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Shaking off the cobwebs for 2013
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsHappy New Year all. Trying to get back into the work groove after a long holiday season. For those catching up, here are links to my two most recent print columns, a whimsical look ahead at 2013 and a look......Tags: Social Security
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U.S. Auto Sales Propelled the Economy in 2012
KickingTiresAs Congress hammered out an overdue budget deal that averted the much-discussed fiscal cliff ??? but kicked the can down the street on larger reforms ??? it's important to note that auto sales played a huge role in propelling the......Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, The Washington Post, Bloomberg L.P., Services and Shopping, Honda
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The Obama budget and the appearance of reform
— Well, at least we're starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It's called "regular order," using the normal, routine, constitutional process to arrive at, for example, a budget. Normal had...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Budgets and Budgeting, The Washington Post, Media Industry, Politics
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In An Era of Fiscal Crisis, Malloy Has Few Places To Run
The Hartford CourantConnecticut's latest fiscal crisis roared to the forefront this week with patterns that say a lot about what we can expect to see not just this month or even in the coming year, but for the rest of Dannel P. Malloy's term as governor. The big picture...Tags: Government Health Care, Medicaid, Budgets and Budgeting, West Hartford, Nursing Homes
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Democrats missed their chance with Ashley Judd
Wiser Democratic heads prevailed last week as actress Ashley Judd was nudged out of the race to unseat Mitch McConnell, Kentucky's senior Republican senator. Did the eyes in those heads ever see Judd in "Double Jeopardy," one of the great damsel-in-...
Tags: Ashley Judd, Tea Party Movement, Naomi Judd, Karl Rove, Politics
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Crisis they created catches up with Republicans
The most ironic part of the partisan fight over the "fiscal cliff" is that, if Republicans want Barack Obama to act according to Republican principles, they should encourage the president to do nothing and simply let the country — and the...Tags: Economic Indicator, Tea Party Movement, George W. Bush, Politics, Republican Party
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Call Obama's sequester bluff
WASHINGTON — For the first time since Election Day, President Barack Obama is on the defensive. That's because on March 1, automatic spending cuts ("sequestration") go into effect — $1.2 trillion over 10 years, half from domestic...
Tags: The Washington Post, Politics, Republican Party, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements
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From Obama: Hail, Armageddon
WASHINGTON — "The worst-case scenario for us," a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Washington Post, "is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens." Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, The Washington Post, Social Sciences, Politics, Republican Party
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Chuck Hagel a petty decision by Obama
It's official. President Barack Obama has named former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as his nominee for secretary of defense. Hence, we may be in store for the worst defense secretary nomination fight since George H.W. Bush's failed appointment of Sen. John...
Tags: The New York Times, Lindsey O. Graham, Chuck Hagel, The Washington Post, News Media
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Obama's lean into GOP territory
Who are these guys? Barack Obama and his agents are looking more and more like Mitt Romney and the Republicans that Team Obama maligned to win the presidential election. I'm not just talking about last week's gone-viral Oval Office photo of senior...Tags: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Current TV (tv network), George W. Bush, MSNBC (tv network)
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Inaction on 'fiscal cliff' will lead to tipping point, a disastrous thing
The nation stands about a third of a chance of avoiding a risky plunge over the fiscal cliff by year end, one of the authors of the U.S. debt-cutting Simpson-Bowles plan told an audience of about 4,000 financial advisers in Chicago tonight. Yet, with...
Tags: Personal Finance, Politics, Political Fundraising, Republican Party, Washington, DC
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Real tax reform would force both sides to do some heavy lifting
Typical daily schedule for a member of the United States Congress: •8:30 a.m. — National Wind Energy Association: to discuss wind production tax credit. •10 a.m. — National Association of Manufacturers: to discuss accelerated...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Health Organizations, American Cancer Society, Politics, Republican Party
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Dec 11, 2012
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Mar 4, 2013
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Jan 10, 2013
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Jan 15, 2013
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Nov 15, 2012
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Mar 24, 2013
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