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Sununu, a regular Globe contributor, is a former US senator from New Hampshire.
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JOHN E. SUNUNU
What saved states: reform or punting?
By John E. Sununu,
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s budget and political turnaround should be a model for fellow governors.
Sorry, Congress: Preserving Export-Import Bank subsidies doesn’t make you pro-business
By John E. Sununu,
During 2010, the Tea Party got the attention, but the election revolt against bailouts, subsidies, and spending came from all sides. Voter sentiment hasn’t changed much — but you wouldn’t know that from the action last week on the US House floor, where renewing Export-Import Bank subsidies for big business was the order of the day.
JOHN E. SUNUNU
Pro-subsidy does not equal pro-business
By John E. Sununu,
In such a weak economy, it’s easy to wrap subsidies in the warm blanket of “jobs.” The important question, though, is whether the policy is economically efficient and fair.
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Students don’t get what they pay for
By John E. Sununu,
When an issue finally gains national attention, we get what we’ve had for the past two weeks: lots of talk about capping rates on some student loans, but no real interest in more important questions.