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In the absence of a budget deal,it's off to Armageddon we go
WASHINGTON - "The worst-case scenario for us," a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Washington Post, "is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens." Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2...
Tags: Republican Party, Social Sciences, U.S. Senate, White House, U.S. Congress
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Jobs report paints a dreary picture
Poor job growth and a large exodus of unemployed workers last month stifled weeks of upbeat economic data and marked a sobering reality check, signaling that hiring was likely to remain weak in the coming months. Employers added a paltry 88,000 net...
Tags: Alan Krueger, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Markets, Consumers, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs while still insisting on more taxes from the wealthy in a renewed attempt to strike a broad deficit-...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Unemployment Benefits, White House, U.S. Congress
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Sequestration? Not Scary. Try Fiscal Death Match
The Hartford CourantI'm trying really hard to get all worked up over sequestration, but it ain't taking. Congress has been no help. They called it a weekend on Thursday and went home the day before the $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts was scheduled to begin....Tags: Aerosmith (music group), Republican Party, Pat Robertson, Kim Jong Un, White House
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S&P 500 sets all-time closing high [video chat]
NEW YORK -- The broad Standard & Poor's 500 index broke a half-decade-old record, another sign of stocks' continuing rally this year. The S&P 500 added 6.34 points, or 0.41%, to 1,569.19 Thursday, the last trading day of the first quarter. The S&P 500...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Stock Market, Credit Ratings, Finance
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Letters to the Editor - March 3
It’s time for a gun-control amendment To the editor: I practiced law for more than 30 years and I understand the difficulty and the risk in convening a constitutional convention. But this is not an unprecedented solution. To grant blacks freedom,...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Budget Control Act of 2011
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On sequestration, Obama becomes extortionist in chief
At the end of 1995 and stretching into January 1996, the federal government "shut down" because of an impasse between President Bill Clinton and House Republicans led by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The issue was increased taxes vs. less spending....Tags: Republican Party, White House, Tiger Woods, U.S. Congress, Bill Clinton
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Consumer spending rose slightly in January even as income tumbled
WASHINGTON -- Consumers spent slightly more in January than the previous month even as their income plummeted by the largest amount in 20 years because of the "fiscal cliff," the Commerce Department said Friday. People boosted their spending by saving...
Tags: Taxation, Government Debt, Personal Income, Politics
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Hail Armageddon
WASHINGTON -- "The worst-case scenario for us," a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Washington Post, "is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens." Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2...
Tags: Republican Party, Social Sciences, U.S. Senate, White House, U.S. Congress
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Fan mail, of a sort, for the 'sequester'
There’s little agreement about anything regarding the “sequester” except that the $85 billion in cuts to federal spending this year will be implemented starting Friday. As The Times’ editorialized Thursday: “The irony is...Tags: Republican Party, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011, Tea Party Movement
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American reaction to budget cut hype? Yawn.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pulling out all the stops to warn just what could happen if automatic budget cuts kick in. Americans are reacting with a collective yawn. They know the drill: Obama raises the alarm, Democrats and...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, White House, Quinnipiac University, Bobby Jindal, Janet Napolitano
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Payroll tax cuts? Not necessarily
All I hear these days are complaints that the federal government has raised taxes, dimishing take-home pay. That’s true: The payroll tax holiday was not extended. That holiday cut Social Security contributions and the like, amounting to a 2-...Tags: Willow Springs, Politics, Pat Quinn, Executive Branch, Illinois Governor
Mar 3, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Apr 6, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 5, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 3, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Mar 28, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 3, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Feb 23, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 1, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 1, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 28, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 28, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Apr 3, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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