2|03/05/2001|02:35:12|Skinner|Topic%3A Economy%2FBudget%2FTaxes|Discuss economic issues here.||17|0|5
5|02/01/2001|17:55:30|Skinner|Bigger Surplus Estimate Could Boost Bush Tax Plan|Bigger Surplus Estimate Could Boost Bush Tax Plan%0D%0A %0D%0ABy Glenn Kessler%0D%0AWashington Post%2C Wednesday%2C January 31%2C 2001%3B Page A01 %0D||2|0|1
9|02/08/2001|14:01:54|ICON|DEMOCRATS MUST OVER-REPORT THEIR INCOMES|The REPUBLICAN PARTY will likely be successful in IMPOSING a LOATHSOME INCOME TAX REDUCTION on all TAX PAYING AMERICANS including FAIRMINDED Democrats||7|0|0|
11|02/12/2001|20:40:39|Crewleader|Florida State Workers Fear For Jobs%21|TALLAHASSEE- In Tallahassee%2C we can rarely claim to be on the cutting edge of the state%27s political thought.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis a company town%2C aft||2||1
14|03/05/2001|07:30:36|Crewleader|Jeb plans to revamp work force|UNION blasts governor%27s proposal to boost employee productivity%0D%0A%0D%0AAssociated Press%0D%0A%0D%0ATALLAHASSEE-Saying he wants state workers to ||15||2
13|02/27/2001|18:02:14|dbaer|Fill out this boycott petition. http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boycott-republicans.com|Hello %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m enclosing the boycott petition of Republican Contributors here in this message. Send this petition to 10 friends%2C family mem||4||0
10|02/24/2001|18:59:17|reno|Cut taxes where they count the most|I think the whole g dubya tax cut for the wealthy is very wrong. Instead of giving 40%25 of 1.6 TRILLION to 1%25 of the population%2C why don%27t we c||8||5
12|02/17/2001|13:52:53|Enchanted|Re%3A New POSTer child %28LOL%29...........one of the many DisEnchanted|Thank you for providing this Forum%2C for those of us who believe in %22Life%2C Liberty %26 the Pursuit of Happiness%22. As a Progressive Liberal I am||2||0
1|03/05/2001|15:21:02|Skinner|U.S. economy hits the brakes|U.S. economy hits the brakes %0D%0A %0D%0AFourth quarter GDP growth is weakest in more than 5 years %0D%0A %0D%0AASSOCIATED PRESS %0D%0A %0D%0AWASHING||13|0|9
15|03/03/2001|16:47:57|Skinner|House Panel Approves Key Part of Bush Tax Cut Plan|House Panel Approves Key Part of Bush Tax Cut Plan%0D%0ARate Reduction on Income Would Be Retroactive%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Glenn Kessler%0D%0AWashington Post||17||1
16|03/02/2001|03:23:02|Crewleader|Economy in slowest growth since 1995%21|Associated Press%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINTON- The economy marked its weakest performance in more than five years in the final three months of 2000%2C growing||22||2
18|03/08/2001|17:16:43|jamesc3|New Democratic website%2C DemocraticNews.org|This site is mainly for Floridians and links people to Florida Democratic websites for clubs%2C officials%2C etc.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt also provides a daily ||2||0
7|03/09/2001|16:00:57|pepperbox|national debt|I was talking to demsunite in another thread about the tax cut.%0D%0AWhats our debt up to now. anyone know%3F%0D%0AMy point was that I wanted my tax s||24|0|6
19|03/11/2001|01:46:28|whyzayker|Bush-O-Nomics made simple|Y%27know economics as a topic can be a real sleeper. But after reading and listening I think I%27ve got the %22logic%22 behind the Bush tax cut scheme||22||1|
21|03/13/2001|14:52:48|bill1x1|Motorola to cut 7%2C000 more jobs |Motorola to cut 7%2C000 more jobs %0D%0A%0D%0A Mike Zafirovski %28Tribune photo by Jim Robinson%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A %0D%0A %0D%0ABy Dave Carpenter ||14||2
20|03/16/2001|01:14:38|elad|Screwed|Hey everyone%2C thought I would share what recently happened to me.  Gunna go into a rant here.%0D%0A%0D%0ASince I was a kid I was fascinated with com||89||12
28|03/15/2001|18:07:17|bill1x1|Compaq Lowers Outlook%2C to Cut 5%2C000 Jobs |Compaq Lowers Outlook%2C to Cut 5%2C000 Jobs %0D%0A%0D%0AHOUSTON %28Reuters%29 - Compaq Computer Corp. %28NYSE%3ACPQ - news%29 on Thursday warned its ||5||0
27|03/14/2001|22:56:06|Skywalk669|Greenspan should Step Up%21%21|Alan Greenspan has done a wonderful job these past 8 years%2C working with Clinton.  The economy boomed.  Unemployment is very low.  The interest rate||8||0
26|03/14/2001|22:44:22|IndianaGreen|Bush blocks unions|Bush blocks unions%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Fred Gaboury  %28courtesy PWW%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIn another election pay-off%2C President George W. Bush blocked a threate||7||0
25|03/14/2001|22:24:04|bill1x1|Senate To Vote on Bankruptcy Bill |Senate To Vote on Bankruptcy Bill %0D%0A%0D%0ABy MARCY GORDON%2C AP Business Writer %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - After defeating Democratic attem||5||0
