Obama Economic Stimulus Plan

Tax Cheats Received Billions In Stimulus Cash, Report Finds

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 07.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — Thousands of companies that cashed in on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package owed the government millions in unpaid ...

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More Tax Cuts or More Spending for Economic Stimuli?

Pat Choate | Posted 05.25.2011

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The beneficiaries of corporate tax cuts finance the political campaigns of those elected officials who do their bidding, lobbyists and think tanks that echo their "lower tax" propaganda.

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Obama Economic Team Considering New Stimulus Heavy On Tax Breaks For Business

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the recovery faltering less than two months before the November congressional elections, President Obama's economic team is considering another b...

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The Audacity to Change

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama, like Kennedy, needs to overcome the dubious counsel of his own advisers, this time both economic and military. The president needs to listen to other voices, including his own.

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Stimulus Funds Aiding Companies Fined For Pollution, Accused Of Fraud

California Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Large corporations working in California have reaped tens of millions of dollars in new federal stimulus funds, despite previous pollution violations,...

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California Stimulus Czar Falling Short Of Expectations

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As federal stimulus money began to pour in earlier this year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger created the nation's first state-l...

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Larry Summers in Winter

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

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This key economic policymaker is as detached from reality as most of his recent predecessors.

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Why Barack Obama Cannot Prevent America's Next Great Depression

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama may be fated to travel the same path as Gorbachev, and like him, end up as a valiant failure.

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The Nastiest Four-Letter Word

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The ballooning amount of debt at all levels, plus the public's determination to honker down and borrow less, is a lingering economic killer.

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Wrong by Definition

Sam Greenfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tax cuts without a stimulus package is like shooting someone to minister to a bullet wound: it only creates more bleeding with no end in sight.

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"I will gladly pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today": Americans Want What We Can't Pay For

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's effort to resuscitate the US economy is artificial life support, since we are no longer energetic, enterprising, and creative enough to generate sufficient economic activity on our own.

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It's Time for Obama to Potty Train Congressional Republicans

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama can act like Community-Organizer-In-Chief and, along with grassroots movements from around the country, force Senate Republicans to allow the majority to vote on, and pass, an improved Stimulus Bill.

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Is it Time for "Job Bonds?"

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

As we face another global crisis, maybe it's time to invest in victory over the financial crisis with bonds to create jobs -- call them "job bonds."

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Krugman: Obama Preparing More Bailouts For Bank Industry 'Bunglers'

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Question: what happens if you lose vast amounts of other people's money? Answer: you get a big gift from the federal government -- but the president s...

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Will The Stimulus Do the Job? What Should we Do?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

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We have to recognize we do not live in a perfect world or a world of our choosing. There is no question that the government must act. But how -- and what is the likely impact?

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Put Our Economy Back on Track

Gerald McEntee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every day of delay is a day when more Americans get a pink slip. Let's hope that Senate Republicans stand with the President during this crisis rather than playing politics like the House GOP.

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John McCain's Tax Lie

Jane Devin | Posted 05.25.2011

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With our country in crisis, this is a time to face the truth, hold businesses and people accountable, and give relief where needed -- not just where it's politically advantageous to do so.

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Manufacturing a Dream and a Recovery

Scott Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the destruction of capitalism and the arc of history were responsible for American manufacturing's steep decline, there would be a legitimate debate about whether it's worth saving.

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Powell Names Economy As Obama's Biggest Problem

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 300-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Tuesday reinforced just how dire an economic environment President Obama faces, Colin Powell to...

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100 Days: Economy Takes Center Stage For Obama

CBS | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the ceremonies of Inauguration Day in the rear view mirror, President Barack Obama is quickly shifting focus to the number one priority on his do...

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Bush: Economy Will Improve Soon Under Obama Administration

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush said Friday that while the current economic crisis has sent shock waves around the world, he believes step...

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Rational Exuberance: Executives' Club of Chicago Economic Forecast 2009

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Savage's red-lined, bottom-busting charts were breathtaking in their horror as she walked us through the financial tragedies of the last year.

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Same Old, Same Old -- No Change

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 05.25.2011

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We suffer not from a lack of confidence in the economy, but from a lack of confidence in a government that continues to cut taxes, borrow and spend, and refuses to engage in globalization.

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How Bad Could It Get?

Lawrence Mishel and John Irons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama is calling on Congress to pass a stimulus package that will cost $700B or more over two years. That could create 2.5M jobs in the first year and a total of 5M jobs in the first two years.

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A Stimulus Package We Can Believe In

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Investing in physical infrastructure will not have the same short-term impact on U.S. jobs, or long-term impact on productivity and quality of life as a similar investment in our "digital infrastructure."

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