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Surge In Casualties Predicted From Afghanistan War Escalation

Army Times | Gina Cavallaro | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics

Read More: Cost, Afghan War, Barry McCaffrey, Deficit, Mcchrystal, Karzai, Afghanistan War, Surge, Afghanistan, Casualties, Stanley McChrystal, Army Times, Gen. Mccaffrey, Politics News

Americans should prepare to accept hundreds of U.S. casualties each month in Afghanistan during spring offensives with enemy forces. The dire forecas...

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Ross Douthat: Decline Is Relative

New York Times | ROSS DOUTHAT | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, Gop, Congress, Bush, Globalization, Regulation, Obama, Reaganism, Democrats, Financial Regulation, Government, Deficit, 2010, Jim Manzi, Tax Cuts, Politics News

...As the 2010s begin, there's reason to worry that America has further to fall. Our politics are polarized, our finances are still overleveraged, and...

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Reviving Confidence in the American Economy: China, Investment and the Deficit Hawks

Rob Johnson | Posted 12.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Investments, Deficit, Obama Administration, Living Standards, Deficit Hawks, China, Productivity, Business News
Rob Johnson

The retrenchment of the American consumer blows a chill wind over the sentiments of consumers and business investment. Only the Obama administration's fiscal stimulus resists the decline of demand.

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Save Social Security: 10 Questions for the Deficit Commission

Dave Johnson | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military, Defense, Budget, Taxes, Deficit, Social Security, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Medicare, Medicaid, Politics News
Dave Johnson

It is possible that there is going to be a "deficit commission" to reduce our country's budget deficits. I have some questions for them to ask to help get things started in the right direction.

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House Democrats Propose $50 Billion For Jobs-Boosting Projects

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Hoyer, Mass Transit, SBA Loans, Tax Credits, Jobs Bill, Pelosi, Jobs, Job Training, Unemployment Rate, Stimulus, Transportation, Deficit, Infrastructure, Senate, Unemployment, Education Jobs, Financial Crisis, Medicaid, Americorps, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Responding to calls among rank-and-file Democrats for more infrastructure spending, House leaders Tuesday unveiled a plan to add al...

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Federal Reserve: Are You Listening To Your Own Data?

Eric Lotke | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Jobs, Deficit, Ben Bernanke, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, Business News
Eric Lotke

Even if utilization rose to 71.3 percent, more than a quarter of our nation's productive capacity is still lying idle.

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City To Lose $84 Million In Funding

nydailynews.com | By Kenneth Lovett | Posted 12.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Deficit, Paterson, New York Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts, New York News

New York City will lose at least $84 million in funding under Gov. Paterson's plan to withhold payments to keep the state afloat this month....

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Sam Stein

Bush Deficit Hurting Obama: Reports

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Bush Deficit, Blame for Deficit, Obama, Deficit Commission, Obama Deficit, Politics News

The emerging narrative in political circles is that the White House has a deficit problem. Glenn Beck, over at Fox News, insists that Obama is "spendi...

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Weathering the 2010 Storm

Dylan Loewe | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Midterms, 2010 Democrats, Deficit, Immigration Reform, Congress, Federal Budget Deficit, Jobs Bill, 2010 Elections, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Immigration, Democrats 2010, Democrats Congress, Health Care, Politics News
Dylan Loewe

The best thing that can happen to the Democrats for the long-term in 2010 is to lose just enough seats that a) it won't impact their majority, but that b) the Republicans will think they won big.

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Obama To Promote New Job Ideas During Tuesday Speech

AP | WILL LESTER | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Infrastructure, Unemployment, Green Jobs, Economy, Jobs, Obama, Approval Numbers, Unemployment Rate, Stimulus, Recession, Tarp, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In his latest job creation effort, President Barack Obama is trying to find practical and politically feasible ways of spurring hir...

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Ryan Grim

Obama Says Recovery Efforts Come Before Deficit Reduction

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Obama Jobs, Unemployement, Obama Job Summit, Obama Jobs Summit, Obama Deficit, Obama Jobs Decifict, Politics News

President Barack Obama on Thursday disputed the notion that he is overly concerned about the budget deficit -- and as a result, is under-reacting to t...

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Federal Reserve Chairmen Never Learn: Calculated Risk

calculatedriskblog.com | Calculated Risk | Posted 12.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Fed, Entitlements, House Committee on Budget, Federal Reserve, Willie Sutton, Budget Surplus, Ben Bernanke, Ryan Grim, Alan Greenspan, Bill McBride, Deficit, Fed Chairmen, Calculated Risk, Business News

In his 2001 testimony, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the House Committee on the Budget, and while offering his usual cautions and cavea...

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Obama Met With Journalists Before West Point Speech: 'Americans Are Right To Be Concerned'

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karzai, Afghanistan War, Congress, Afghanistan, Economy, Lunch, Re-Election, Obama, Democrats, 2011, 2012, West Point, Elections, Deficit, Barack Obama, Spending, Escalation, West Point Speech, Iraq, Republicans, Politics News

Obama, speaking with a group of columnists and reporters at a White House lunch today, conceded that Americans "are right to be concerned" about the a...

