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Since 2002, Franklin has turned in three balanced budgets, and in February she reported an $18 million revenue surplus. A $5 million homeless shelter is scheduled to open this summer. She plans to run for a second term this November, and so far nobody is even bothering to oppose her. For her achievements Franklin was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. She is the first sitting mayor to be so honored. -- With reporting by Greg Fulton/Atlanta
Americans continue to voice support for protectionism. Given the choice between a policy of quotas and tariffs rather than reliance on free trade, 57% chose the former course. More specifically, 53% approve of a proposal to impose a 25% tariff on goods from countries that have a large trade surplus with the U.S. The poll found that 63% support such measures against Japan. For Democrats desperately seeking to steal some of Reagan's almost magical popularity, these figures could represent a dangerous temptation. Already, feeling appears to be growing in favor of raising the tariff walls as a quick...
Wednesday, April 20. Alan Tonelson discusses “The Race to the Bottom: Why a World Wide Worker Surplus and Uncontrolled Free Trade Are Sinking American Living Standards.” 7:30 p.m. First Parish Church. Free...
That was the bittersweet assessment of TIME's European Board of Economists at its meeting in the Swiss banking center of Zurich. Hans Mast, a University of Zurich lecturer and executive vice president of Crdit Suisse, pointed to Western Europe's estimated trade surplus of $25 billion this year, compared with $10 billion a year ago, as evidence that an export boom is propelling most of the growth. Western Europe this year is expected to have a surplus of $30 billion in trade with...
...Estimated percentage of last year's Social Security surplus made up by those illegal immigrants' tax contributions...