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...road and replaced with more efficient ones. (All cash-for-clunkers programs require the old cars to be scrapped rather than resold.) "There are significant environmental advantages and substantive benefits for the auto sector," says Benjamin Goldstein, a policy analyst for left-leaning think tank the Center for American Progress. "This goes right for the source of the problem, for vehicles sales...
...cash-for-clunkers program, whatever its environmental benefits, would provide the government with a way to aid the domestic auto industry without giving Detroit any more direct handouts. "There's a lot of justifiable taxpayer reluctance to keep helping the auto industry," says Goldstein of the Center for American Progress. "Politically this is a viable alternative to sending them additional loan money...
...desired five-percent mark, additional strategic spending will only push spending farther from the target. University spokesman John D. Longbrake wrote in an e-mailed statement that the decision to maintain the strategic payout program was made “in recognition of the importance of making continuing progress in directing resources to shared University priorities.” Financial aid at the College, for example, has been a strategic priority in the past. And the amount spent on aid next year is expected to increase by 18 percent, as more families suffer the effects of a weak economy...
...Obviously, we're in the midst of Obama's honeymoon, which makes for a tough environment for Republicans," says Alex Conant, a senior adviser to the Republican National Committee. "But we're making progress toward reclaiming the mantle of fiscal responsibility, which is a first step toward rebuilding...
...between for Somali pirate leaders and the men who captured the Alabama told TIME that the pirates are not sure what to do with Phillips. Somali elders were trying to negotiate his release with the U.S. Navy, but by Saturday evening there was no apparent progress...