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Implementation is the most difficult part of this proposal. While many financial institutions would immediately discount the plan, ultimately persuading them to accept it is not unreasonable. It is true that for those institutions that hold physical mortgages, their maximum potential profit will go down. For a 30% decrease in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Better Bank Fix: Cut Every Mortgage's Principal | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

But despite Chávez’s subsequent crackdown on the political opposition, his proposal was narrowly defeated, 51 to 49 percent. According to press reports, it was a cinematic ending to a dramatic saga in Venezuelan politics. Upon hearing the news, Chávez promised a sequel, grumbling...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Voting Democracy Away | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

Now he is trying again. If approved, his proposal could allow him to stay in power indefinitely and use his state power to annihilate any political dissent. In the last few years, apart from disrespecting contracts with foreign oil companies and eschewing American involvement in the region, Chávez...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Voting Democracy Away | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

• "The ramifications are immense and doing this without a plan in place is very dangerous." - Opposing a proposal to have police officers to fill out forms every time they pull a motorist over, intended to identify incidents of racial profiling. The lack of a system to analyze the data...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gil Kerlikowske: Obama's New Drug Czar | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

Snowe isn't the only GOP Senator - or even the only one from Maine - who is getting room service from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. After working around the clock for a week with 20 of her Senate colleagues on a compromise stimulus measure, Susan Collins had all but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Maine's GOP Senators Are Key to Obama's Agenda | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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