Word: deficits
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...fact, without the Bush tax cuts the economic downturn might have been harder on the poor. His plan increased the child tax credit and reduced rates for lower-middle-class families. The only substantive critique leveled by revisionists at the Bush tax cuts is that they widened budget deficits. But, if deficits caused the recession, it’s curious that Democrats now propose to fix the economy with even more deficit spending...
...ability to change settings or switch channels whenever we want has a downside. Research has shown that exposure to repeated blips of information from video games and TV may rewire the brain to create shorter attention spans. Some researchers have even suggested that the rise in cases of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder may be connected to the growing screen culture...
...second on three singles and a sacrifice fly. Harvard responded in the fourth following a one-out double from Meehan, the team’s only extra-base hit of the game. With two outs, Stack-Babich again came through to knock home the runner and cut the deficit to 3-1.But as much as Zailskas kept Brown’s offense in check, Bears sophomore starter Conor Burke matched him pitch for pitch. The right-hander commanded the contest through 5 1/3 innings—striking out five—before a leadoff walk and wild-pitch third strike...
...behind. “We had some really good stretches and some not so good stretches,” said Farrar. “We dug a big hole against Hartwick and we tried to come back but we can’t just keep creating too big a [deficit...
...feel like what might have happened was that because we’ve beat them before, and we were on this streak, we underestimated how strong they were going to come out of play. ”The Crimson found itself in a 14-8 deficit early in the first set. After calling a timeout, Harvard received an offensive spark with kills from junior Erik Kuld and Jones keeping the opening set close at 18-16. But a combination of careless service errors and attack errors made it tough for the Crimson to win over a scrappy Pioneers team that...