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...Worse yet, by extending the home-buyer tax credit, especially to existing homeowners, we run the risk of creating a situation where it never goes away. If a tax credit - or any other economic benefit - sticks around long enough, people start feeling entitled to it, even if it was originally supposed to be temporary. In academic literature this is called the endowment effect. Taking away such a program once it's ingrained can be a monumental political challenge. It's not just that expanding the home-buyer tax credit would cost $50 billion to $100 billion this year...
...Another risk: GM CEO Fritz Henderson is under pressure from GM's new board of directors to turn around the company's fortunes quickly, and he has indicated the automaker is prepared to drop Hummer if it can't finish the deal relatively soon. "If it doesn't get sold, we'll close it," says a GM official. (See the best cars from the 2009 Detroit auto show...
...been quietly pushing the Iraqi government to begin a process of national reconciliation to reduce the risk of sectarian violence as the U.S. withdraws its forces. But Maliki's decision to blame Younis for the August bombings and demand Syria extradite him is a sign that he has no interest in negotiating with former Baathists, says Fadil al Roubai, an Iraqi political analyst in Syria. "It's a political accusation to keep Syria from pushing Iraq to engage this wing in the political process," he says. (See pictures of U.S. troops' 6 years in Iraq...
...aren't you really a model capitalist? You raise money. You hire people. You create a product and sell it to the public, bearing the risk and gaining the rewards that goes along with it. Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself. My last movie, I gave it away for free on the Internet: Slacker Uprising. If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid...
...original version of the Sept. 25 news article "Swine Flu Research Takes Hold" incorrectly stated that swine flu fatalities were only in high-risk patients, according to a quote from HSPH Research Scientist Edward Goldstein. In fact, Goldstein later clarified that fatalities had been mostly in high-risk patients...