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DISMAL UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES GIVE GOP WINNING HAND IN TAX DEBATE
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Wil LeBlanc, Jr.
Editor In Chief
If you’ve been listening to partisans and pundits the last two weeks forget everything you know and heard about public sector [...]
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WASHINGTONOCRISY: Many Governors and pundits chimed in this weekend on the budget stalemate in Madison, Wisconsin. Governors Jan Brewer and Nikki Haley, of Arizona and [...]
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,
adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. – Ralph Waldo
Emerson
When historians of the future look objectively at the era
preceeding this long financial crisis, they might well conclude that
failure of the globalised capital system is traceable to the Basle
Accords. The unreasonable assumptions and myriad distortions [...]
Economists are worried that the housing sector may be heading into another downdraft as mortgage lenders continue to tighten already restrictive lending standards.
As 2010 nears its end, my colleagues and I are beginning the process,
familiar to organizations public and private, of evaluating performance
in the past year and setting goals for the year ahead. In that process,
one question is pressed: What does success look like?
Filed under: Obama Administration, Unemployment, Jobs, Economy
Top economic adviser Austan Goolsbee said continued job growth in the private sector is encouraging, but the 9.8 percent unemployment rate is “unacceptably high.”
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No CommentsWil LeBlanc, Jr.
Editor In Chief
The latest economic data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the unemployment rate rose in October from 9.6% to [...]
Rep. Charlie Rangel speaks on the floor of the House after being censured. Msnbc’s Chris Matthews reports. (Hardball)
Wil LeBlanc, Jr.
The euphoria of the wave election has crested and it’s even showing signs of receding. The last 3 months has had a constant [...]
WASHINGTONOCRISY: Both parties are equally guilty of political hypocrisy. I’ve watched Minutemen travel across the country to go protect our borders in Arizona. I’ve seen [...]
No CommentsWil LeBlanc, Jr.
Editor In Chief
The GOP dilemma with regards to the health care repeal is that they are against it to the extent is provides [...]
The horrific shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and the killing of six others, including a respected federal judge, outside a Tucson Safeway is not the first time that a member of Congress has faced violent threat or attack.
In the Haitian vodou tradition, it is believed by some that the souls of the newly dead slip into rivers and streams and remain there, under the water, for a year and a day. Then, lured by ritual prayer and song, the souls emerge from the water and the spirits . . .
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TUCSON, Jan. 9 (UPI) — The young Arizona man suspected of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six others was charged Sunday with killing federal employees.
The Hill pounced on the news that a federal judge has struck down health reform’s individual mandate.
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By James Kwak From The New York Times: “Congressional Republicans in recent days have blocked efforts by Democrats to extend the jobless aid, saying they would insist on offsetting the $56 billion cost with spending cuts elsewhere.” Instead, as it turns out, they agreed to offset the cost with tax cuts elsewhere. Still, though, I [...]
With a deal to extend the Bush tax cuts for all income levels apparently imminent, the most important issue is economic: The emerging deal is more-or-less stimulative
Federal extensions of benefits for the long-term jobless have become ensnared lately in political jousting over the soaring budget deficit.
