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...only new appointee who seems to hold any promise is Stephen Friedman, who is to become Bush’s top economic adviser. Although at first glance he may seem like another investment banker, having co-chaired Goldman Sachs in the early 1990s, Friedman does advocate hard-line fiscal discipline and thus will hopefully oppose some of the more aggressive tax cuts that Bush is proposing. On the other hand, this policy leaves little room for proactive social spending that is needed in a weak economy...
...last the Bush economic trifecta is complete. John Snow, William Donaldson and Stephen Friedman will now settle into their new jobs, with their first assignment clear: Put out the Administration's tax cut message. The White House wants to make permanent its 2001 tax break, which totaled just over $1.3 trillion. So rather than expire in 2010, as it is currently scheduled to do, the tax cut will live on into perpetuity - or at least until another administration comes in and orders its reversal...
...Snow, Donaldson and Friedman are being prepped to tell the American public two things: 1. Tax cuts will jump-start the nation's sluggish economy. And 2. Said tax cut is worth it, even if it happens to drag us into a deficit. Both these messages need to sanded, finished and lacquered for public consumption by the middle of January, when President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address - the domestic cornerstone of which is expected to be economic revitalization. And so, as the new keys to the Bush economic message, Snow, Donaldson and Friedman are our People...
...Then there's Stephen Friedman, the former head of Goldman Sachs. Widely considered a shoo-in to replace Lindsay, his appointment hit a snag this week while the White House worked through a slew of undisclosed "personal and professional issues." When President Bush formally named Friedman to replace Lindsay Thursday afternoon, it was only after days of speculation that Friedman's reputation for deficit phobia - he served as a director of the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group whose members oppose federal budget deficits - might have caught up with him. The White House maintained throughout the delay that they were only...
Brattle Street and JFK are currently one-way, requiring bicyclists and motorists to take “circuitous” and “uninviting” routes to enter the central area of Harvard Square, project consultant Jerry Friedman said during the presentation...