

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 War: Fiscal Stimulus of Last Resort Ellen Brown: Diverting a portion of our massive war spending to peaceful use could add jobs, improve living standards, and add infrastructure, while reducing the national debt and balancing the government’s budget by increasing the tax base and government revenues. READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Texas Economics Steve Hochstadt: Republicans don’t mention poverty, because they don’t plan to do anything about it. The millions of poor Americans are invisible to Republican politicians. READ MORE Financial Regs Kill Jobs? Marian Wang: Regulations can have a long-term, positive effect on overall economic growth by preventing the types of crises that put an industry on life-support. READ MORE egulations can have a long-term, positive effect on overall economic growth by preventing the types of crises that put an industry on life-support.

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the Poor Gary Corseri: His knees buckled under him on the trail, and he hit the hard ground with his bony rump. He heaved for air. Then the floodgates of his tears were opened, and could not be closed. READ MORE His knees buckled under him on the trail, and he hit the hard ground with his bony rump. He heaved for air. Then the floodgates of his tears were opened, and could not be closed. Obama's Odd Deficit Plan Robert Reich: When unemployment is still in the stratosphere, it would be insane to start cutting the deficit by $3 trillion to $4 trillion. That would push unemployment into outer space. READ MORE When unemployment is still in the stratosphere, it would be insane to start cutting the deficit by $3 trillion to $4 trillion. That would push unemployment into outer space.



