Tag: government
member name: Jack E.
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December 16, 2009 08:17 AM EST --
The federal government decided to give up billions of dollars this week when the IRS issued an exception to its tax rules allowing Citigroup (and a handful of other companies partially owned by the federal . . .
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September 21, 2008 10:17 AM EDT --
Come January, when the election frenzy is over and it's time to fix (again) our endlessly collapsing U.S. public education system, I can already see who'll be sitting around that West Wing conference . . .
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November 20, 2009 07:13 AM EST --
Would Our Government Really Start a War to Try to Stimulate the Economy?
I've written two essays attempting to disprove "military Keynesianism" - the idea that military spending is the best stimulus. . . .
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September 10, 2008 08:57 AM EDT --
Ignorance must really be bliss. How else, over so many years, could the GOP get away with ridiculing all things liberal?
Troglodytes on the right are no respecters of reality. They say the most absurd . . .
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September 12, 2008 01:36 PM EDT --
As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has championed aerial gunning of wolves and bears. Using powerful images of this needless and brutal practice -- and the indisputable facts about Palin's promotion . . .
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September 15, 2008 06:32 AM EDT --
One thing Democrats and Republicans alike agreed about in their vastly different conventions: The American voter will not only decide but decide wisely. But does the electorate really know what it's . . .
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September 23, 2008 06:51 AM EDT --
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (CNN) -- To pick up the morning paper and see the word "recount" in a headline stirs an ominous case of déjà vu.
At issue in recent days in Palm Beach County is . . .
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September 06, 2008 07:26 AM EDT --
We need to stop this corporate welfare everytime the loan sharks go under or we may as well just keep throwing our tax money out the window so these beggers can just come by and grab it whenever it is . . .
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October 12, 2008 12:54 PM EDT --
If you thought the $700 billion bailout was a lot, consider this sobering notation in the 2007 Financial Report of the U.S. Government about meeting the Social Security, Medicare and other needs of aging . . .
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September 13, 2008 11:32 AM EDT --
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September 14, 2008 01:57 PM EDT --
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September 16, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
Growing home prices, and credit derived from the resulting equity, provided the illusion that increasing purchase power without increasing wage growth was sustainable. Income and buying became disengaged. . . .
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September 26, 2008 06:13 PM EDT --
"Lew Rockwell" -- - Whenever a Great Bipartisan Consensus is announced, and a compliant media assures everyone that the wondrous actions of our wise leaders are being taken for our own good, . . .
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October 06, 2008 03:26 PM EDT --
Environmentalists Challenge More Bush Administration Political Interference in Endangered Species Decisions Increased Protection Sought for Six Species in Seven Western States
The Center for Biological . . .
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September 12, 2008 07:12 AM EDT --
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he is recalling his own ambassador from Washington and expelling the U.S. ambassador from Venezuela.
President Hugo Chavez said he was making the moves . . .
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September 13, 2008 08:55 AM EDT --
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaska lawmakers voted Friday to subpoena Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, several aides and phone records in their investigation into Palin's firing of her public safety . . .
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September 13, 2008 09:36 AM EDT --
Regardless of one's political persuasion, keeping government open and accessible to the people should be a priority.
Yet a recent report by the group “OpenTheGovernment.org” found “a continued . . .
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September 17, 2008 10:03 AM EDT --
In presidential campaigns, we talk a lot about the number of people without health insurance. And rightly so. When almost a fifth of the working-age population has no coverage at all, the country has . . .
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September 18, 2008 05:45 PM EDT --
Is America's honeymoon with Sarah Palin over? Polls suggest that might be so.
Sarah Palin and John McCain dropped behind the Democratic ticket in the polls Wednesday.
Palin appears to be losing . . .
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September 19, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major shareholders of American International Group Inc are trying to help pay off a hefty federal loan before the government can take a 79.9 percent stake in the insurer, which would . . .
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