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Debt Ceiling 2013: Democrats Have Failed to Provide a Vision For Future Prosperity
Brian Jencunas in Budget 3 months ago
Failing to pass a budget is a serious failing. It shows the inability of Democrats to have a realistic long-term fiscal strategy. Do Democrats even have long-term fiscal goals?
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Bitcoin Price 2013: Digital Currency is the Future Of Payments
James Wyss in Currency 3 days ago
As Bitcoin gains acceptance among retailers and other vendors, it seems poised to become the future of online transactions, but how certain is that future?
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Chris Christie Avoids Fat Jokes About Twinkies ... And Real Talk About Unions
Matthew Rozsa in Labor 6 months ago
All fat jokes aside, Chris Christie must explain what he thinks about the Hostess union strike and what he thinks about the larger plight of America's beleaguered working class.
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Obama Let 1 Billion Dollars in School Security Funds Lapse Before Sandy Hook Mass Shooting
Alex Marin in Budget 5 months ago
Obama and Congress let federal funding for school security programs lapse, out of budget concerns. These programs could've provided training, equipment and police resources to classrooms.
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Real Unemployment Rate: 5.5 Million Young People Are Out of Work, in a Major Crisis For the US
Christopher P. Ryan in Jobs 7 months ago
There’s still a bevy of young adults sitting in their childhood bedrooms wondering how they’re ever going to repay their student loans, buy a house, or have kids.
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Fiscal Cliff 2013: What Liberals Do Not Get About Gaining Revenue From Tax Benefits
Sal Bommarito in Budget 5 months ago
In the back and forth fiscal cliff negotiations, tax benefits can help afford legislators to make a grand bargain. Here's how.
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In Defense of the Gold Standard
Michael Suede in Monetary Policy 1 year ago
Free people decided all on their own that precious metals made for good money.
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Austerity Will Cost the U.S. 3 Million Jobs By 2020
Chad Kolinsky in Government Spending 4 weeks ago
The American Society of Civil Engineers found that, without investing an additional $157 billion per year in infrastructure, the U.S. could lose jobs and trillions of dollars in GDP by 2020.
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