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How Republicans raided the welfare state and left it flat broke
I would like to add some points to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich's column "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). Mr. Ehrlich fails to mention the fact that every president since Lyndon Johnson, beginning in 1964, has raided the Social Security...
Tags: Trade Agreements, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Ronald Reagan, Social Security
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The presidential power trap
As Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in for the second time as president of the United States, he faces the stark reality that little of what he hopes to accomplish in a second term will likely come to pass. Mr. Obama occupies an office that many assume...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Trade Agreements, George H.W. Bush, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Interior Policy
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Obama, Romney miss the elephant in the room
The unemployment rate has been stuck above 8 percent for months. President Barack Obama continues to blame the moribund economy on President George W. Bush while claiming that he has created 4.5 million jobs. Republican challenger Mitt Romney announces...
Tags: Electronic Devices, Consumers, India, China, Mitt Romney
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Greens come to city to pick presidential nominee
Hundreds of Green Party members arrived Thursday in Baltimore to pick a candidate for president, even as the party has been forced to scramble for a spot on Maryland's ballot this fall. The national convention, which is taking place at the University...
Tags: Al Gore, Trade Agreements, Ralph Nader, Mitt Romney, U.S. House of Representatives
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The myth of free trade
Maryland politicians are dismayed by the latest closing of the Sparrows Point steel mill and the loss of its remaining jobs, but on a broader national scale the die was cast in the 1970s, when extreme hubris in the U.S. steel and fabricating industries...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, South Korea, Heavy Engineering
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Obama's cynicism for me, not for thee
"My rival in this race," Barack Obama announced early in 2007, "is not other candidates. It's cynicism."
It's now clear that what he meant by this was other people's cynicism -- not his own.
As you may recall, President Obama came into office a very...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Iraq War (2003-2011), Joe Biden, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements
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Senate rejected Toomey-backed sugar amendment to farm bill
Call Washington BureauDisputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown. Helping to lead the candy...Tags: Trade Agreements, Harry Reid, Economic Organization, Chuck Schumer, Just Born, Inc.
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Upcoming business events in the Lehigh Valley
SATURDAYMAY 4 COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY is offering the "First Time Homebuyer's Class" in English today, May 11 and 18, 8:15 a.m, to 1 p.m., at Victory Firehouse, 205 Webster St., Bethlehem. Free. Info: Amy, 484-893-1038. LEHIGH...Tags: Seidersville, Schnecksville, Trade Dispute, Marketing, Lehigh University
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A floor of decency
Robert Koehler"Everywhere near the building, the stench of death was overpowering. Men in surgical masks sprayed disinfectant in the air." We move from tragedy to tragedy with hellish regularity. "The scope of injuries," Jim Yardley writes in the New York Times, "was...Tags: The Huffington Post, Contracts, Trade Agreements, Robert Koehler, Plant Openings
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INTERVIEW-Brazil WTO hopeful brushes off protectionist complaints
Reuters* Roberto Azevedo says he will be neutral if he gets the job * Other finalist is Blanco, former Mexican trade minister * New chief to be picked in May as WTO faces credibility crisis By Alonso Soto BRASILIA, May 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's candidate to...Tags: Trade Agreements, Treaties, European Union, World Trade Organization, International Organizations
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Brazil WTO hopeful brushes off protectionist complaints
ReutersBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's candidate to head the World Trade Organization brushed off criticism from rich nations that his country is growing more protectionist, saying he will be a neutral negotiator of global trade frictions if he gets the job this...Tags: Trade Agreements, Treaties, European Union, International Organizations, World Trade Organization
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Memo to Emery: Draft starters. Plural.
My issue isn’t that Bears General Manager Phil Emery has fewer draft picks than he has positional needs. Every GM has fewer picks than he has needs. Just ask them. But for those of you keeping score at home, Tribune football guru Dan Pompei did...
Tags: Alshon Jeffery, Evan Rodriguez, Justice System, Phil Emery, Jerry Angelo
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