A bit of this, a bit of that

Here is a round-up of the week's best articles (both Canada & US):

Dion carbon tax, NEP 2? - Juliet O'Neill, The Ottawa Citizen
Flaherty: Hey Premier Pinocchio, cut taxes! - CTV.ca
Naysayers begin to grow - Bill Curry, Globe & Mail

Hey BC, Happy CO2 Tax Day - Miro Cernetig, Vancouver Sun
Carbon Tax: It won't work in Canada - Jonathan Kay, National Post
Stephane Dion: King of Pain - Alan Caplan, Edmonton Sun

Republicans Must Rein in Earmarks - Rep. Jeff Flake, Human Events
The Energy Quagmire - Ken Blackwell, New York Sun
Obama's Social Security Fine Print - Donald Luskin, Wall Street Journal

NB Education Plan: Spend, spend, spend! - Elizabeth Church, G & M
If you do not succeed, then fail, fail again - Times & Transcript
Corporate welfare summer madness: $43 million in under a week - TJ

Let Millionaires Spend - Samples & Shapiro, Cato Institute
Senate GOP Not Ready to Act on Earmarks - Clarke & Hunter, CQ.com
McCain In Canada Strikes Nerve - IBD Editorials

H/T: Pat Toomey, Club for Growth