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Why the federal deficit will raise taxes
Published on 2009-08-31 07:50:00
By Jeanne SahadiA $9 trillion federal deficit over 10 years may be too hard to comprehend. But this part is easy: Such unwieldy amounts of debt could have an impact on Americans' bottom line one way or the other -- if not tomorrow, then the day after.The U.S. government has been spending a great deal more than it has been taking in, and it is on track to do so well beyond the next 10 years. It has been borrowing money to make all that spending possible and it has to pay the money back with inter
How Congress Will Steal the Recovery
Published on 2009-07-01 10:45:00
by Janet Novack and Brian WingfieldThe economy got stimulated. That was Act I. in Act II it is going to be smothered.Tech companies won big when the money was being dished out, with $37 billion of the February stimulus set aside for health information technology, smart electric grid and broadband investments. They'll also be a prime beneficiary if Congress adopts President Barack Obama's bid to make the research and experimentation tax credit permanent at a cost of $74 billion over a decade.But
Republicans Should Blow Up Party, Not Marriages
Published on 2009-07-01 09:44:00
by Amity ShlaesThe Grand Old Party needs a new credo. New credos are best forged in non-election years. So instead of blowing up their marriages, Republicans might try blowing up their party platform. The single most-profitable franchise for the Republican Party is growth, the kind of growth that sustains the relative competitiveness of the U.S. Instead of being the GOP, the Republicans should become the POG, the Party of Growth. This growth franchise is Republicans’ for the taking because the
