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        <title><![CDATA[Josh Barro - Editor:Politics]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Josh Barro is the lead writer for the Ticker, Bloomberg View's blog on economics, finance and politics. His primary areas of interest include tax and fiscal policy, state and local government, and planning and land use.

Previously, Barro was a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and a commercial real estate banker at Wells Fargo. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Harvard and lives in Queens, New York.
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            <title><![CDATA[For Top Economist, Obama Chooses an Actual Economist]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This is a hopeful sign that the administration will engage more
productively on economic policy for the next three years.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-29/for-top-economist-obama-chooses-an-actual-economist</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 17:12:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obamacare's Original Sin]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama made two big promises during his first term that have tied his economic agenda in a straitjacket.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 21:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Don't Tax Apple, Tax Its Shareholders]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Â The process of determining the taxable U.S. income of a multinational corporation is necessarily complicated and arbitrary.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:12:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Does the IRS Even Understand the Tax Code?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[If you don't want IRS agents to behave badly, give them rules so clear they can't misapply them.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:52:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Steven Miller: Too Incompetent Even for the IRS]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller wasn't in charge when the agency made its big mess. But now we know he deserved to go anyway.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[E. W. Jackson, Candidate of Virginia’s Swivel-Eyed Loons]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Republicans need to realize the danger posed by their party's 'mad, swivel-eyed loons.']]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-20/e-w-jackson-candidate-of-virginia-s-swivel-eyed-loons</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Almost-Good Reasons Toronto Elected Rob Ford]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[But I have bad news for you, Canada: Americans have learned about Rob Ford, and weâll have no more of your smug superiority]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-17/the-almost-good-reasons-toronto-elected-rob-ford</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:22:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Tax Reform Doomed? A Debate.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[West thinks the odds of tax reform in the current Congress have risen to 50-50. Josh Barro still thinks itâs doomed. Yesterday, they debated the prospects.Â ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-16/is-tax-reform-doomed-a-debate-</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:01:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Republicans Can’t Fix Their Hispanic Problem]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Arthur Brooks says Republicans really can win Hispanic voters. All they have to do is change everything they stand for.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:12:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Euro-Exit for the Flat Tax]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As Europe's economic troubles continue, some eastern European countries are reconsidering their flat taxes -- for good reason]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Karl Rove a Deficit Dove Now?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[For some reason, Karl Rove seems to like Josh Barro's post arguing that we shouldn't be trying to cut deficits now.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-15/is-karl-rove-a-deficit-dove-now-</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Man Who Can Save the IRS]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The IRS has no permanent commissioner. It needs one more than ever. But who would want the job?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:11:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Don't Get Too Excited About the New, Smaller Deficit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The CBO report is yet another reason to focus on boosting the
economy instead of cutting debt.Â ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-14/don-t-get-too-excited-about-the-new-smaller-deficit</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Don't Buy the 'Social Welfare' Defense of the IRS]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[You don't have to do a lot for the social welfare to legally qualify as a 'social welfare organization.']]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:16:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[There Is No Good Fix for the IRS Tea Party Problem]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The IRS has been given an impossible task: figure out which organizations have missions that are âprimarily political.âÂ ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-13/there-is-no-good-fix-for-the-irs-tea-party-problem</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Two Cheers for the Elite Policy Consensus]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Even as the U.S. struggles with rising income
inequality, persistent unemployment and low wage growth, many other social
indicators continue to improve.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-13/two-cheers-for-the-elite-policy-consensus</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[In La-La Land, America’s Silliest Election]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-10/in-la-la-land-america-s-silliest-election</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:25:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heritage Immigration Fight Will Strengthen Conservatives]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Immigration reform is dividing conservative groups in Washington.Â ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-10/heritage-immigration-fight-will-strengthen-conservatives</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:23:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mass Unemployment Is Terrible for Wall Street, Too]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mass unemployment is terrible for the poor. It's also bad for the rich.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-05-09/mass-unemployment-is-terrible-for-wall-street-too</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Jury Duty Taught Me About Immigration]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In Queens, people from all over the world engage in an American pastime: weaseling your way out of jury duty.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:44:41 GMT</pubDate>
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