time.com - 1/16/2009
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That's how much money Barack Obama says is needed to kick-start the economy. How he spends it could determine the fate of his presidency
breitbart.com - 1/17/2009
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breitbart.com —
Arab investors have lost 2.5 trillion dollars from
the credit crunch, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Sabah,...
whose country hosts an Arab economic summit next week, said on Friday. "The Arab world has lost 2.5 trillion dollars in the past ...
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Arabs lost 2.5 trillion dollars from credit crunch: Kuwait
nytimes.com - 1/13/2009
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nytimes.com —
A trillion here, a trillion there ... President-elect
Barack Obama is warning us to expect trillion-dollar budget...
deficits “for years to come.”The economy is in a precipitous downturn and no one, on the left or right, is advocating tax increases that ...
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TIME's Inagural Obama (Give A Few Years)
BAGnewsNotes —
... Does the TIME Inaugural cover make Obama look a little gaunt, a little aged (neck), not 100% pulled together (collar), with a little more dullness/tiredness in the (right) eye?
In priming the portrait with "Great Expectations," is the image necessarily a future projection, as if we're seeing an Obama not just looking ahead, but also already years out and bearing the results of those profound burdens?
TIME Cover Story.
(portrait: C.F. Payne)
The Hoover Caucus
Swampland —
... insurance and so forth, you're down to a much smaller number per job created--you'll excuse me if I haven't done the math--much of which will be involved in projects that will save money in the long (retrofitting federal buildings will lead to lower energy costs, for example), make us less dependent on foreign oil, greener and stronger. For the best account of the possibilities and pitfalls of the stimulus plan that I've read, check out Michael Grunwald's excellent piece in this week's Time. ...
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Wasting a Trillion Dollars? So What?
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US deficit to hit 1.2 trillion dollars: budget office
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How much is he REALLY planning to spend?
scsuscholars.com 1/7/2009 — According to the AP : President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday that he foresees a $1 trillion U.S. deficit soon and "for years to come" as the nation climbs out of its economic crisis. Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, spoke to reporters after ...
Obama gets mixed evangelical reaction —
First Read 1/16/2009
From NBC's Alice Rhee Nearly halfway through his victory speech on Election Night in Chicago's Grant Park, Barack Obama reached out to those Americans who had voted for his opponent, John McCain . "I hear your voices, I need your help, and I ...
Obama takes stimulus pitch on the road —
First Read 1/16/2009
From NBC's Athena Jones BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- President-elect Obama returned to this battleground state Friday, but this time he was not campaigning for the nation's highest office, but for a massive stimulus package he says is necessary to ...
House Republicans have their own ideas —
First Read 1/16/2009
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From NBC's Mike ViqueiraThe days of post-partisanship have not yet dawned in your U.S. House. For the time being, anyway, it's business as usual.
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