November 23, 2009 2:38PM 

# Monday Links 

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- Three decades of [politics and failed policies at HUD](http://bit.ly/5ZMoTF).

- Michael D. Tanner on [the Senate Sell-Outs](http://bit.ly/4CeGkZ): “At a time of 10.2 percent unemployment, they voted to make it more expensive to hire workers, especially low-wage workers. With the economy struggling, they voted for $485 billion in tax hikes. They voted to raise the payroll tax, limit your flexible spending account, and tax your health insurance plan. **This is moderation**?”

- [The limits of U.S. power in Afghanistan](http://bit.ly/75NAY9): “Even if more troops were better deployed, the odds of reasonable success in reasonable time at reasonable cost are long.”

- Republican and Democratic senators pushing for [subsidizing prayer](http://bit.ly/7MAD9C).

- In Washington next week? [Tom Palmer will be here Tuesday, Dec. 1](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6567) to discuss his new book, [*Realizing Freedom*](http://www.amazon.com/Realizing-Freedom-Libertarian-History-Practice/dp/1935308114). Can’t make it? [Watch live online](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6567).

- Podcast: [“Money, Greed and God](http://bit.ly/5ekP7r)”

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