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Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan

Image by jmtimages via Flickr The U.S. is in a serious economic slump, and leaders of both of the two political parties the mainstream media is willing to acknowledge are both clamoring for some sort of economic stimulus package. The core component of President-elect Obama's plan appears to be a series of tax breaks. This is nothing new. During his campaign, Obama talked at length about a middle-class tax cut. As details of his plan emerge, it sounds like each American family will receive...Read Full Story

Fed Chairman Bernanke Angry with AIG Bailout

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Bloomberg.com reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is angry about having to bail out AIG because a division of the company acted like a hedge fund, which necessitated the bailout. “If there is a single episode in this entire 18 months that has made me more angry, I can’t think of one other than AIG,” Bernanke told lawmakers today. “AIG exploited a huge gap in the regulatory system, there was no oversight of the financial- products division, this was a hedge fund basically that...Read Full Story

House Approves of $819 Billion 2009 Economic Stimulus Package

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Obama-led Democrats in the House won an important victory with the approval of the $819 billion economic stimulus plan championed by the President. The 2009 economic stimulus package is divided into roughly $544 billion for federal spending and $275 billion for tax cuts that will aid individuals and businesses. Budget has been allocated in this stimulus package for 2009 for job-creating projects, specifically for transport infrastructure such as mass transit systems and highway...Read Full Story

Second Stimulus Checks 2009

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White House backed the 2nd Economic Stimulus Payment for 2009 . President Barack Obama has planned checks of $1,000 apiece, paid for with a tax on oil company incomes. During his last months in office, former President Bush Echoed Federal Reserve Chairman’s request For New Government Aid Plan. Momentum increased Monday, October 20th for a new economic stimulus tax rebate as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prefers another stimulus package for Americans. Poll Shows 90% Of American...Read Full Story

Obama Stimulus Package Breakdown Provided by Glenn Beck with the original document links, are you - Insurance - Knowledge Base - Save On Car Insurance

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Ben Bernanke shows his mettle, again

Ben correctly warned, based on the same type of analysis I ... I think Bernanke knows he’s operating from a playbook where the Fed is the only game in town in terms of stimulus. The economy still needs a boost—he called the pace of recovery ...

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Bernanke began leadership of Fed in 2006 believing economy could avoid damage...

A year later, the housing market's collapse helped send the nation into its worst recession since the Great Depression. In fact, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, then a Fed official, expressed confidence in September 2006 that "collateral damage" from ...

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UGH: Ben Bernanke Says The Worst Possible Thing In His New Testimony

He wrote last year: Arguing need for longer-term fiscal consolidation is irresponsible The insistence ... That is why Japan’s recession lasted as long as it did and why the nation’s debt has risen to some 200% of GDP.

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Revealed: How deluded Bernanke thought economy could make 'soft landing' just...

Ben Bernanke believed that the U.S. economy would have a 'soft landing' in the wake of falling house prices in 2006. Instead, the next year saw the start of a credit crunch, which became a financial crisis, which became the Great Recession. The ...

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Recession slows growth in public prekindergarten

The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shrinking budgets. As a result, many 3- and 4-year-olds aren't going to preschool.

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Forecasters: 'UK Is Already In Recession'

The UK is likely to have already fallen into recession as the eurozone crisis scuppers hopes of imminent recovery, two respected economic forecasters have warned.The Ernst & Young ITEM Club and the Centre ...

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Belt-tightening leads to recession

Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) - From fiscal stimulus, developed countries have moved to cut government spending, which is causing global recession, according to a new UN paper.

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Recession hits ‘personal lives of SME owners’

MORE than half of small and medium enterprise (SME) owners say their personal lives are suffering due to the recession, according to new statistics.

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Miserable Britain 'back in recession'

Reports that Britain is already in another recession will not help as the UK faces its most miserable day of the year.

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Recession, Responsibility, and Results

How the Best Corporate Citizens drove more effective cross-sector collaboration during the Great Recession