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How to Get the Economy from its Vicious to a Virtuous Cycle -- But Radical Righties Won't Let it Happen

Paul Abrams | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Savings & Loan, George HW Bush, George W Bush, Economy, Deficit, U.S. Economy, Poor Economy, Credit Crunch, Politics News

By restraining spending via pay-as-you-go, and taking in more revenues through higher taxes on the wealthy, Clinton and Bush Sr. caused interest rates to come down, and the economy took off.

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Friday Talking Points [30] -- "Mainstream Media Out To Lunch" Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Debt, Ted Stevens, Strike, Begich, Flowers, West Coast, Gas Tax Holiday, Campaign, China, Deficit, Mark Begich, 2008, Midotw, Craig Ferguson, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Pork, Health Care, Union, Worst President Ever, Daniel Inouye, Delegates, Gas, Alaska, Micah Fitch, Army Field Manual, Labor, Democrat, Congress, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Stimulus, Democrats, Election, Barack Obama, Nomination, 08 Election, Elections, May Day, Mddotw, Health, Price Per Gallon, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Helen Thomas, Senate, Hawaii, Barbara Boxer, Tubes, Mission Accomplished, Cia, Iraq, Democratic, Dianne Feinstein, Delegate, Bush, Republican, Pledged Delegates, Environmental, Senator, Port, Protest, Price of Gas, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Ports, Protesting, Protester, Bank of China, John McCain, Gasoline, Primary, Pork Barrel, Gas Tax, Interrogation, War, Stephen Colbert, 2008 Elections, Polar Bear, Rebate, 2008 Election, Longshoremen, 08 Campaign, 2008 Presidential Race, Flowers for Helen Thomas, Health Insurance, Environment, Waterboarding, Fundraising, Stimulus Checks, Environmentalist, Torture, Guam, Politics News

If every port on the West Coast of the United States of America was shut down because of a terrorist threat, do you think it would make the news? So d...

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How National Debt Is Contributing to Public Disenchantment with Government

Andrew L. Yarrow | Posted 04.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Deficit, Debt, Recession, Business News

As a "tsunami" of debt threatens to sink our economy and government, that same tsunami is also feeding a rising sea tide of cynicism and mistrust of America's central democratic institutions.

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Don't be Distracted. Vote For Your Pocket Like the Fat Cats Do

R.T. Eby | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Bittergate, Deficit, Barack Obama, Senator Obama, Economy, Ronald Reagan, African Americans, Voodoo Economics, George Bush, Black Folk, Welfare Queen, Social Security Crisis, Social Security Benefits, Home News

Ronald Reagan took aim at so-called welfare queens as a way to make the wealthy more wealthy. He gutted social security and social programs. Variations of his bait and switch have been going on ever since.

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Do You Know Where You IRS Check Goes?

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

Read More: April 15, White House, Social Security, Tax Deadline, Irs, Fiscal Responsibility, Tax Day, Medicare, Medicaid, Defense, Tax, Deficit, Business News

Not where most Americans think, based on everything we've seen in polls and focus groups. Americans' distorted ideas about where the government spends...

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Bush Administration Hides More Data, Shuts Down Website Tracking U.S. Economic Indicators

Think Progress | Posted 02.13.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economics and Statistics Administration, Family Debt, Bush Administration, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Census Bureau, Credit Crunch, Forbes, Deficit, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

The U.S. economy is faltering. Family debt is on the rise, benefits are disappearing, the deficit is skyrocketing, and the mortgage crisis has worsene...

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Don't Pass the Torch, Put It Out

Deepak Chopra | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, Clinton, Conservatives, Bush, Deficit, Southern Voters, Values Voters, Jingoism, Compassionate Conservatism, Politics News

The image of conservatism, indeed the label itself, hides a shameful reality. Jingoism, war-mongering, fiscal irresponsibility, and nativism go back to the very source.

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