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Stiglitz: Just Say No to Tax Cuts
economistsview.typepad.com — Joseph Stiglitz on the tax cuts versus spending question: Do not squander America’s stimulus on tax cuts, by Joseph Stiglitz, Commentary, Financial Times : As news of the US economy worsens, worries about whether a stimulus could restart the economy ... (more) Stiglitz: Just Say No to Tax Cuts
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The Sunday Word: DC Gets the Party Started
The Caucus — ... after winning the election Nov. 4, he largely achieved it. Then the glitches began. From the public embarrassment of leaks, a nominee’s tax-return errors and losing one of his Cabinet picks — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson at the Commerce Department — to the more private ripples of complaints from members of Congress, Obama suffered his share of what he describes as “bumps” over the past 2 1/1 months. And perhaps more bumps are in store for the new president, namely a potential f eud over tax cuts with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And when the new Obama team settles in for ...

David Sirota: The Rise of American Czarism
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... (for all his faults) is letting the Obama administration know he doesn't work for them. It's why I'm happy to see House Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing up to the incoming administration on taxes, and to see ...

The Rise of American Czarism
Open Left - Front Page — ... (for all his faults) is letting the Obama administration know he doesn't work for them. It's why I'm happy to see House Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing up to the incoming administration on taxes, and to see ...

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