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...stood at 9.7 percent, and it looks to remain at that level for a long time. The recently released budget outlines a $100 billion jobs program and a $30 billion program to help community banks make loans, but the administration itself projects that these will only put a small dent in unemployment, which will remain at levels over or near 8 percent through...
Thus, Lieberman has proved himself unreliable at best and an easily bought-out political tool at worst. And Moore’s fan base, while undoubtedly loyal, may not be loyal enough to dent the Senator’s resolve. A better solution, perhaps, would be for the people of Connecticut to boycott Senator Liebermann in the next election...
President Obama's $3.8 trillion budget for 2011 drew fire from lawmakers who say the plan does not seek to make a deep-enough dent in the soaring U.S. deficit, expected to hit a record $1.56 trillion this year. Obama blamed the shortfall in part on the "decade of profligacy" under his predecessor, including two wars and tax cuts for the wealthy. Propping up the fragile economy, he added, remains a top White House priority--and it's not cheap. While the proposed budget includes a three-year freeze on discretionary spending and other deficit-reduction measures, it also calls...
...happen in three years. In 2008 at the debut of the annual Battle of Beantown Invitational, the Harvard men and women’s track and fields team failed to make a dent in the competition, finishing fourth of four...
...global warming by absorbing and storing more carbon is doubtful. While it's true that more trees suck up more carbon, they also produce more dark, heat-absorbing foliage, which somewhat counteracts the benefit. In addition, one extra tree per acre per year doesn't make much of a dent in the atmospheric carbon load, not to mention that it's still unknown what the effect would be in other kinds of forests...