If this feckless Congress doesn't enact Pence-Cantor soon, the White House should be bold and institute indexing by executive order.

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Of course, there isn't any guarantee that Congress won't enact legislation to retroactively apply the GST tax to transfers made in 2010.

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In 2010, the law also expired, and Congress didn't re-enact it until mid-December of that year.

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But don't look to Congress to enact term limits on itself anytime soon.

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With the increasing availability of machines that can peer into brains as they function, there has been rapid progress in understanding the biological mechanisms by which people transform information, such as from a golf lesson, first into actions and ultimately into automatic motor skills that don't require conscious thought to enact.

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So if watching your fantasies play out on TV doesn't quite scratch that itch, you can enact them yourself down at the range -- or get a concealed carry permit, and convince yourself that the only reason you're not Jack Bauer is that the right opportunity hasn't yet presented itself.

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By the way, isn't it ironic that the Russians are moving to enact a flat tax before the protocapitalist Americans?

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By the way, isn't it ironic that the Russians are moving to enact a flat tax before the proto-capitalist Americans?

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While history shows that a divided government can enact significant spending cuts as an alternative to sequesters, that doesn't appear to be the path Mr. Obama intends to follow.

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