btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 21 2009 | political, news, financial, economy
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btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 21 2009 | economy
Quoted: Over the last two years, the rich have become poorer. And many may not return to their old levels of wealth and income anytime soon.
According to Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, this is very good news for the middle class. His recent book details the high income inequality leading up to the Great Depression, the income compression of the 1940s & 1950s, and the return to high income inequality since the Reagan administration.
btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 19 2009 | news, politics, economy
You just know the Republicans will decry this as another tax increase. Just wait for it on Fox News.
Quoted: The Swiss banking giant UBS on Wednesday reached a final deal with the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service in which it will ultimately disclose names and account details for more than 4,450 wealthy Americans suspected of tax evasion.
btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 04 2009 | iraq, military, economy
This is a disgrace. There should be a component of any economic stimulus package that guarantees a job for any returning vet whose prewar job has disappeared. We owe these guys ... big time.
Quoted: National Guardsmen are coming home from Iraq to face a new enemy – a swooning economy that has landed like a KO’d heavyweight on the canvas of their home towns.
btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 05 2009 | health, economy
btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - May 19 2009 | credit, interest rates, economy
btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 22 2009 | economy, politicsQuoted: The failure of right wing policy and leadership over the past eight years, especially in matters economic, is comparable to Germany's right-wing failure in World War I. It is catastrophic, undeniable, and complete.
btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 20 2009 | bush, news, media, economy, politics
Quoted: Summary: In reporting on emails obtained by Fox Business Network revealing discussions involving the Treasury Department about AIG bonuses, Fox News' Jon Scott at no point noted that the emails implicate the Bush administration in approving a $40 billion bailout for AIG without requiring AIG to nullify its employee bonus contracts.
btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 19 2009 | news, economy
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