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California officials split on how to divvy up $500 million in clean-energy funds
The Sacramento BeeThe fight over Proposition 39 didn't end at the ballot box. Six months after voters overwhelmingly approved a change in the corporate tax code that's expected to net the state an additional $1 billion in revenue for five years, lawmakers are wrangling...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Aid, Nancy Skinner, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Signs of grown-ups in charge
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. Barack Obama used a recess...
Tags: Jeb Hensarling, Economy, Business and Finance, Harry Reid, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Automotive Equipment
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Column: Signs of grown-ups in charge
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. President Barack Obama used a recess...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Jeb Hensarling, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Harry Reid, Automotive Equipment
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Commentary: Government is reason for high tuition, not solution
This is in response to the Feb. 21 letter to the H.B. Independent ("Affordability is essential to higher education") in which two well-meaning Cal State Long Beach students suggest President Barack Obama intervene to lower college costs. In the...Tags: National Government, Students, Medicaid, Teaching and Learning, Government
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Tell us again, Mr. Obama, what's so bad about the sequester?
Maryland students have some questions for President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin regarding sequester cuts. Why is it bad government policy to reduce the national debt by $1.2 trillion that students will have to repay in their adult years? Why...
Tags: National Government, Career and Workplace, United States Naval Academy, Government, Barack Obama
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From the Right: Let Americans star making America better
If you were one of the 33 million Americans that watched at least part of the State of the Union address, you were unlikely to have been surprised at what you heard. The speech was all that we have come to expect of this president. More flowery words,...
Tags: Science and Technology, State of the Union Address, Robin Hood
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Column: Why we're near the cliff
If you have worked hard for five decades, made pots of money and now want to squander it all in Las Vegas on wine, women and baccarat, go ahead. If, however, you harbor the anti-social desire — stigmatized as such by America’s judgmental tax...Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Business, The Washington Post, U.S. Congress
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Let the real fat cats pay their fair share
Victor Davis HansonWho exactly were the rich who, as the president said, were not "paying their fair share"? The rapper Jay-Z (net worth: nearly $500 million)? The actor Johnny Depp (2011 income: $50 million)? Neither seems to have heard the president's earlier warning...Tags: Susan Rice, Fannie Mae, Taxation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Steven Spielberg
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Two ways to stimulate the economy: Give government our tax dollars to spend its way — on bridges, unions, Solyndra — or let us keep those tax dollars and spend them the way we want. Did the first work? Having been raised in communism makes...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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The case against re-election
WASHINGTON — There are two ways to run against President Barack Obama: stewardship or ideology. You can run against his record or you can run against his ideas. The stewardship case is pretty straightforward: the worst recovery in U.S. history,...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Mitt Romney
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Stearns’ defeat will shake up Florida congressional delegation
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Florida Congressman Cliff Stearns conceded defeat on Wednesday after a very close primary election — a big surprise sure to shake up the state’s congressional delegation. His departure... -
The Bain of Romney's candidacy
Newark Mayor Cory Booker was wrong and President Barack Obama is right: Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital deserves closer scrutiny by voters. Whether a brief television ad accomplishes this is another matter. Presidential campaigns are seldom pretty....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Bain Capital, LLC, Mitt Romney, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama
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Feb 18, 2013
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Dec 12, 2012
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Dec 13, 2012
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Nov 24, 2012
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Aug 13, 2012
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Aug 15, 2012
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May 22, 2012
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