<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>RedState</title><link>https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2012/01/17/we-can-do-this-the-easy-way-or-the-hard-way/feed/</link><description>Conservative News &amp; Politics</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:45:19 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>We Can Do This the Easy Way, or the Hard Way</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[I confess up front as I write this piece that I have only the most tenuous grasp of finance and/or economics (my willingness to admit this fact being the primary thing that distinguishes me from Ezra Klein). That said, you don&amp;#8217;t have to be a money whiz to react with horror at the slow-motion trainwreck that is currently unfolding in Greece, that threatens to imperil most of the Western economic world. Reading Dan&amp;#8217;s excellent piece on the Establishment, I was left wondering how many people really and truly understand what the possible consequences are of our current Federal spending policies &amp;#8211; either within government or without.]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:00:30 -0500</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Leon H. Wolf]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2012/01/17/we-can-do-this-the-easy-way-or-the-hard-way-n41863</link></item></channel></rss>