by Eric Lotke | Jul 15, 2009 | Blog
The irony is killing me. Two stories run next to each other in today’s (July 15, 2009) Washington Post. Together they show the triumph of the pseudo-economy over the real economy. Page A12 carries an article called, The Trickle-Down Effect: An Auto-Parts Maker Fades...
by Eric Lotke | Jul 15, 2009 | Blog
When the U.S. added modest “Buy American” provisions to the February stimulus bill to help keep (some) U.S. assistance in the U.S. economy, people cried foul. -- “A classic protectionist measure,” charged Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) chair of the Senate...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 14, 2009 | Blog
Just days ago, America celebrated her birthday with fireworks, spontaneous renditions of the Star Spangled Banner and chants of, “We’re Number One!” In a crucial area, health care, the chant is untrue. Many of us love the individual doctors who may have saved our...
by Bill Scher | Jul 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
House Dems To Release Detailed Health Care Bill Today The Hill: Pelosi said a more detailed House bill will now be made public on Tuesday, but added it will still need to be changed to win over skeptical voters in her own caucus. Committee action on the bill could...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 14, 2009 | Blog
From the beginning of this economic crisis, policy makers seem to have forgotten (or perhaps learned too well) a basic economic rule. It's one I used to have paraphrased in a sign on my desk in a previous job: You can have it fast, you can have it cheap, or you can...
