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Late Night: Jon Stewart clarifies his support for 'socialism'
Show TrackerAccording to Jon Stewart, "A socialist is someone who wants to spend government money on things you don’t like."... -
Healthcare history: How the patchwork coverage came to be
Workers swarmed through Henry J. Kaiser's Richmond, Calif., shipyard in World War II, building 747 ships for the Navy. The war "had siphoned off the most hardy specimens," a newspaper reported, so Kaiser was left with many workers too young, old or infirm...Tags: Parties and Movements, Career and Workplace, Democratic Party, John Breaux, Manufacturing and Engineering
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McManus: Time for a presidential campaign experiment
We got our first real glimpse this week of how President Obama and his now-almost-certain Republican rival, Mitt Romney, intend to wage their campaigns in the lead-up to the general election. In a speech Tuesday, Obama painted Romney as an out-of-touch...
Tags: Politics, George W. Bush, Social Sciences, Culture, FBI
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Read the full text of Obama's speech on the GOP budget
The following is a transcript of President Obama's politically-charged remarks Tuesday afternoon at an Associated Press luncheon framing the general election campaign, as released by the White House. Obama: "Thank you very much. (Applause.) Please have...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Diseases and Illnesses, Religion and Belief, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon
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John Boehner: Obama's State of the Union message 'pathetic'
House Speaker John A. Boehner called President Obama's upcoming State of the Union speech "pathetic" for rehashing stale Democratic priorities, even as Republicansare doubling-down on their own policy agenda that found little traction outside the GOP-...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Democratic Party, John Boehner, U.S. Senate
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Obama threatens payroll tax veto over Keystone provision
President Obama has vowed to veto a GOP proposal that would attach the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project to his proposal for a payroll tax cut for working Americans. Obama's opposition Wednesday essentially thwarts House Speaker John A. Boehner'...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Career and Workplace, Democratic Party, White House
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House approves payroll tax cut extension, with strings attached
A payroll tax cut package engineered by House Speaker John A. Boehner was overwhelmingly approved by Republicans despite a veto threat from President Obama, escalating a year-end showdown over extending the benefit for 160 million American workers....Tags: Parties and Movements, Jason Chaffetz, Politics, Career and Workplace, Democratic Party
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Scam watch: Discount electronics, holiday cons, telemarketers
Money & CompanyHere is a roundup of alleged cons, frauds and schemes to watch out for. Discount electronics -– Consumers should be careful when shopping for electronics on the Internet during the holidays, the Better Business Bureau said. Some shady people have...... -
Government: The wrong criticisms of the Senate's payroll tax bill
Opinion L.A.This post has been updated, as indicated below. After The Times' editorial board blasted the House Republican majority for rejecting the Senate's bipartisan payroll-tax compromise, several readers argued that a) the Senate's two-month extension was bad... -
How Congress can save Social Security [The reply]
Opinion L.A.Several readers have commented in recent days on the proposal to eliminate or raise the payroll cap as one means of assuring the long-term viability of Social Security. After my Op-Ed, "The golden trade-off," was put to bed, I came......
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