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The financial crisis and the 2008 elections
September 30, 2008John McCain is posing as a populist. In a typical sound bite, he says, 'We need to put our country first and focus what's best for Main Street. It's the excess and greed of Washington and...
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Stop the U.S.-India nuclear deal
September 30, 2008By this time next week, Congress will likely have left Washington for the countdown to Election Day. Before your representative and senators go home, President Bush is urging them to rush through a nuclear cooperation agreement...
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Crisis in Germanys Social Democratic Party
September 30, 2008BERLIN — The big weekend blowout in Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) demonstrates how to cut off your nose to spite your face. In a series of small, smaller and smallest secret gatherings the party leaders...
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A modest proposal: How about a trickle-up bailout instead of trickle-down
September 30, 2008Perhaps the biggest fault of the bailout being debated (possibly passed by the time you read this) is that it is based on the idea that the relief given to Wall Street will trickle down to...
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Austria, Bavaria and Brandenburg go to the polls
September 30, 2008Berlin — Bavaria, Germany’s largest state, borders on Austria: Both have countless Alpine peaks, lots of men in lederhosen, and many right-wing Roman Catholic traditions. Both had elections on Sunday. Before nightfall many an otherwise happy...
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