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Debt Ceiling Games – Court Could End Leverage
Whether or not President Obama can simply rule to pay bills owed by the United States and bring the country financial relief depends on the courts.

Economic Update: Economics and Banking
Updates on Gerard Depardieu's individual tax evasion, corporate tax evasion via profit repatriation, worst CEOs of 2012, and phony DC

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Obama to Congress: Raise Debt Ceiling Without Spending Cuts
President Barack Obama urges Congress to lift the nationu2019s debt ceiling without spending cuts claiming that he will not allow the country to be pushed so far to the …

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Obama Says GOP Won’t Get “Ransom” to Lift Debt Limit
The president said Republicans would be responsible for the economic fallout if they refused to raise it.

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Debt Ceiling and Guns: Using Presidential Authority to the Fullest
The question is not whether conservatives will concede on issues like tax breaks or gun control, but whether President Obama will actually use the full power of his office …

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Government by Crisis (Always Crashing in the Same Car)

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Don’t Feed The Debt-Ceiling Trolls
As conservative right-wing politicians continue to bring down our economy by refusing to raise the debt-ceiling limit, maybe the answer is simply to call their bluff.

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Fiscal Cliff: Let’s Call Their Bluff!
Desperate times call for radical measures.

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Coming “Fiscal Cliff” in Congress Affects Hiring, Even Firing
Both major political parties talk a good game on the need to help create jobs. But their refusal to agree on a plan to stop the government from going …