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...economy is headed for a serious recession and needs a big stimulus. We need increased unemployment insurance; if states and localities are not helped, they will have to reduce expenditures as their tax revenues plummet, and their reduced spending will lead to a contraction of the economy. But to kick-start the economy, Washington must make investments in the future. Hurricane Katrina and the collapse of the bridge in Minneapolis were grim reminders of how decrepit our infrastructure has become. Investments in infrastructure and technology will stimulate the economy in the short run and enhance growth in the long...
Less than a week after the British government sketched an $850 billion plan to steady a nervous banking sector and kick-start a recovery, the details are emerging. Following a flurry of meetings over the weekend, the British Treasury said Monday that it plans to spend as much as $63 billion bolstering the capital bases of three of the country's largest banks, partially nationalizing once mighty lenders in the process. "Today's plan is unprecedented," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said at a Downing Street press conference, "but essential...
Taro Aso A conservative former Foreign Minister, Aso favors increasing government spending to kick-start Japan's sputtering economy...
...said that if you want to kick-start a conversation, or empty a movie house, just talk politics. Yet in this presidential-election year, filmmakers are peppering the multiplex electorate with pictures that take sides. Oliver Stone is finishing up W, a biopic of President Bush. The documentary Stealing America: Vote by Vote, already playing in some cities, argues that voting machines are hardly more accurate than Ouija boards. There are even a couple of right-wing movies, which are almost illegal in Hollywood: An American Carol, an anti--Michael Moore comedy from David Zucker of the Airplane! and Naked...
...Radcliffe Dramatic Club, the answer is “Sketches!!,” a compilation of 17 original comedic skits that will run at the Loeb Ex through May 10. Several months ago, the writers were offered the theme “Plan B” in order to kick-start the writing process. The theme was integrated into the sketches to varying degrees. One skit follows two men trying to come up with an alternative source of light as the expiration of the sun looms near, while another presents a humorous portrayal of the Salem witch trials. Director...