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...again" - a sentiment learned from the trials and tribulations faced during the Lost Decade. There is no easy solution to this endemic lack of confidence, he says; it requires different policy solutions than what Western economies require. "We did a lot in terms of capital injection, recapitalization, public investment, tax cuts - everything. We were ahead of the curve, front-liners," he says. "We have success in stabilizing the economy, but have continuously failed in recovering the economy...
...pension, insured by quasi-governmental agency the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp.; with nearly 1 million participants, it is the largest private defined-benefit pension plan in the U.S. Some experts estimate that that hit alone could cost taxpayers more than $100 billion, with another $100 billion in lost tax revenues and $10 billion in increased Medicaid expenditures annually...
...questionnaire leaves no stone unturned in its 63-part effort to excavate any personal or professional transgressions in a candidate's past. Sample indiscretions run the gamut from criminal convictions and tax fraud to text messages or personal diary entries that could be a "possible source of embarrassment" to the President-elect if made public. (See pictures of Barack Obama's campaign behind the scenes...
Democrats face internal divisions on other economy-related issues too. Liberals are eager to tackle a big agenda, including a tax hike on the wealthy and a bigger public-works stimulus package. But reality may bring the party's leadership back down to earth. The senior Democratic aide expects no upper-income tax hikes or big infrastructure investments, and says the stimulus package rolled out this week will be restrained. "It'll be unemployment-benefits extension, a federal Medicaid matching program and allowing small businesses to write off immediately more of the expenses," the aide says. Even so, the package...
...book, Huckabee's sixth. Rather, Huckabee, who now hosts a weekend show on Fox News, spends most of the pages celebrating the grass-roots success of his surprisingly successful campaign and laying out, again, his vision for the future of the Republican Party, which includes instituting a national sales tax to replace the income tax and renewed focus on health-care prevention and education. He mentions McCain only in passing, and with praise, calling him a "true statesman and a man of honor...