Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
 8.3K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 373.0 Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
8.3K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 373.0 U.S. should support Pakistan
Morton Kondracke, Columnist From China to Russia and Afghanistan to Iran, it s a time of woe for U.S. foreign policy. But there s an exception Pakistan and Congress can keep the progress going. Specifically, Congress needs to pass legislation, sp...
3.1K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 249.0 It's still about the economy, stupid
From a political standpoint, the worst thing about blaming President Obama s perceived difficulties on racism is that there s not a damn thing anybody can do about it. Determined bigots can t be shamed, while many see invoking race as more an excuse ...
4.1K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 249.0 Poll: Worries linger on economy
WASHINGTON One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to prevent another financial industry meltdown, according to a new Associated Press-GfK p...
5.5K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 249.0 Misinformers can't fool us all
The right wing flow of no continues unabated around the country and plenty of distortive, destructive, diatribe regularly appears in the letters to the editor. On Thursday, Aug. 24, a trio of proudly uninformed or misinformed, status quo promoters ...
2.5K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 322.0 Health debate obscures truth
Getting there early to assure myself a seat at the Obamacare town hall meeting in North Bend on Aug. 14, allowed me to be close to the action. I have much respect for Congressman Peter DeFazio, who has done many good things for his district and the s...
2.5K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 322.0 Americans want less government
In response to Let s have a productive conversation (The World, Aug. 12), I would like to make a few points about the town hall meetings, the mainstream media and the Obama Administration s selling of health care reform. One, the town hall meeting...
2.4K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 249.0 House votes to clamp limits on bonuses
WASHINGTON (AP) Bowing to populist anger, the House voted Friday to prohibit pay and bonus packages that encourage bankers and traders to take risks so big they could bring down the entire economy. Passage of the bill on a 237-185 vote followed the...
5.1K - Aug. 1, 2009; scored 612.0 Tea partiers deride big government
COOS BAY Hours before fireworks exploded above the Coos Bay Boardwalk, sign-toting protesters launched a verbal volley against the country s leaders. Speakers criticized President Barack Obama for continuing the practice of deficit spending while p...
2.9K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 249.0 California, Here We Come!
California hits the wall. And Americans should take a good, long look at the fiscal and social wreck of the Golden Land, because California is at a place to which all of America is heading. In May, when five fundraising proposals were put on the ball...
4.0K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 249.0 Congressmen help with constitutents' mortgages
WASHINGTON - Can't afford your mortgage payment? If the bank won't take your call, your member of Congress just might. Several lawmakers whose districts are drowning in foreclosures are taking unprecedented steps to help people stay in their homes, i...
5.8K - Jun. 6, 2009; scored 249.0 Wyden, DeFazio blast Lane County timber money policy
GRANTS PASS (AP) Two members of Oregon s congressional delegation are afraid that they won t be able to win renewal of billions of dollars for rural counties hurt by national forest logging cutbacks unless Lane County spends some of its share to re...
3.9K - Jun. 3, 2009; scored 322.0 Senator: Pension oversight needed
WASHINGTON (AP) - The rapidly deteriorating financial health of the federal agency that guarantees 44 million Americans' pensions is raising alarms in Congress, where key lawmakers are demanding tougher rules to insure vigilant oversight of its multi...
4.6K - May. 20, 2009; scored 322.0 Other genres ignore it, but country taps recession
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Recession? What recession? Despite the sour economy, radio has been remarkably free of songs about tough times. The top songs from this week s Billboard s Hot 100 are heavy with dance tracks by the Black Eyed Peas, Lady GaGa and Fl...
4.4K - May. 15, 2009; scored 249.0 Obama's 'heavy stick' on banks gets lighter
WASHINGTON (AP) - Effective lobbying by bankers and voter frustration with taxpayer-funded bailouts have kept President Barack Obama from making good on his promise to wield a heavy stick against a financial industry blamed for derailing the econom...
4.6K - Apr. 30, 2009; scored 499.0 Socialism for any occasion
Many conservatives think they ve found a winner in tarring President Obama and his allies as socialists. In a heroic effort to force a definition into the exchange, Princeton economist Alan Blinder reasons: Socialism means public ownership and cont...
2.9K - Apr. 9, 2009; scored 249.0 Who's the real AIG bailout villain?
If everything you knew about President Barack Obama s role in the AIG bonus fiasco was his recent 60 Minutes appearance, you d feel reassured. Obama gave a masterful performance, all calm confidence and disarming smile. Was he surprised by public o...
3.0K - Apr. 3, 2009; scored 485.0 This is no addiction solution
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency, said Lord Keynes. Ben Bernanke disagrees. A student of the Depression, the Fed chair appears far more fearful of deflation - a vicious cycle of falling prices, debt defaults, ...
3.9K - Mar. 30, 2009; scored 249.0 EU president says U.S. economic plans are 'a road to hell'
STRASBOURG, France - The president of the European Union slammed President Barack Obama's plans to have the U.S. spend its way out of recession as a road to hell, underscoring European differences with Washington ahead of a crucial summit next week...
4.8K - Mar. 25, 2009; scored 322.0 | 
