National Debt

The Truth About the President and the Deficit, Continued...

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.30.2012

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Whatever your Republican friends might say about the evils of government spending, one thing is always -- always! -- true. High government spending creates jobs.

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The Truth About the President and the Deficit

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Karl Rove, President Barack Obama, National Debt, Congressional Budget Office, Mitt Romney, Debt, Stimulus, Election 2012, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Deficit, Budget Deficit, Republican Party, Tarp, Bailouts, Politics News

Arguably the biggest lie coming from the Republicans and the Romney campaign is that President Obama is a tax and spend liberal who's directly and personally responsible for record deficits and a crushing national debt.

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Because They Can

James Kwak | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Deficit, National Debt, Republican Party, John Boehner, Republicans, Fiscal Affairs, Business News

It seems as if the Republicans are trying to turn the national debt back into a major political issue. Despite their abysmal record when it comes to fiscal responsibility, it could still turn out to be smart politics, for a few reasons.

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What's Really Behind the War on Women

Toni Nagy | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Women in Politics, Politics, National Debt, Women's Issues, Stacey Morrison, Bloggers, American Dream, Mommy Wars, Elections 2012, Republican War Against Women, Bipartisan, Legislation, Blogher, Culture, War on Women, Women News

The more alienated we feel from each other, the easier we are to manipulate and distract.

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Why Societies Fail: The 'Other' Consequences of Debt

American Anthropological Association | Posted 04.30.2012

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What will likely be absent in the inevitable debt debate before the election is any consideration of the relationship of debt to the requirement for perpetual economic growth and its role in the dramatic increase in economic inequality.

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An Optimal Solution to U.S. Health Care

Nake M. Kamrany | Posted 04.28.2012

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Health care should be treated as a basic human rights issue, and that is the way it is being treated in most of the European Union.

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A Drop In The Bucket

David Oskutis | Posted 04.25.2012

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My idea came to me when I first started hearing about all of the teacher layoffs that began in Wisconsin, and has quickly spread throughout the country.

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Making Romney Electable

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 04.25.2012

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The United States needs to develop an industrial policy to make Corporate America want to invest and create jobs in our country.

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Untying the Knot

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 04.09.2012

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Budget rhetoric in Washington is askew. Instead of discussing taxes we ought to be discussing the merit of programs and how to pay for them. But programs are never debated.

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Shift To Obama vs. Romney Marks End (Maybe) To Silly Season

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 04.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The news Thursday was dominated by Democratic accusations that the Republican National Committee chairman compared women to caterpillars...

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To Be a Moderate, or Not to Be? That Is the Question!

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 04.03.2012

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Late at night or in the early hours of the morning when it's difficult to sleep because the mind won't shut down President Obama must often think to himself, "To be a moderate, or not to be? That is the question".

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The President's Budget, the National Debt, and Ramen Noodles: The Debt-Paying Generation Speaks

Bill Beach | Posted 05.27.2012

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We aimed for a wide spectrum of opinions by people in and out of politics, on the left, on the right, cynics and optimists. What we found was a sampling of young adults who are concerned about the debt... and for a whole host of reasons.

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How To Make Government Smaller

Jim Worth | Posted 05.21.2012

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The Republican myth of smaller government is nothing but a hypocritical talking point.

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Ann Romney, Secret Weapon, Hip Checks Husband's Women's Issues Critics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.21.2012

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SCHAUMBERG, Ill. -- It was one of the more interesting moments of Mitt Romney's victory rally here Tuesday night. Romney's wife, Ann, walked up on ...

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Fiscal Affairs: How Long Can We Finance the Debt?

James Kwak | Posted 05.20.2012

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The current privileged status of U.S. dollar debt is a recent phenomenon, and one that is by no means permanent. This is a major reason why it is important to begin reducing structural deficits during the next decade.

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The Most Disenfranchised Group In America? It's Not Who You Think

Tom Barrella | Posted 05.07.2012

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I teach 100 of them each year about investing and finance at a leading public high school on New York's Long Island. Their mindset upon entering class that first day is one of blissful ignorance.

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8 Things About The Economy That Scare Small Business

Gene Marks | Posted 05.07.2012

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Small business owners are scared. Which is why we're still not hiring and still not overly optimistic. What are we so scared about? I can name 8 things right off the bat.

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Mitt Romney Claims U.S. Owes $62 Trillion In 'Unfunded Promises'

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.24.2012

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In Detroit Friday, Mitt Romney said he loses sleep because of the U.S. government's "$62 trillion in unfunded promises." "Today, we face $62 trilli...

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National Debt Will Likely Swell Under Top GOP Hopefuls' Tax Plans

The Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 03.02.2012

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The national debt is likely to balloon under tax policies championed by three of the four major Republican candidates for president, according to an i...

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"That My Child May Have Peace"

Al Checchi | Posted 04.22.2012

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With all the rhetoric and finger-pointing between Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, the 1% and the 99%, all have been part of the problem and no one has mustered the courage to tell it like it is.

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Romney's Latest Strategy To Sideline Santorum: Steady Rebuild, Slow Burn

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 02.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's response to his most difficult challenge yet as a presidential candidate is slowly emerging as a cautious, multi-step proc...

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White House Chief Of Staff: Now Is The Wrong Time For Austerity Measures

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2012

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Washington, Feb 12 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's chief of staff, Jacob Lew, defended his boss on Sunday for failing to cut the U.S. budget de...

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Debt, Toll Roads and Patents

Dean Baker | Posted 04.07.2012

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If the deficit hawks really cared about our children's well being, they would be talking not just about deficits, but all the issues that affect the health of the economy and society that we will pass on to future generations.

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Selling the USA to the Highest Bidder and Paying Off the National Debt

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 04.07.2012

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Auction off seats in the House of Representatives, starting with a floor of two billion per seat. Not cheap, but it comes with office space and a staff of a dozen or more young MBAs and Hill-lifers ready to serve the business of America.

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The Joke That Isn't Funny: Campaign 2012

Peter Block | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Helen Hodgson Brown, National Debt, Common Good, Peter Block, Republican Primary Campaign 2012, Mitt Romney, The Web of Debt, Banking Reform, Newt Gingrich, 2012 Election, Republican Presidential Candidates, Elections 2012, Republican Presidential Primary, Politics News

We have the two leading candidates running against the government. Their marketing strategists have decided that their best chance of winning is to ride a real or imagined wave of contempt that people have for the competence of their own government.

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