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The Middle Class And Its Entitlements

Arnold Hamilton - September 27, 2011 0

BY FROMA HARROP To what are Americans entitled? Government-guaranteed health coverage in old age? Government-guaranteed health coverage at any age? Subsidized housing if they’re low income? Subsidized food? Subsidies for growing wheat but not making shoes? Subsidies for homeowning? Answer these questions, and we may end the budget deficit crisis. The reluctance to properly label […]

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Class Warfare

Arnold Hamilton - September 27, 2011 1

BY SHARON MARTIN In 2004, during another debate about taxes and jobs, Gary Burtles, a labor economist with the Brookings Institution, pointed out that total...

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Lies And Damned Lies

Arnold Hamilton - September 23, 2011 1

BY SHARON MARTIN The College Board reported this week that SAT scores for graduating high school seniors had reached the lowest point in four decades....

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The Housing Bust Has A Good Side

Arnold Hamilton - September 22, 2011 0

BY FROMA HARROP Anyone who has seen a friend kick an addiction – be it to alcohol, drugs or cigarettes – knows the extreme discomfort and force of will required. America has long suffered repeated bouts of binging on real estate. The booms inevitably trigger busts, one of which we’re now in deep. But there […]

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Real Change

Arnold Hamilton - September 22, 2011 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH Believe me, I know. I hear it every day. You had such high hopes for Barack Obama. For once, maybe the first time in years, you cared. You dared to believe. You really thought he could do it. And now you are so disappointed. You feel betrayed. Were you such a fool? […]