“YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING…TO LOWER PEOPLE’S EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO GET.” This is Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein opening the familiar pandora’s box of rhetoric designed to fundamentalism “change” — i.e; kill off — “entitlements” like Social Security and Medicare. Almost like clockwork, the election results are being used [...]
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Nov 262012
Posted by Matt Parker at 9:47 am Tagged with: "War on terror", Abortion, CEO's, CIA, Climate change, Contraception, Economy, Florida, Government safety net, Health Care, Medical care, Medicare, Obama, Obama Administration, Social Security, Tax cuts, Taxes, U.S. drone strikes, United Nations, Women's Rights
President Obama’s ”pivot” to jobs took center stage on Monday, as a major move was announced in the president’s economic team that could have far-reaching consequences for the economy. Princeton economist Alan Krueger was selected by the president to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisers and become Obama’s chief aide on the economy [...]
Posted by Matt Parker at 12:00 pm Tagged with: Alan Krueger, Budgets and Spending, Congress, Democrats, Economy, Fiscal Policy, Jobs, Obama, Obama Administration, Paul Krugman, Princeton, Tax cuts, Taxes, Tim Geithner, Treasury Department, Unemployment, Wall Street

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