In an effort to boost worker skills to better match the needs of employers, President Barack Obama today unveiled Skills For America’s Future, a new initiative to increase workforce development, worker training and job placemen…
After countless angry political speeches and the threat of economic collapse, the government’s $700 billion bailout of banks, insurance companies and auto companies draws to a close Sunday – and it will likely cost only a fraction of what was expected….
The Senate will not vote on extending any of the Bush-era tax cuts until after the November election.
“Democrats believe we must permanently extend tax cuts for the middle-class before they expire at the end of the year, and we will,” Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in an e-mail, Reuters reported.
“Unfortunately, to this point we have received no…
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In theory, the role of the director of the White House National Economic Council is to present the president with an unbiased range of economic opinions. Larry Summers didn’t do that — he promoted his own views instead. But wh…
According to a Pew Research Center poll, 40% of Americans believe that the expiration of tax cuts for the wealthy would hurt the economy, while only 26% think it would help.
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