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Retreat and Reboot I was thrilled to see a front cover of TIME that offered some answers on getting us out of the world's financial mess [Feb. 16]. I believe the first responsibility of every nation is to protect its citizens against long-term unemployment and the resultant poverty. I am not advocating tariffs or large-scale protection from imports but it is important that we maintain employment through restoring our essential manufacturing base, which has been considerably eroded through manufacturers going offshore. Add to this the encouragement of consumers to buy homemade goods and products and if this...
...another level of approval.” Cynthia M. Roy, spokeswoman for the state’s Office of Administration and Finance, said that the selection of specific projects to receive funding will be based on a number of factors, including the number of jobs created, long term economic benefits, and sustainable development principles. In addition to transportation funding, Massachusetts is in line to receive between six and nine billion dollars over the next two years for education, health care, public safety, housing, and other programs. On Friday, President Obama announced that Massachusetts will receive $40.7 million for law enforcement...
...immigration systems, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, or New Zealand. As such, the debate over the H-1B program is not merely a question of “saving American jobs”—these new policies could actually threaten our nation’s long-term economic health and our global authority...
...tariff war, leading to the meteoric rise of the National Socialist Workers’ Party in the parliamentary elections of 1932. Today, Hungary and Ukraine are in danger of defaulting on their already-generous IMF loan packages, while South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan fear for the long-term health of their economies. If America slides into protectionism, the relative geopolitical stability of the post-Cold War era may come into question...
...race was one of the closest, costliest, and nastiest for Senate in Kentucky history, and Bunning ultimately only won a second term with less than 51% of the votes...