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Gary Shapiro: Ten Steps the U.S. Government Should Take to Stimulate the Economy, Encourage Businesses to Create Jobs - And Cut the Federal Deficit

1 hour 40 minutes ago - The Huffington Post
This is the second installment of a two-part series running this week. To read the first essay, visit here. I wrote Wednesday about how the actions... by Gary Shapiro

California Democrats Propose Raising Income Tax to Plug Deficit

Yesterday - Business Week
California’s Democratic leaders are proposing a 1 percentage-point increase in the personal income- tax rate to help close a $19.1 billion budget ga...

Yuan Rise Won’t Narrow U.S. Trade Deficit, Cleveland Fed Says

2 days ago - Business Week
China’s decision to allow the yuan to strengthen against the dollar will fail to narrow the U.S. trade deficit because the appreciation is not subst...

New Jersey Deficit to Be Less Than $10 Billion, Treasurer Says

2 days ago - Business Week
New Jersey’s budget deficit for fiscal 2012 “will not be anything near” $10 billion, Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff said

Deficit Hawk Survey Falsely Claimed People Support Cutting Social Security

3 days ago - The Huffington Post
A high-profile survey funded by anti-Social Security advocates falsely reported that Americans favor raising the age of retirement to 69, according to... by The Huffington Post News Editors

Carolyn Lukensmeyer: America Speaks on Long-Term Deficit Reduction

3 days ago - The Huffington Post
America Speaks released an interim report today from our June 26 National Town Meeting that engaged 3,500 Americans across nearly 60 sites around the... by Carolyn Lukensmeyer

Dean Baker: The Budget Deficit Chicken Hawks

3 days ago - The Huffington Post
Most people are familiar with the concept of "chicken hawks." Chicken hawks are the politicians who are anxious to send other people to risk their liv... by Dean Baker

U.S. States Increase Sales-Tax Holidays as Record Deficits Loom

4 days ago - Business Week
Illinois, Florida and Maryland will offer sales-tax holidays for back-to-school shopping this year, bringing the number of states doing so to 18, even...

Robert Amsterdam: Thailand's Legitimacy Deficit

4 days ago - The Huffington Post
If next week the government of Iran or Venezuela were to dispatch its military to the streets to brutally suppress a protest rally, one would expect w... by Robert Amsterdam

Markets Say Growth Trumps U.S. Deficits

4 days ago - Business Week
U.S. bond yields are declining during an economic expansion and Tim Geithner is selling 2-year notes with the lowest rates ever

Aquino to Address Deficit, Outages After Senate Loss

4 days ago - Business Week
Philippine President Benigno Aquino may face an uphill struggle meeting campaign pledges to fight poverty, narrow a record budget deficit and address...

Taleb: Government Deficits Could Be the Next 'Black Swan'

4 days ago - Business Week
In a new edition of The Black Swan, author Nassim Nicholas Taleb warns against depending "on financial assets as a repository of value"

Deficits Don’t Matter as Geithner Gets Lowest Yield

5 days ago - Business Week
For all the criticism of record budget deficits, President Barack Obama can take comfort knowing that for the first time in half a century, government...

Aquino to Address Deficit, Shortages Following Loss in Senate

5 days ago - Business Week
Philippine President Benigno Aquino may face an uphill struggle meeting campaign pledges to fight poverty, narrow a record budget deficit and address...

Rep. Paul Hodes: GOP Deficit Hawks Are 'Extremist Obstructionist Lying Hypocrites'

6 days ago - The Huffington Post
When Democrats in the House of Representatives stumbled attempting to reauthorize unemployment insurance in May, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)... by The Huffington Post News Editors

Deficit Forecast for 2011 Raised

7 days ago - Wall Street Journal
The White House raised its forecast Friday for the fiscal-2011 budget deficit to $1.4 trillion, or 9.2% of the economy, adding new fuel to the politic...

White House Estimates 2010 Deficit at $1.47 Trillion

7 days ago - Business Week
President Barack Obama’s budget office forecast this year’s federal deficit will be a record $1.47 trillion, about $84 billion less than forecast...

White House Narrows 2010 Deficit Estimate to $1.47 Trillion

7 days ago - Business Week
President Barack Obama’s budget office said this year’s federal deficit will be a record $1.47 trillion, about $84 billion less than forecast in F...

US cuts budget deficit forecast by $84bn

7 days ago - Financial Times
The US trimmed its forecast for this year’s budget deficit by $84bn on the back of faster repayments of financial bail-out money, but the government...

Obama budget review may trim 2010 deficit forecast

07/22/2010 - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration may report somewhat better fiscal news when it delivers its mid-session budget review later this week,...

 

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RT @timesofindia: A deficit of trust. We are lonely because we can't trust anyone any more. We love less. We fear more. http://toi.in/micron/create.html

by abhi247u

Royal Mail pension plan opposed - The Pensions Regulator is opposing a crucial plan to pay off the £10bn deficit in ... http://ow.ly/18mmhF

by 4SuccessU

Royal Mail pension plan opposed - The Pensions Regulator is opposing a crucial plan to pay off the £10bn deficit in ... http://ow.ly/18mmhE

by succescoach

How do you know if u have attention deficit disorder or not?? http://bit.ly/b4QSBm

by medinformer

@LeahAnakin Question, if Obama keeps the tax cuts instead of letting them expire, don't they become part of his deficit legacy not Bush's?

by CigarVolante

Budget deficit could be gone a year early http://bit.ly/al1JtH

by cbcmoney

@ProudKiwi Experts consider sleepiness and Sleep Apnea might be exhibited as signs of Attention deficit disorder. http://ow.ly/29zle?=mtg5

by Chasitydqir

RT @CB_Gorka: For my 1000th tweet: 8 tax hikes, 34 yr high unemployment, $1b deficit this yr $2b next yr, Gov's not on your side #magov

by jackgatelycom

http://bit.ly/OnTrack Got a child with attention deficit? This free program has solutions Pls RT

by machinetime

Poland's government plans to raise value-added tax to tackle budget deficit: Poland's budget deficit stood at 7.1 percent of gross dom...

by SharkTrade

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