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How much of the national debt was carried over from the Bush Amdinistration?

18 hours ago ago from Tax Lawyer NYC | Tax Lawyer New York

Bush took office 9 years ago with a financial surplus left by Clinton. In the eight years Bush was president our national debt went up almost three times what is was when he took office. The Obama administration is now showing the greatest national debt in our history. That debt includes a great amount of debt left by Bush - anyone have any idea where a person can find out what the national debt was on 1 January 2009? Technorati ...

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The Audacity of Debt

19 hours ago ago from GLOBAL AWARENESS 101 - Let your VOICE be heard and get involved. OUR future depends on it!

The Wall Street Journal The Audacity of Debt written by Opinion Editorial Wednesday December 16, 2009 At least someone in America isn't feeling a credit squeeze: Uncle Sam. This week Congress will vote to raise the national debt ceiling by nearly $2 trillion, to a total of $14 trillion. In this economy, everyone de-leverages except government. It's a sign of how deep the fiscal pathologies run in this ...

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Wildrose Alliance must support Alberta’s court challenge over federal move to create a national securities regulator

19 hours ago ago from The Shotgun

The Wildrose Alliance has a policy to “ cut red tape and the regulatory burden by 1/3 from 2009 levels .” That sounds great. So does the party’s policy to “ support social responsibility within the framework of a free enterprise economic system and promote compassionate service, volunteerism, individual responsibility and care for those unable to care for themselves .” But creating good policy at policy conventions is the easy part. ...

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Emiratis to get 70% pay rise

18 hours ago ago from fxcm india

UAE nationals who work in the federal government will be given a 70% pay rise on their basic salary, the National has reported. The pay increases also apply to emiratis working at schools and Ministry of Health-run hospitals, or other bodies which come under the control of the federal government. The pay rises do not apply to expatriates working in the same roles.

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Harry Reid – Health Care Bill

21 hours ago ago from Inthon

Bloomberg provides a telling example of what is wrong in DC.  Senate’s Health-Care Legislation Poised for Passage Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to win final passage by Dec. 24 now that he secured the vote of his party’s last holdout, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson. He finally struck a deal that satisfied his demand to keep U.S. subsidies from being used for abortion and won an agreement for more aid to help Nebraska provide ...

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