Budget Cuts
Thank goodness for the GOP
December 21, 2010I'm so glad the Republicans on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission have set me straight.
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Labor Deptartment zeroes in on women’s issues
December 6, 2010The Labor Department's Women's Bureau, faced with small size, a budget freeze and potential cuts, will emphasize research on working women's issues, outreach to workers and - despite a potentially hostile GOP House majority - paycheck...
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Citizens’ Commission plan can change deficit debate – thank goodness!
December 2, 2010Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize-winning economist, and the Citizens' Commission on Jobs, Deficits And America's Future, presented a plan that focuses on what's needed: jobs.
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Proposed Social Security cuts: seniors hit, millionaires glide
November 16, 2010Proposals for major cuts in Social Security floated by the deficit commission co-chairs are an attempt to "bully" seniors "while Wall Street millionaires just skate on through scot-free."
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Students aim to oust lawmakers
November 15, 2010Following last week's mass demonstration, Britain's National Union of Students has launched a campaign to oust members of Parliament who broke their pledge to oppose tuition hikes.
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