Cheap energy, yes; cap and trade, no
The Biloxi Sun Herald Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:09 PM PDT
Conservative economic policy is under attack on many fronts by the Obama administration and its liberal allies in Congress: taxes, spending, government borrowing and free-market capitalism itself. As we fight on these fronts, conservatives also must be focused on another issue of critical importance to our country’s economic and national security: energy. |
Nelson: Progressive flat tax is best reform
Athens Banner-Herald Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:08 PM PDT
President Obama's recent pledge to reform the complicated, frustrating and in some cases unfair U.S. tax system will be a tough commitment to fulfill. Changing the entrenched tax setup and the Internal Revenue Service sounds like a Hercluean task. Obama has described the current morass of tax laws, policies and procedures as monstrous, but he might be understating the problem. |
Ryan Lizza: Can Peter Orszag keep the President's political goals economically viable?
The New Yorker Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:07 PM PDT
A few weeks ago, Peter Orszag, President Obama’s trim, apple-cheeked budget director, stretched out in the green room of what has become, in recent years, the locus of reliably liberal sensibility in this country--the midtown studios where Jon Stewart tapes “The Daily Show.†Orszag’s day had been a . . . |
The buzz
The State Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:06 PM PDT
REAL ID from Obama the federalist REAL ID is back in the news, though The Buzz understands if you missed it, with the state budget, wildfires and all that stimulus stimulating going on. |
WORDPLAY
Centre Daily Times Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:03 PM PDT
First lady Michelle Obama’s news-making back pat of Queen Elizabeth recently was a far cry fr |
Obama's 100 days in office: Turning peril into possibility
Marshalltown Times-Republican Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:00 PM PDT
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama opened his presidency by drawing an unflinching portrait of the challenges. Then he set about turning those perils into possibilities. In a dizzying dash to the 100-day mark, Obama made a down payment on the changes he'd promised and delivered a trillion-dollar wallop to wake up the moribund economy. |
In South Carolina Town, Economic Calamity Since Obama's Inauguration
Washington Post Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:53 PM PDT
GREENWOOD, S.C. Her cordless phone stores 17 voice messages, and tonight the inbox is full. Edith Childs, 60, grabs a bottle of water, tosses her hat on the living room floor and scowls at the blinking red light. A county councilwoman, she spent the past 12 hours driving rural roads in her 2001... |
Clinton Reiterates U.S. Commitment to Anxious Iraqis
Washington Post Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:53 PM PDT
BAGHDAD, April 25 -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton promised the people of war-torn Iraq on Saturday that the Obama administration will not abandon them as it begins to pull out U.S. troops. |
Obama's first 100 days: Local reaction mixed
The Dalton Daily Citizen Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:50 PM PDT
President Barack Obama will conclude his first 100 days in office on Wednesday. He came into office facing one of the worst economies in decades but also promising a bold new approach to government. How has he done so far? |
Reaction to first 100 days
The Dalton Daily Citizen Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:49 PM PDT
President Barack Obama has big plans to mark his 100th day in office, including a prime time news conference on Wednesday, his third since being sworn in as president, as well as a town hall meeting. |
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