U.S.
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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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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Guide to financial crisis: week 2
September 30, 2008Articles and Resources on the Economic Crisis The week of September 22, 2008, saw huge popular opposition to the Bush administration's bailout of Wall Street banks at taxpayer's expense. While stabilization of credit markets and banking...
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Californias budget: 85 days late & billions of dollars short
September 27, 2008After an unprecedented nearly three-month delay, California finally has a budget. The $103 billion-plus spending plan — born of a year-long struggle between legislative majority Democrats trying to minimize cuts to social services, minority Republicans rejecting...
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