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...enough, as Jesus said, to put patches on an old suit.' POPE BENEDICT XVI, challenging world leaders to make major changes to the global financial system, saying short-term answers to the economic crisis weren't sufficient...
Even though the property may have no short-term use, Harvard has invested in real estate contiguous to existing holdings because they meet some need for long-term institutional growth or support the university’s mission...
...National Assembly, government officials announced with pride that the minimum pension, which is what many retired Cubans receive, had risen to the equivalent of $8.33 per month. True, access to health care is free, but the elderly still have to purchase medicines, which are often missing or in short supply in pharmacies and may only be purchased with “convertible pesos”—Cuban currency, equivalent to dollars or euros—used to purchase goods or services at international prices that are quoted also in euro or dollar equivalents. The elderly must also...
...government - for health care, climate change, energy security, education, infrastructure and peaceful diplomacy - is urgently needed, but large deficit financing is not a long-term option. Although Obama's tax cuts might stimulate consumer spending - and placate Republicans - any permanent cut would be a huge error, and even short-term tax cuts are an unnecessary risk. Obama's long-term success will depend on his ability to lead Americans to a new, even revolutionary consensus that the U.S. government can offer value for money...
...major speech on Thursday, making the case for Congress to act quickly on his plan, dubbed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. "There is no doubt that the cost of this plan will be considerable," he said. "It will certainly add to the budget deficit in the short term. But equally certain are the consequences of doing too little or nothing at all, for that will lead to an even greater deficit of jobs, incomes and confidence in our economy." (Read Obama's full remarks...