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Public option REDUCES deficit over status quo

Posted by: chichswx, 8:23 PM GMT on October 21, 2009

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/21/health.care.cbo/

Hard for the Right-wing to argue this one. If we keep the status quo, it will cost the taxpayers more than if we have a health care plan with a robust public option according to the CBO...

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Support our troops

Posted by: chichswx, 12:14 PM GMT on October 16, 2009

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Recession ends in 79 metro areas

Posted by: chichswx, 4:45 PM GMT on October 15, 2009

This is great news. Like other recessions since the 1980's, the job growth is always the last to recover due to over-emphasis on huge profits, but at least we're on our way.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33312701/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy

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Are Corporations People? Supreme Court Revisionism?

Posted by: chichswx, 8:12 PM GMT on October 13, 2009

By Luther Weeks on September 22, 2009The Supreme Court will soon make another decision, perhaps giving corporations more rights as people. Or reducing the rights of corporations as people. Such rulings are critical to the limits of corporate free speech, campaign financing, and lobbying etc.Today the New York Times has an editorial, The Rights of Corporations . "The Times argues the case for the Court to limit the rights of corporations:To us, as well as many leg...

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USA most admired

Posted by: chichswx, 5:17 PM GMT on October 06, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091005/lf_nm_life/us_usa_statusNEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll.It climbed from seventh place last year, ahead of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan which completed the top five nations in the Nation Brand Index (NBI)."What's really remarkable is that in all my years stud...

Updated: 5:35 PM GMT on October 06, 2009

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