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...Prince William County, about 30 miles south of Washington, he told a crowd of around 10,000 that electing Barack Obama would bring a new wave of socialism to the U.S. "America didn't become the greatest nation on earth by giving our money to the government to 'spread the wealth around,'" he said outside the county government headquarters in Woodbridge. "In this country, we believe in spreading opportunity." Leaving the rally, supporters handed out black bumper stickers with the word change written in red letters, the c in the shape of a U.S.S.R.-era sickle and hammer...
...campaign may yet be impacted by the financial crisis, even though it ended before the economic meltdown of recent months. Alumni can choose to spread their donations over up to five years, and the possibility remains that some donors will find themselves financially “overcommitted,” Kagan said...
...much a golden age as a golden cage. The debt-fueled days are almost certainly history. Jon Lloyd, joint head of LG's real estate practice, points out that the investment-banking mentality of the past few years--ever bigger fees for ever more complex transactions--has spread to all sorts of businesses, from law to real estate. He wonders if that's all about to change. "Will we as advisers fall back to where we were 10 to 15 years ago?" he asks. "The question is whether we are now entering a more frugal world...
...Republicans in all battleground states, but he'll also have enough left over to make a last-minute play for some deep red states as well. Republicans finally found a message to sink their teeth into, going after Obama's remark to Joe the Plumber that he wants to "spread the wealth around" with his tax policy and Joe Biden's suggestion that a President Obama would face a foreign crisis soon after taking office. The attacks didn't transform the race, but the rare Democratic missteps were efficiently exploited by the GOP. Republican strategists are worried about the spillover...
...Cuba has only the low estimate of 5 billion bbl. - which could yield more than 300,000 BPD - it needs Venezuela's investment to upgrade refineries like the Soviet-built plant at Cienfuegos. But plummeting crude prices mean that Chávez may have a lot less wealth to spread around for his petro-diplomacy projects. "Like the collapse of the Soviet Union," says Pinon, "this kind of thing has always been Cuba's Achilles' heel...