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Gone with the Wind: Blowing U.S. Tax Dollars Off Shore

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Keith Bradsher, Cap and Trade, Russ Choma, President Obama, Washington D.C., Renewable Energy, Usw, Blue Green Alliance, Obama, Congress, Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, Investigative Reporting Workshop, Iberdrola, China, Stimulus, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Unemployment, Fossil Fuels, Buy American, Windmills, New York Times, Republicans, Windmill Farm, Green Energy, Green News
Leo W. Gerard

Washington has doled out hundreds of millions in stimulus funds to foreign renewable energy firms, which compete with and run all over fledgling U.S. firms that were supposed to get the money.

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Ryan Grim

Nelson On Board For Second Round Of Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Throughout last winter, Sen. Ben Nelson, the Nebraska Democrat, was trailed through the Capitol by reporters curious where he stood on the amount of s...

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Paul Krugman: Germany's Jobs, Unemployment Miracle Can Teach US

New York Times | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Larry Summers, Economy, Jobs Created, Jobs, Obama, Policy, Unemployment Rate, Deficit, White House, Unemployment, Germany, Brownshirts, New Jobs, Gdp Policy, Jobs Policy, Us Unemployment, New Deal, Works Progress Administration, Democrats, Stimulus, Recession, Unemployment Numbers, Great Depression, Labor, Labor Market, Gdp, Glenn Beck, Job Creation, Jobs Lost, Republicans, Business News

Germany's jobs miracle hasn't received much attention in this country -- but it's real, it's striking, and it raises serious questions about whether t...

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Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Gop, Recovery, Nancy Pelosi. Jobs, Unemployment Extention, House, Unemployment Benefits, Economy, Afl-Cio, Democrats, Stimulus, Unemployment Rate, Trumka, Pelosi, Unemployment, Kuttner, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Richard Trumka, Ben Cardin, Senate, Republicans, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...

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Jeff Muskus

Dave Obey Chides Obama Administration For 'Stupid Mistakes' On Stimulus Reporting

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Dave Obey, recovery.gov, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Stimulus, Politics News

A powerful House Democrat used unusually harsh terms to blast the Obama administration's manipulation of stimulus data Monday night, and demanded an h...

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Glitch Could Force 15 MILLION People To Repay Obama's Stimulus Tax Credit

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Obama Administration, Tax Break, Tax Credit, Stimulus, Business News

WASHINGTON – More than 15 million taxpayers may owe the government $250 or more because of how the IRS last spring set up President Barack Obama...

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Jobless Recovery: New York Times Op-Ed On The Worst Job Market Since WWII

nytimes.com | NYT | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Barack Obma, Job Market, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Jobless Recovery, New York Times, Jobs, Stimulus, Business News

If you are looking for an economic recovery you can believe in, the October employment report is not for you. ...

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Bank Tax: Geithner And U.K.'s Gordon Brown Face Off On Bank Transaction Tax At G20 Meeting

Times Online | By Suzy Jagger | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Gordon Brown, Bank Tax, U.K., Tim Geithner, Stimulus, g20, Bank Transaction Tax, Saint Andrews Scotland, Business News

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner clashed over potential taxes on bank transactio...

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Bill Ritter Announces Cuts To Education, Asks For New Revenue Streams

Posted 11.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Fiscal Policy, Colorado Budget, Arra, Budget Cuts, Budget, Colorado Education Cuts, Stimulus, Bill Ritter, Denver News

Governor Ritter announced Friday his budget proposal for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, which includes $260 million in cuts to K-12 education funding, and...

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Most States Have Yet to Claim Emergency TANF Funds

Michael Laracy | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spotlight on Poverty, Poverty CLASP, Tanf, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Hhs, Arra, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Recession, Foundation, Stimulus, States, Economic, Low-Income, Non-Profit, Emergency Funds, State Government, Economic Recovery, Tef, Politics News
Michael Laracy

The TANF Emergency Fund is potentially an important resource for states, which get four federal dollars from the fund for each dollar they put up.

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Stimulus Fuels Gold Rush For Electronic Health Systems

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Electronic Health Systems, General Electric, Medical Records, Health, Microsoft, Hospitals, Doctors, Stimulus, Digital Health Records System, Electronic Medical Records, Business News

Editor's note: This story is published in conjunction with American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop. The government's $45 billion pl...

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Why We Need Even More Stimulus

Robert Reich | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployed, Obama Stimulus Plan, National Debt, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Federal Budget Deficit, Unemployment Rate, Stimulus Package, Stimulus, Business News
Robert Reich

2009-11-05-reich2.jpgObama must return to Congress for more stimulus spending. Here's how he should sell it.

