo detainees, while a German official repeats a common meme.2:45 PM, Jul 8, 2010 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
Two noteworthy stories dealing with Gitmo detainee transfers came out of Europe this week. The first comes from Spain, where the daily newspaper El Mundo reports that Spanish intelligence authorities are worried about the risks posed by transferred detainees.
Read more... 10:06 AM, Jun 17, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACKFormer Spanish prime minister José María Aznar writes in the Times of London:
For far too long now it has been unfashionable in Europe to speak up for Israel. In the wake of the recent incident on board a ship full of anti-Israeli activists in the Mediterranean, it is hard to think of a more unpopular cause to champion.
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