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...Lower taxes might eventually create some jobs, but their efficacy has been recently tested with the Bush tax rebates. They didn’t work well. A new hypothesis should be that investing in infrastructure revives a failing economy better than lowering taxes. Roosevelt tried this, and it worked...
...terminal, first responders assessed everyone's condition and sent people to the hospital as needed. As we pulled out of Weehawken my history kicked in and I recalled it was the site of the famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804. Thankfully I left town in better condition than Mr. Hamilton, who died of a mortal wound the next day! I stayed with my sister on Long Island that evening, then flew home the next...
...first thing that comes to mind is, 'O.K., he's going to tell us what time we need to have our things packed,' " says senior Anya Dixon, 28, a music industry major. Luckily, the news was better than expected: Pritchett detailed an emergency backup plan, explaining that if the water stopped flowing, the school would suspend classes and arrange alternative housing and food services. But it would not close altogether. "A lot of people were relieved to know there was still hope," says Dixon, adding that because the school's tuition is just $7,000 - far below the average...
...Republicans, the timing couldn't be better. In recent weeks, of course, Illinois' political landscape has been upended with the ouster of its former governor, Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, and the evolving imbroglio involving his handpicked replacement for Obama's Senate seat, Roland Burris, who even Illinois' new governor and high-ranking Democratic officials in Washington are strongly urging to resign. Steele himself weighed-in on the matter, saying, "The best solution to avoid taint, and the continuation of the saga, is to clear the deck and allow the people of the state to fully decide." (See pictures from...
...last election cycle, "We got our clocks cleaned. We got, as my momma said, 'a good old-fashioned whoopin',' and we deserved it," mainly because, he contended, the party had veered from its 1994 contract with America. (After the dinner, one person noted that the menu could have been better chosen - the main dish was pork, not the most welcoming entree for Jews who keep kosher or for South Asian Muslims, of whom there are many in DuPage...