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In Other News China Trade Deficit Still Huge

The August trade figures are out and they are not good. The terrible trade deficit is where the jobs and the economy went but is ignored because it makes a few elites wealthy. Meanwhile our elites are whipping up fears about the budget deficit instead of the trade...

Ohio Sen. Brown Pushes Revival Of China Currency Bill

The "China Currency Bill" has passed the Senate but is stalled in the House by Republican leadership. Republicans are trying to have it both ways on China and manufacturing, saying they want to do something, but blocking doing something. It could come to the floor and...

Unfortunately, The Fiscal Cliff Joke Is On Us

Originally published at Capital Gains and Games. Have you heard the one about the big-name financial services CEOs who last week released a letter to Congress and the president demanding they do whatever it takes to avoid the fiscal cliff? I have no doubt the CEOs...

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