Did anyone foresee that US-India relationship has an impact in 2010 election? Or that it may cost $20B annually? US Secretary of State Clinton is visiting Pakistan for three days to have a frank and open discussion and is in no time to have a “happy talk”. Pakistan is the most important ally to US in the anti-terrorism war. Therefore, US should be happy to have such an important ally and Pakistan should happy to see it is an important ally to the most powerful country on earth. What made... Read Full Story
Regulations suffocate businesses, so we have been hearing from the right side of the political spectrum. Can you imagine a case where businesses, big businesses, want to have more regulation?
Central bank veterans like Volcker (Federal Reserve) and Mervyn King (Bank of England) and politicians like Gordon Brown and Barrack Obama (or Timothy Geithner) are advocating opposing positions. The first interesting story is that central bankers (or bureaucrats) are advocating less regulation. The ... Read Full Story
Democratic Senator Baucus is presenting a compromise health care bill in the Senate without public option whereas CNN reports that Obama is finally drafting his own version with a trigger for public option. The Gang of Six has three Republicans. They are: Enzi, Snowe and Grassley. Grassley says in CNN that public option is Obama Care. Now that Baucus proposal does not have it, Grassley and the like may actually have a way to claim victory that they will have defeated Obama Care. If so, t... Read Full Story
Democratic Senator Baucus is presenting a compromise health care bill in the Senate without public option whereas CNN reports that Obama is finally drafting his own version with a trigger for public option. The Gang of Six has three Republicans. They are: Enzi, Snowe and Grassley. Grassley says in CNN that public option is Obama Care. Now that Baucus proposal does not have it, Grassley and the like may actually have a way to claim victory that they will have defeated Obama Care. If so, t... Read Full Story
If Obama is drafting his own version of the health care bill, and that CNN is correct regarding a “trigger option”, then at least Obama actually wants it done, although fairly late in game since almost no Republican is left for negotiation. One good example: Grassley says he will defeat Obamacare.
This trigger option seems to suggest Obama will be plagiarizing Bipartisan Policy Center’s ideas. In the world of policy development, being violated (the copy right of your policy idea, of course)... Read Full Story
If Obama is drafting his own version of the health care bill, and that CNN is correct regarding a “trigger option”, then at least Obama actually wants it done, although fairly late in game since almost no Republican is left for negotiation. One good example: Grassley says he will defeat Obamacare.
This trigger option seems to suggest Obama will be plagiarizing Bipartisan Policy Center’s ideas. In the world of policy development, being violated (the copy right of your policy idea, of course)... Read Full Story
Is Obama ready for a deal? Unnamed senior aide says so to cnn.com. Obama may be preparing another TV performance again. We all know everyone in the country is vested in this issue, one way or the other. The question Obama has to answer is: who else does he need to pull to his side to get this done? Of course, an interesting question would be: Is he aiming to pass a health care reform?
A lot of critics have already voiced their opinion (this one and this one) how Obama administration cou... Read Full Story
Is Obama ready for a deal? Unnamed senior aide says so to cnn.com. Obama may be preparing another TV performance again. We all know everyone in the country is vested in this issue, one way or the other. The question Obama has to answer is: who else does he need to pull to his side to get this done? Of course, an interesting question would be: Is he aiming to pass a health care reform?
A lot of critics have already voiced their opinion (this one and this one) how Obama administration cou... Read Full Story
The 2009 general election in Japan is the first time any opposition party won a mandate with meaningful margin. Does it matter to the United States/Obama? What does your wallet care about a Japanese election?
DPJ won this election with a landslide, 60% of the seats. LDP, the incumbent who lost, still has 20%. However, its electoral power is greatly reduced. DPJ should have no difficulty in implementing changes it advocates.
Election result often is a reflection on the perception of thei... Read Full Story
The 2009 general election in Japan is the first time any opposition party won a mandate with meaningful margin. Does it matter to the United States/Obama? What does your wallet care about a Japanese election?
DPJ won this election with a landslide, 60% of the seats. LDP, the incumbent who lost, still has 20%. However, its electoral power is greatly reduced. DPJ should have no difficulty in implementing changes it advocates.
Election result often is a reflection on the perception of thei... Read Full Story