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Why Obama Won't Do What's Needed to Deal With the Mortgage Crisis

David Fiderer | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Mortgages, Wall Street Bailout, Mortgage Relief, California, Cnbc, Mortgage Crisis, Rick Santelli, Banks, Financial Crisis, Nevada, Arizona, Santelli's Chicago Tea Party, Personal Finance, Housing Market, Economy, Economic Crisis, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Deficit, Federal Budget Deficit, Business News
David Fiderer

In places like Phoenix, 54% of homeowners with mortgages have negative equity. That's about half a million underwater mortgages, more than the combined totals in Texas and New York state, where 10 times as many people live.

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Paterson Ends Deficit Negotiations As Senate Claims Progress

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Albany, New York Economic Crisis, Deficit, Sheldon Silver, Paterson, New York Economy, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — In the latest episode of Albany's failure to address a worsening state deficit, Gov. David Paterson declared negotiations with th...

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Krugman: Deficit Hawks Trying To Scare People With Big, Out-Of-Context Numbers

Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Debt, Debt Scare, Debt, Deficit, Paul Krugman, Debt Crisis, Federal Deficit, George Will, Business News

On ABC's This Week, host George Stephanopoulos asked Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist, about the argument ...

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Death Wish Politics

Mike Lux | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance Companies, Deficit, 2009 Obama Administration, 2010 Elections, Polling, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Individual Mandate, Jobs, Death Wish Politics, Politics News
Mike Lux

Democrats have to figure out how to produce real benefits for real people now. Rather than bragging about the signs of progress in the economy when voters don't feel them yet, Democrats need to focus on jobs.

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State Lawmakers Back In Albany To Deal With Deficit

Capital News 9 | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Budget, Deficit, Albany, New York Legislature, Budget Crisis, Ny Legislature, David Paterson, New York News

State leaders are expected to be back in town Monday to continue efforts to reach an agreement on a deficit reduction plan....

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Paul Krugman: It's Time For An Emergency Jobs Program

New York Times | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Krugman, Deficit, Jobs Program, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Unemployment Benefits, Spending, Jobs, Financial Crisis, Obama, Unemployment Rate, Stimulus, Business News

So it's time for an emergency jobs program. How is a jobs program different from a second stimulus? It's a matter of priorities. The 2009 Obama sti...

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Democratic, Republican Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over An Afghan War Escalation

LA Times | Greg Miller | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Karzai, Afghanistan, Economy, Troop Levels, Timeline, Obama, Troop Decisions, War Tax, Jack Reed, Deficit, Dick Lugar, White House, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Spending, Bin Laden, Obey, Levin, World News

The persistent skepticism from the president's own party, along with new doubts raised by Republicans who have generally supported broadening the conf...

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MIT Analysis: Americans Would Pay LESS Under Senate Health Care Plan

Politico | MIKE ALLEN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Costs, Health Care Bill, Deficit, Lieberman, Senate, Cbo, Spending, Budget, Mit Analysis, Out of Pocket, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Reid, Health Care, Politics News

A new analysis by a leading MIT economist provides new ammunition for Democrats as the Senate begins formally debating the historic health-reform bill...

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Ryan Grim

Pelosi: 'We'll Never Have Deficit Reduction Unless We Have Job Creation'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Hoyer Deficit, Steny Hoyer, Pelosi Deficit, Hoyer Jobs, Pay as You Go, Paygo, Deficit Spending, Deficit and Jobs, Job Spending, Politics News

The deficit debate in Washington misses the fundamental point, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday, arguing that the primary objecti...

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The Beijing Amendment To The Constitution

David O. Stewart | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Constitution, Economy, President Obama, Poltiics, Fourteenth Amendment, Politics News
David O. Stewart

Is the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution all that stands between us and even gloomier economic times? With China holding $800 billion of Unite...

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RIP Compassionate Conservatism

Will Marshall | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Senate, Federal Deficit, Federal Budget Deficit, George W. Bush, Gop Health Care, Gop, Medicare, Healthcare Reform, David Walker, Health Care, Republican Party, Joseph Cao, Healthcare, Republicans, Politics News
Will Marshall

In taking a purely obstructionist stance, the GOP has evinced scant empathy for tens of millions of fellow Americans who lack basic protection against illness or injury. So much for compassionate conservatism.

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Obama, the Teabaggers and Foreign Policy

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Okinawa, Teabaggers, Rush Limbaugh, Asia, China, Myanmar, Barack Obama, Japan, Emperor Akihito, Deficit, Conservatives, Asean, Richard Nixon, Afghanistan, Nation Building, Glenn Beck, World News
Leon T. Hadar

As Obama contemplates a new strategy for Afghanistan, he should consider integrating the conservative values of fiscal discipline and limited government into his foreign policy decision-making.

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