Arhive etichete: Medicare

Associated Press – Obama: Chance for ‘something big’ to calm economy

prin pe 15 iulie 2011 în Economie globala


WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Friday Congress has a „unique opportunity to do something big” and stabilize the U.S. economy for decades by cutting deficits even as it raises the national debt limit ahead of a critical Aug. 2 deadline. He said was willing to make tough decisions himself, including trimming Medicare benefits for […]

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E.L. Glaeser: A Time for Radical Centrists

prin pe 29 aprilie 2011 în Economie


It has been a bad decade for the gross federal debt, which has ballooned to 93.2 percent of gross domestic product in 2010 from 56.4 percent in 2001. Wars and recession have taken their toll, and last week Standard & Poor’s warned that the United States was in danger of losing its AAA rating. Is […]

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