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Unemployment: How the Lazy Are Hurting the Needy
Tweet Share on Facebook April 3, 2012 Comment (29)Get ready for an attack on the unemployed.
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Why Businesses Are Finally Starting to Hire
Tweet Share on Facebook April 2, 2012 CommentLike many companies, Gray Construction spent the last few years laying off workers and sweating over the future. But lately, the Lexington, Ky.-based industrial construction firm has seen concrete signs of a lasting recovery. "I like the next 12, 18, 24 months," says CEO Stephen Gray. "I see continuing opportunity. That gives me the confidence to maybe take a few risks."
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Why Big Oil Should Give Up Its Tax Breaks
Tweet Share on Facebook March 29, 2012 Comment (9)There's some kind of help you don't really want.
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Why Retirees Should Stop Blaming the Federal Reserve
Tweet Share on Facebook March 29, 2012 Comment (6)If the fire department saved your house from burning down, would you complain that the firefighters got your carpets dirty?
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The Folly of "Free Market" Healthcare Reform
Tweet Share on Facebook March 28, 2012 Comment (11)The purpose of the Supreme Court hearings on President Obama's health reform law is to determine whether a key provision, the individual mandate, is constitutional. But the case may end up demonstrating something else: That there is no "free market" solution that will extend coverage to millions of uninsured people and get skyrocketing costs under control.
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What Obama Can Learn From the Supreme Court Healthcare Challenge
Tweet Share on Facebook March 28, 2012 Comment (6)President Barack Obama has had little to say about the Supreme Court deliberations over his landmark healthcare reform law. Maybe he's been busy catching up on old episodes of Mad Men. Maybe he's been stewing about his NCAA basketball bracket going bust.
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What Would Happen if Obama's Healthcare Law Were Repealed
Tweet Share on Facebook March 26, 2012 Comment (33)If the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate in President Obama's health care law, it could be the loose thread that unravels the whole ball of string.
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The Real Reason Obamacare Scares People
Tweet Share on Facebook March 23, 2012 Comment (14)Sometimes the weatherman predicts a big storm that never materializes.
Politicians do the same thing, and right now many of them are warning that President Obama's 2010 healthcare reform law is about to come slamming into the nation like a once-a-century hurricane. Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney calls the law "an unfolding disaster for the American economy." His fellow candidate Rick Santorum routinely tells audiences that Obamacare "is the beginning of the end of freedom in America." Board up the windows. Hurry to the basement.
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How the Olympics Will Cost London
Tweet Share on Facebook March 22, 2012 CommentThe Olympic Games have a rich history, but so does the controversy over cost. More often than not, the host city gets stuck with unanticipated bills and hulking, underused structures that quickly lose their Olympic grandeur.
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How a War With Iran Would Cause $7 Gas
Tweet Share on Facebook March 21, 2012 Comment (11)If gas prices are still close to $4 per gallon when Election Day rolls around, President Obama will face tough political odds. But Obama—or his successor—could end up with a far worse problem than that in the not-too-distant future.
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Rick Newman
The global economy is mysterious, even scary. Chief Business Correspondent Rick Newman demystifies it and explains what matters to you. Rick is the author of Rebounders: How Winners Pivot from Setback to Success and the co-author of two other books: Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11, and Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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