The Truth-O-Meter Says: “If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes.” Paul Krugman on Sunday, November 29th, 2009 in ABC’s ‘This Week with George Stephanopoulos’ With President Barack Obama scheduled to make a speech on Dec. [...]
Archive for December 1st, 2009
1 Dec
Fine Print
By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Democratic Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin is proposing a “temporary Afghanistan war surtax.” (Lawrence Jackson/associated Press Who is going to pay for the $30 billion or more to be added to the cost of the Afghan war based on what President Obama discusses [...]
1 Dec
An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore
November 30th, 2009 3:44 AM Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will [...]
1 Dec
CBO: 600,000 to 1.6 Million Employed by Stimulus
By Joseph B. White at joseph.white@wsj.com The Congressional Budget Office late Monday said it estimates that the federal stimulus package sustained between 600,000 and 1.6 million jobs in the third quarter, and raised gross domestic product by 1.2 to 3.2 percentage points higher than it would have been without the program. The CBO said the [...]
1 Dec
Senate health bill gets a boost
Measure wouldn’t increase insurance costs for most, CBO says CBO: Senate health plan will increase some premiums — Premiums would increase in the individual market, but purchasers would get better coverage than under current law. By Lori Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 1, 2009 As the Senate opened debate Monday on a landmark [...]
1 Dec
34,000 troops will be sent to Afghanistan
OBAMA DETAILS PLAN FOR ALLIES Other nations to be asked for more forces By Karen DeYoung and Scott Wilson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 1, 2009 President Obama will outline Tuesday his intention to send an additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials and diplomatic sources briefed Monday as Obama began [...]
