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...rise in the rate of unemployment would have to be reversed almost immediately, and the sales in the private sector would have to make an unprecedented rebound if the Administration is to have any chance of holding the line at a $1.8 trillion. Neither of those things is going to happen. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...core of the stimulus effort is to drop taxes to improve consumer spending and give financial aid to projects that should help move up employment. Until the American consumer begins to move back into the market and increase demand though normal spending, U.S. GDP will not rise and the rate at which the U.S. imports goods from China will not recovery. (See pictures of China's wild side...
...thing, because corn ethanol is an "important bridge" to better biofuels. The Administration also announced that it plans to push the auto industry to make flex-fuel vehicles that run on 85% ethanol blends - and since ethanol plants have been slammed by a combination of high corn prices, the rise of cleaner technologies and the lousy economy, Washington will help them get credit...
With violence and anti-American sentiment on the rise, it's plain to see that military operations in Afghanistan are not going well. But if Defense Secretary Robert Gates is right, three-star Army Lieut. General Stan McChrystal is just the guy to turn things around. On May 11, Gates announced plans to install the former Green Beret as the top U.S. and NATO commander for the troubled nation. Some analysts hailed the surprising overhaul as proof that the U.S. is rethinking its conventional approach to combat, especially given McChrystal's background as commander of the military's clandestine special...
...School during the war. But Minerbi, who has met Benedict several times when he was still a cardinal, says the Pope wants to "Christianize the Holocaust." Minerbi concludes: "There's a long way to go before the Vatican and the Jews establish friendly relations." (See pictures of Hitler's rise to power...