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Bush Economy

Sam Stein

Obama Won't Cede Stage, Releases Minute-Long Ad On Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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The day after President Bush addressed the nation on the financial markets and John McCain announced he would go back to Congress to work on the bailo...

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"Banksters" On Parade

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.09.2009 | Business

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Jackson Williams

There once were usury laws in this country to limit such shamelessness. I wonder where they went?

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A Contribution for Obama Before the Debates

Roxana Badin | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Deregulation, Bush Economy, Presidential Debates, Economy, Fiscal Katrina, Barack Obama 2008, Mccain and Obama, Mccain, Politics News
Roxana Badin

I've never submitted so much as a slip of paper through the slot of a suggestion box before, nor have I ever worked for a political campaign. But, th...

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Economic Bail Out: Can the Climate Crisis and Carbon Trading Play Major Roles?

Michelle Kraus | Posted 10.20.2008 | Green

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Michelle Kraus

The Administration in its swan song performance is still holding us captive to fossil fuel. This stranglehold sadly has devastated the once vibrant US...

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President Bush Goes AWOL During Financial Crisis

Politico | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Where's George? The president, I mean. You remember him. Dubya. No. 43. Won a second term a few years ago. It was in all the papers. But where has h...

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GOP Blasts Bush's Economic Crisis Plan

Politico | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Whipsawed by the government's on-again, off-again intervention in the nation's financial crisis, House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said Wednesday ...

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The Bush Boom Was A Complete Bust

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.28.2008 | Business

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Hale

Repeat after me: a) The weakest job growth of the last 50 years, leads to b) Stagnant incomes for most Americans which leads to c) Really depressed people.

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Transgender Delegate Blogging: Clinging To Hope For A Post-Bush National Recovery

Vanessa Edwards Foster | Posted 09.21.2008 | Home

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Vanessa Edwards Foster

The disaster of the Administration's economic policies began for me five years ago when my job was outsourced. Now I feel I'm part of a larger trend. As fashionistas might say: "Poor is the new black."

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Bush On The Environment: Top 5 Stupidest Things Said Yesterday

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green

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Olivia Zaleski

Although it's great to see Bush take on our nations concerns, I must call out five dumb things he said Tuesday. Most notably, "The president doesn't have a magic wand. You can't just say: 'Low gas!'"

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A Tale Of Two Economies: Bush, Bernanke Differ On Where US Is Heading

Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

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On the same day, President Bush and Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke gave two very different assessments of where the US economy is going. Bush was ...

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Bush: Troubled financial system is basically sound

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush said Tuesday the nation's troubled financial system is "basically sound" and urged lawmakers to quickly enact legisl...

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Panic, Anyone?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Robert S. McElvaine

While President Bush continues to toss around such euphemisms as "rough patch" and "tough times," most Americans have clearly felt the effects of a recession for the past few months.

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Nation Buys Porn With Stimulus Package

Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

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President Bush's economic stimulus package, which appears so far to have been ineffective in stroking the economy to life, is giving an unexpected rai...

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Bush's Other Legacy: Deepening Cycle of Job Loss

NY Times | PETER S. GOODMAN | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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As automakers dropped their latest batch of awful sales numbers on the market on Tuesday, reinforcing the gloom spreading across the economy, the trou...

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Top McCain Aide: Bush Knows Little About Economy

Bloomberg | Matthew Benjamin | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics

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George W. Bush's policies on the economy, other than on taxes, have been a failure, suggested John McCain's top economic policy adviser. Douglas Holt...

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The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Curse of Reaganism

Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Economy, Ronald Reagan, Opec, George W. Bush, Tax Cuts, Republican Propaganda, Reaganism, Republicans, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams

America must come to realize that Reaganism is the philosophical underpinning of our woes. They are due to George W. Bush's mismanagement, but more fundamentally, by our slavish worship of flawed political philosophy.

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Proud of What?

Mary Lyon | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

I've been deeply ashamed of my country's pursuit of the crooked path extolled by the GOP. My distress arises from the decline of sensible and adult governance, truly objective and honest bipartisanship, and an increase in flat-out money-grubbing

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N.C. Contradictions: Mapping General Election Territory

Angie Santiago | Posted 05.15.2008 | Home

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Angie Santiago

In an historic mill town in N.C., contradictions abound. The Republican son of a one-time Democratic U.S. senator is voting for McCain. Change? Change what? The economy's fine. Stocks are good.

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Bush: The Economy Is "Going To Come On"... 70 Percent Of Americans Say Things Are Going Badly

CNN/AP | Posted 05.10.2008 | Politics

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Poll: 70 Percent In U.S. Say Things Are Going Badly: The vast majority of Americans think things are going badly in the country, according to a new p...

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Jason Linkins

Bush Now Says He'd Consider A 'Gas-Tax Holiday'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

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Every once in a while, we get a reminder of how badly the Bush White House is in need of an actual policy apparatus to keep any of their ideas tethere...

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Bush faults Congress for inaction on energy, housing bills

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — President Bush, hoping to inoculate his party and his presidential legacy from election-year anger over the economy, heaped critici...

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Bush Press Conference: It's A "Tough Time For Our Economy"

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush, hoping to inoculate his party and his presidential legacy from election-year anger over the economy, heaped critici...

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Poll: Iraq War Affecting Economic Downturn, Say 9 In 10

CBS News | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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According to a new poll by CBS News, 89% of Americans think that the Iraq War has contributed to the country's economic problems. Americans surveyed ...

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HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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Peter Dreier

The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.

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Jason Linkins

BBC Report Sheds Light On Bush 'Hoovervilles'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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"What if there was a depression and nobody told?" That's the question raised by the blogger at The Subliterate Cinephile, responding to a searing BBC...

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