Americans aren’t cut out for austerity. And there, ladies and gentlemen, lies our greatest hope for economic recovery.
TARP: Because It’s Payback Time
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Bankers that received federal bailouts are complaining that the government is changing the terms and conditions of their loans after the fact. Sounds familiar.
Get a Job!
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The collapse of the New Economy leads to a reversal of the old conservative report to the downtrodden.
Not for Long
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Obama’s economic stimulus plan calls for higher taxes on people who earn over $250K after 2011. Will anyone earn that much by then?
Financial Planning
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Consumers face a bizarre dilemma–wait for money to become more valuable? Or risk it becoming worthless?
Only a Matter of Time
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Even as the economy drags the United States into oblivion, many Americans keep up appearances of normalcy.
Trickle-Down Obamanomics
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Obama’s bailout plan helps the corporations who caused the economic mess, and not one of their victims.
The Adventures of Obamaman
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America’s radical problems require radical solutions. Obama’s centrism yields half-assed sops instead.
Surrender in the Name of the U.S.
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Bush—er, Obama—can’t come up with $1 trillion to fill what Paul Krugman describes as a nearly $3 trillion hole. Yet he, and no one else, ever questions the wisdom of escalating our other doomed war, the one against the people of Afghanistan.
Not Dead Yet
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I’d like to be wrong about this. I really do. Just like I wanted to be wrong about Iraq. And Afghanistan. And Obama. But I doubt it.
