| Reminder: Call Congress Today to Oppose H.R. 3962 Obama Care 1 day ago by Ben I was planning to post a notice today about the need to take action against the Pelosi version of Obama Care. And today is the time to do it! But being busy, I got permission to paste this email (with a couple slight tweaks) from a friend: Hello to all! If you want tax dollars funding abortions and ... Mount Virtus - bendegrow.com · Rank: 17,714 ·  106 references |
| New column: The dollar in danger 1 day ago by Justin Fox My new column is up online and in the issue of TIME with our Secretary of State on the cover. It's about money. The Curious Capitalist - ... - curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com · 379 references |
| Paul Krugman: Obama Faces His Anzio 1 day ago by Mark Thoma The failure to give the economy the fiscal stimulus it needs may be costly Democrats: Obama Faces His Anzio, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Obama’s Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that heal ... Economist's View - economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview · Rank: 1,010 · 1029 references |
| How Long for Michael Bennet to Decide on Fed Reserve Transparency? 1 day ago by Ben In a savvy political move that promotes a good, old-fashioned commonsense idea — something very rare in the halls of Congress — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck has called on incumbent appointee Michael Bennet to join the bipartisan Congressional co-sponsorship of a very important transpare ... Mount Virtus - bendegrow.com · Rank: 17,714 · 106 references |
| Official Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%–15,700,000 Unemployed–Real ... 1 day ago by Raymond The Obama Depression is real and worsening with the number of unemployed Americans over 15, 700,000, while the number of Americans seeking full time jobs is over 26,500,000 Americans. During 1933, the worse year of the Great Depression, the number of unemployed American was about 13,000,000. The Oba ... Pronk Palisades - raymondpronk.wordpress.com · Rank: 69,069 · 82 references |
| Distribution of Pain 1 day ago by Aedín Doris In a comment on another post, Declan Fallon raises some interesting issues about the distribution of forthcoming pain. I thought it might be interesting to tease this out a bit more. Most of the debate about the incidence of the fiscal adjustment has focussed on the public/private sector divide and, ... The Irish Economy - irisheconomy.ie · Rank: 5,675 · 134 references |
| Govt pushes stake sales, tax reforms to cut deficit 1 day ago by Team MC The government on Thursday mandated more sales of shares by state-run firms and changed the rules on how it can use the proceeds, as it seeks to boost revenues and rein in a widening budget deficit. The government also said it was looking at tax changes as it tried to cut a budget shortfall forecast ... Market Colorz - marketcolorz.com |
| How to Talk Oneself Out of Keeping a Promise in Order to Do the Right Thing 1 day ago by economistmom President Obama’s budget director, Peter Orszag, gave a really nice speech on the economy and fiscal policy this week. It reinforces my belief that: (1) Peter really doesn’t view the “legacy” of the deficit-financed Bush tax cuts as a good one; (2) Peter really doesn’t want the Bush tax cuts to beco ... EconomistMom.com - economistmom.com · Rank: 55,846 · 93 references |
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