Like working towards retirement, I just got into the habit.

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That is, over the past generation the most selective schools in the country got into the habit of listing a high sticker price and then discounting that price as needed in order to fill a class.

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Just as other countries were imitating our reform because they knew that capital and talent would otherwise migrate to nations with lower tax rates, we got back into the habit of listening to the narrow interests and passing the bill along to the average taxpayer.

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America has got ever deeper into debt, unable to kick the habit of living beyond its means.

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