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Shaking off the cobwebs for 2013
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsHappy New Year all. Trying to get back into the work groove after a long holiday season. For those catching up, here are links to my two most recent print columns, a whimsical look ahead at 2013 and a look......Tags: Social Security
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U.S. Auto Sales Propelled the Economy in 2012
KickingTiresAs Congress hammered out an overdue budget deal that averted the much-discussed fiscal cliff ??? but kicked the can down the street on larger reforms ??? it's important to note that auto sales played a huge role in propelling the......Tags: U.S. Congress, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Manufacturing and Engineering, Services and Shopping, Toyota
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Crisis they created catches up with Republicans
The most ironic part of the partisan fight over the "fiscal cliff" is that, if Republicans want Barack Obama to act according to Republican principles, they should encourage the president to do nothing and simply let the country — and the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement, George W. Bush, Politics, Barack Obama
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Call Obama's sequester bluff
WASHINGTON — For the first time since Election Day, President Barack Obama is on the defensive. That's because on March 1, automatic spending cuts ("sequestration") go into effect — $1.2 trillion over 10 years, half from domestic...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Unemployment, Productivity, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC
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From Obama: Hail, Armageddon
WASHINGTON — "The worst-case scenario for us," a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Washington Post, "is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens." Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by...
Tags: Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, National Government, U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Chuck Hagel a petty decision by Obama
It's official. President Barack Obama has named former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as his nominee for secretary of defense. Hence, we may be in store for the worst defense secretary nomination fight since George H.W. Bush's failed appointment of Sen. John...
Tags: News Media, POLITICO LLC, The New York Times, Wars and Interventions, Israel
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Obama's budget puts the onus on Ryan
WASHINGTON — When it comes to deficit reduction, President Barack Obama may have correctly taken the measure of Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and U.S. corporate leaders; that's a reason why any deficit deal is more remote than ever. Two and a...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Social Security, Federal Reserve, Budget Control Act of 2011, John Boehner
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Obama's lean into GOP territory
Who are these guys? Barack Obama and his agents are looking more and more like Mitt Romney and the Republicans that Team Obama maligned to win the presidential election. I'm not just talking about last week's gone-viral Oval Office photo of senior...Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., ABC (tv network), The New York Times, Current TV (tv network)
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Inaction on 'fiscal cliff' will lead to tipping point, a disastrous thing
The nation stands about a third of a chance of avoiding a risky plunge over the fiscal cliff by year end, one of the authors of the U.S. debt-cutting Simpson-Bowles plan told an audience of about 4,000 financial advisers in Chicago tonight. Yet, with...
Tags: John Boehner, Washington, DC, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Beyond 'fiscal cliff,' unknowns shaping economy are larger than they appear
The perils of looking too far out in the future when it comes to the economy are evident in a Chicago Tribune story that ran Nov. 8, 1928, two days after Herbert Hoover was elected to succeed fellow Republican Calvin Coolidge in the White House. "See...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Illinois Tool Works Incorporated, U.S. Congress, Federal Reserve, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Real tax reform would force both sides to do some heavy lifting
Typical daily schedule for a member of the United States Congress: •8:30 a.m. — National Wind Energy Association: to discuss wind production tax credit. •10 a.m. — National Association of Manufacturers: to discuss accelerated...
Tags: Health Organizations, Real Estate, National Government, American Cancer Society, U.S. Congress
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From the Right: The politics game is getting dirtier
Politics is a game, we all know that. But sometimes the game gets worrisomely dirty. The president has been playing politics and he has been playing dirty. And I, for one, am getting worried. In the dirty game people get hurt and in this game it is all of...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Yasmin (drug), Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting
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