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...make purchases, frugal consumers can carry hundreds as a form of self-control. From a recession-fighting perspective, however, self-control is Satan. The U.S. government is desperate for consumers to start spending again. So maybe the Obama Administration is approaching the economic stimulus the wrong way. Forget about tax cuts and grants to state governments. Just give people a bunch of $1 bills...
Shafir says despite the swirl of bad news surrounding Citi and Wall Street in general, he and his bankers have stayed focused. He also notes that last Thursday when the House resolution was passed to impose a special bonus tax on employees of many troubled financial institutions, including Citi, nothing out of the ordinary happened in Citi's offices. He says he hasn't had to spend a lot of time defending the firm, nor has he noticed any government intervention in running his part of the business. "In the last several months I have gotten calls from friends asking...
...Boehner, Rep. John • "alternative budget" - devoid of any numbers beyond a gargantuan tax cut for, yes, the wealthy - is presented...
...without serious accidents in the U.S., no-nukes sentiment has faded; a Gallup poll this month found that 59% of Americans now support atomic power. The industry has an even broader base of bipartisan support in Congress, which continues to funnel it billions of dollars worth of loan guarantees, tax breaks, insurance benefits and direct subsidies; the latest goodie is "risk insurance," which will reimburse the industry for regulatory delays. States are devising even more creative incentives for new plants; Florida has promised to pay utilities for nuclear investments even if they never complete any reactors, and may allow nuclear...
...Bachmann, Rep. Michele • desire of for Minnesotans to be "armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back" is expressed by • legislation is proposed by to retain the dollar as U.S. currency in the face of not even the most infinitesimal suggestion from anyone to replace it with anything else...