Thursday News: From Business Insider, Brett Logiurato reports Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckaby, balk in a big way at the Paul Ryan budget; In NY Magazine Jonathan Chait demolishes elite liberal obsession with raising taxes on the rich over staunch GOP opposition as "crazy middle" "Tax Trutherism"

Politics and Government

From Business Insider, Brett Logiurato reports Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckaby, balk in a big way at the Paul Ryan budget

In NY Magazine Jonathan Chait demolishes elite liberal obsession with raising taxes on the rich over staunch GOP opposition as "crazy middle" "Tax Trutherism"

In Investors Business Daily, Stephen Moore writes that Picketty's “Capitalism in the 21st Century” is a recipe for the second great depression.

At National Review, Stephen Moore criticizes President Obama’s ‘Keystone Cops.’

Monetary Reform

From Forbes.com, Brian Domitrovic says Paul Krugman and Keynesian monetary policy are no route to recovery.

At TGSN, Ralph Benko discusses Laksmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity, and her frequent depiction with gold.

Spending

From National Review, Amity Shlaes details how Obamacare could collapse.