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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: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, The Herald-Mail, Pension and Welfare, Good Friday
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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, Personal Income, Politics, Government Debt
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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: Social Sciences, Bill Clinton, National Government, U.S. Senate, White House
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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: Consumers, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Benefits, Alan Krueger, U.S. Postal Service
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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: U.S. Senate, White House, Republican Party, Washington, DC, Public Finance
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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: National Government, Ray LaHood, Ben Bernanke, Budget Control Act of 2011, Republican Party
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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: Stock Market, Federal Reserve, S&P 500, European Debt Crisis, Finance
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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: Google Inc., Arne Duncan, New Year's Day, Air Transportation Industry, Peter Brown
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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: Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, The New York Times, National Government, American Enterprise Institute
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More bogus budget cuts?
I was surprised and pleased to see David Fahrenthold's article on the federal "cuts in spending" approved in 2011 ("'Smoke & mirrors,'" Feb. 24). I wished he would have pointed out the added smoke and mirrors that persists from this president. President...Tags: Barack Obama
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Charlevoix school district headed for own fiscal cliff
If it continues on its current path, by the end of this school year, the Charlevoix Public Schools may be teetering on the edge of its own fiscal cliff, with just $40,000 in the bank. Jeff Crouse, assistant superintendent with the Charlevoix-Emmet County...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Rick Snyder
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Letter to the Editor - Feb. 28
Conservatives exist in an ‘information bubble’ To the editor: I was fascinated by Ned Garrett’s conclusion (Feb. 22) that Barack Obama’s re-election was the result of “voter apathy.” Garrett professes the tea party...Tags: Human Rights, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Chris Christie, Elections
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Feb 23, 2013
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