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Building a Culture of Responsibility

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Sexting, Family Online Safety Institute, Economic Stimulus Package, Cyberbullying, Stimulus, Stephen Balkam, Stimulus Package, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

We need to build a Culture of Responsibility online where government, law enforcement, industry, teachers, parents and the kids themselves accept differing yet overlapping areas of responsibility.

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Faux Stimulus Is No Stimulus

Harry Moroz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Harry Moroz

Our politicians are fooling us with legislation that looks like stimulus, but sure doesn't quack like one.

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The U.S. Department of Energy and the Power of Transformative Science

James M. Gentile | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Energy, Obama Administration, Department of Energy, Stimulus, Steven Chu, Green News
James M. Gentile

Transformative science is high-risk high-reward inquiry. It's crucial that government take the lead in this regard, especially with the U.S. economy struggling.

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Factory Orders Rise For Fifth Time In Six Months

Bloomberg | Shobhana Chandra | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Durable Goods, Recovery, Economy, Ford, Commerce Department, Cars, Texas Instruments, Caterpillar, Factory Orders, Stimulus, Recession, Business News

Orders placed with U.S. factories rose in September for the fifth time in six months, reinforcing signs that manufacturing will drive the economic rec...

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You Can Borrow Small Amounts of Business Capital Now

Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Women’s Business Centers, Small Business Loans, Working Capital, Obama Administration, Obama, Loan Application, Lenders, SBA 7a, Working Capital Loans, Small Business Owners, Score, SBA Express Loans, Business News, Recovery Act, Innovative Bank, Borrego Express Capital Lending, Borrego Springs Bank, Sbdc, Start Up Loans, SBA Loans, Stimulus, Superior Financial Group, Barack Obama, Pilot Program, Credit Score, Technical Assistance Providers, Borrowing Money, Lending Programs, Credit Scoring, Banks, Equipment Loans, Sba, Business Loans, Small Business Development Centers, Hubzones, Community Express, Small Business, Sfg, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Although small business, economic stimulus lending is being widely criticized, $5,000 to $25,000 is available to you if you have a reasonable credit score and meet basic underwriting criteria.

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Colorado Higher Education Bracing For Tuition Increases, Layoffs Under Governor's New Budget

The Denver Daily News | Peter Marcus | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Ritter, Colorado Budget, Stimulus, Higher Education Funding, Colorado Higher Education, Denver News

The president of the Colorado Community College System says "everything is on the table" as higher education braces for yet more painful cuts. Gov....

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Pop Quiz: Under Reagan, What Was Peak Unemployment, How Long Before It Began Declining?

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tobacco Industry, Stimulus, Ronald Reagan, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Unemployment Rates, Tax Cuts, Politics News
Paul Abrams

As good students of history, you recognize that Reagan did not inherit the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And tax rates today are already 14% lower than Reagan's 1981 tax cut.

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Layar App Maps Stimulus Money Onto The World Around You

Posted 10.30.2009 | Technology

Read More: Iphone, iPhone App, Recovery, Bailout, iPhone Applications, recovery.gov, Stimulus, Stimulus Iphone App, Technology News

Layar's new augmented reality app allows iPhone 3G and Android users to see where recovery.gov contract dollars are going in the world around them. S...

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White House: 650,000 Jobs In New Stimulus Report

AP | MATT APUZZO and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Nearly 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, the government said Friday, a...

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Early Reports: Stimulus Saved, Created 388,000 Jobs

USA Today | By Brad Heath and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Job Losses, Bush, Economy, Grants, Jobs, Congress, Obama, Reports, Stimulus, Recession, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, Stimulus Package, Report, Job Creation, Business News

States have reported using stimulus money to create or save more than 388,000 jobs so far this year, buttressing the Obama administration's claim that...

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Don't Let COBRA Benefits Run Out on American Families

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cobra, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Economic Recovery, Health Insurance, Stimulus, Joe Sestak, Job Losses, Jobs, Politics News
Rep. Joe Sestak

Losing health care along with one's job is something Americans should not have to cope with at this difficult time. So I have introduced the Extended COBRA Continuation Protection Act of 2009.

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Smart Grid: Obama To Give $3.4 Billion To Upgrade Electric Grid

Yahoo! News | Tom Doggett | Posted 10.27.2009 | Technology

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday will announce $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid that w...

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Bill Ritter, Colorado Higher Education Administrators At Odds Over Tuition Flexibility

Associated Press | Steven K. Paulson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Budget, John Morse, University of Northern Colorado, Rico Munn, Stimulus, University of Colorado, Kay Norton, Bill Ritter, Bruce Benson, Colorado Higher Education, Denver News

DENVER--Racing to come up with proposals to save higher education from a financial cliff, college presidents held a brainstorming summit Thursday at t...

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