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Five Ways to Make Your Dollars Make Sense
Americans’ long-term savings in stocks, bonds, pension, life insurance, and mutual funds total about $30 trillion. But not even 1 percent of these savings touches local small businesses, the …
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Legislators Who Sign the Anti-Tax “Norquist Pledge” Are Enemies of the People and the Constitution
Grover Norquist. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) A recent lawsuit mounted by former UCLA chancellor Charles Young and former Ninth Circuit Appellate Justice William A. Norris brings …
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The Real Social Security Crisis
President Barack Obama is ready to support “reforms” to “strengthen” Social Security, he declared in his State of the Union address. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels thinks we need “repairs” …
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Rep. Allen West’s 15 Most Outrageous Statements
In four short years in the U.S. House of Representatives, congressman Allen West has earned a reputation for making the most irresponsible statements which are clearly intended to attract …
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Romney’s Big Problem
Washington - Mitt Romney has lost his central asset. It is no longer obvious that he is the Republican with the best chance of defeating President Obama. Romney was …
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Missiles Aimed at Social Security and Medicare
Missiles are pointed at Social Security and Medicare, the broad-based programs for older Americans. Some are stealth missiles. Some are misguided missiles. But both parties are pointing them. Democrats …
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Memo Sheds Light on Debate Surrounding US Stimulus
Lawrence H. Summers was head of the National Economic Council from 2009-2010. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Ryan Lizza’s new article on policy making …
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Will Catholic Bishops and the Religious Right Save Obama?
What is most striking about the showdown over contraceptive freedom is not the political victory that President Obama earned by standing up for women's reproductive rights, although his Republican …
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The Greek Debt Crisis as Harbinger of Things to Come
The crisis in Greece is not a ‘sovereign, or government, debt’ crisis. That’s the surface appearance of the problem. The below the surface struggle is about how bankers, bondholders …
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In Europe, Great Depression Was Bad; This Is Worse
Credit: De Angelis. One thing everyone always says is that while this Lesser Depression may be bad, it’s nothing like the Great Depression. But this is in …