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Billionaires for Wealthcare thank Bachmann mob for their support

By Alex Lawson
November 6, 2009

Yesterday the 912ers were whipped up into an undifferentiated rage against most everything that is not Michele Bachmann or Fox news. The protest was brought to DC on an astroturf wave of Billionaire Koch dollars. more »

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The House Public Plan: Yes, It's Worth It

By Jacob Hacker
November 6, 2009

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New Unemployment, Old Solutions

By Eric Lotke
November 6, 2009

Today’s unemployment data contain gloomy news. Gloomy, but expected. The interpretation of the data is even worse. more »

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Schumer Sends Letter On Stimulus Funds To China

By Steven Capozzola
From manufacturethis.org
November 6th, 2009

manufacturethis.org — In a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Obama administration should bar a $1.5 billion wind-farm project in Texas from receiving U.S. government stimulus funds because most of the power turbines would be made in China.

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Banks using the pressure from Obama's request to lend, to repo from others

By Faye Wilson
November 6, 2009

My vehicle is financed through Chase Bank. I have been late with the payment each month, during the past year, due to being the only one working in a house hold of 4. In 2007, my daughter was killed by a DUI driver. Her children at the time was 11 and 4. I now raise my 2 grand children, now 13 and 7. Naturally, this did affect my financial status. I had a call from Chase on 11-5-2009. more »

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Which Public Is That?

By Tom Sullivan
November 6, 2009

The Beltway cognoscenti keep telling us that a bipartisan solution to health care reform is what the public wants. Just what public is it that's more interested in process than results?

Conventional wisdom says that Obama has failed to make Washington more bipartisan if Democrats ram through a health reform bill without Republican support. more »

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Getting Serious With China -- New Pipe Tariff

By Dave Johnson
November 6, 2009

The Obama administration is taking steps to begin rebalancing trade with China -- and creating JOBS. In this case it looks like China has been "dumping" steel pipes --selling at prices that are below market -- to capture business away from American companies, causing them to close factories and lay off workers. more »

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Policy Needed for Job Growth

By Varya Rislove
From manufacturethis.org
November 5th, 2009

manufacturethis.org — Commentary by AAM's Varya Rislove: How can the U.S. economy create new jobs? Many of the 7.6 million jobs lost during this recession will not come back. It appears that the linkage between the growth in the economy and growth in jobs is broken.

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Pedal Powered Laptops in Afghanistan

From alternative-energy-news.info
November 5th, 2009

alternative-energy-news.info — There are solar powered laptops that will run without a conventional energy source but not everyone in the world can afford them.

Hope that there would be an affordable way for people in poorer and very remote areas to benefit from the use of computers has been realised, because of pedal power

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Green Shoots. For Whom?

By Eric Lotke
November 5, 2009

Today’s “Productivity and Costs” data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics contain what looks like good news. But keep the cork in the bottles.

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