23|03/14/2001|12:12:51|bill1x1|Global Stocks Bloodied%2C Bonds Surge |Global Stocks Bloodied%2C Bonds Surge %0D%0A%0D%0ABy Jack Reerink%0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK %28Reuters%29 - Stock markets around the world fell on Wednesday||5||0
22|03/13/2001|20:42:37|albiearthur|Taxes|I can%27t believe how unfare Bushes tax cut are.  Those stinking wealthy guys making more than %2450%2C000 do%27nt deserve no tax break%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A||12||1
29|03/16/2001|14:23:07|elad|Mexico example for U.S.|Our friends to the south actually get it better than we do.  In the article linked below%2C it%27s told how Mexico City is dropping Microsoft %28big b||16||0
30|03/20/2001|00:37:44|Skywalk669|Analysis of Bush Budget|I need a little help.  I work for a not for profit youth agency that gets most of its funds from the federal gov%27t.  I%27m trying to analyze how muc||8||0
8|03/20/2001|00:50:08|pepperbox|What income do you consider rich%3F|Ya know%2C%0D%0AI%27ve been a registered democrat for about 15 years now. Ever since I started voting. I%27m always hearing about the rich and the poo||41|0|7|
31|03/25/2001|03:37:57|elad|Facts behind shrub tax cut|Ok%2C in the beginning%2C the sales pitch was %22we have this huge surplus%2C it should go back to the people%22.  Now%2C the economy sucks.  The Dow ||1||0|
32|03/26/2001|16:07:31|Crewleader|Pain For Workers%2C Gain For Rich-|The Bush Adminstration%27s campaign claims of compassionate conservatism and bipartisan spirit were laid to rest last week as Congress%2C with the ful||0||0
35|04/13/2001|00:26:12|IndianaGreen|LTV Corp will seek cuts in benefits|This story was printed on 4%2F12%2F01 in www.thetimesonline.com%0D%0A %0D%0ALTV will seek cuts in benefits%0D%0A %0D%0ARestructuring plan will likely ||0||0
38|04/24/2001|23:00:24|Yukon|VOODOO ECONOMICS - One more try %21%21%21%21%21%21|Junior Bush plans to make the biggest tax cut in the history of the USA and greatly increase defense spending.%0D%0AThat is what Senior Bush called %2||0||4
40|04/26/2001|22:30:17|IndianaGreen|Steelworkers - Steel industry|This story appeared on Wednesday%2C April 25%2C 2001 in www.thetimesonline.com%0D%0A %0D%0ASteelworkers%2C companies search for common ground%0D%0A %0||0||4
4|04/30/2001|12:13:09|Skinner|Bush calls for quick tax cut bill |Bush calls for quick tax cut bill %0D%0A   %0D%0ASurplus estimates offer boost to president%92s proposals     President Bush and Treasury Secretary Pa||16|0|19
43|05/03/2001|23:57:02|IndianaGreen|HR-1564%3A Rebuilding U.S. infrastructure |HR-1564%3A Rebuilding U.S. infrastructure %0D%0A%0D%0ABy Wally Kaufman%0D%0APeople%27s Weekly World%0D%0A%0D%0AHR-1564 is the %22most significant piec||0||2
41|06/06/2001|19:59:47|jerryfisher|Will giving the upper 1%25 create a better economy%3F|When did we have the most economic %28GNP%29 growth%3F  Job creation%3F  Investment%3F etc. When we lowered taxes on the upper 1-%25 in the early 80%2||0||7
34|06/05/2001|18:45:32|IndianaGreen|If you get laid off%2C you%27ll be SOL|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsws.org%2Farticles%2F2001%2Fapr2001%2Funem-a02.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0AThe shredding of the US %22safety net%22%3A most laid off workers de||0||12
51|06/05/2001|11:49:43|JM|The truth about the %22recession%22|Americans as a whole have been duped. Duped by the GOP%2C the media%2C their lack of education about their own economy%2C their failure to learn from ||0||13
50|05/28/2001|16:16:13|IndianaGreen|The Big Lie|The Big Lie%0D%0A%0D%0ABy PAUL KRUGMAN%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F05%2F27%2Fopinion%2F27KRUG.html%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt%3A%0D%0ABut||0||1
49|05/25/2001|19:35:25|IndianaGreen|Thomson Consumer closing Pennsylvania plant|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsday.com%2Fap%2Fbusiness%2Fap918.htm%0D%0A%0D%0AThomson Consumer Closing Plant%0D%0A%0D%0ADUNMORE%2C Pa. %28AP%29 -- Thomson Consu||0||0
46|05/20/2001|11:30:47|IndianaGreen|The budget%2Ftax wars%3A Bush wins again|The budget%2Ftax wars%3A Bush wins again%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Fred Gaboury %0D%0A%0D%0APeople%27s Weekly World %0D%0A%0D%0APresident George W. Bush won anoth||0||1
42|05/18/2001|03:13:28|IndianaGreen|Workers Struggles%3A The Americas%2C 1 May 2001|Workers Struggles%3A The Americas%0D%0A1 May 2001%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsws.org%2Farticles%2F2001%2Fmay2001%2Flab-m01.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0ALatin Am||0||0
33|05/18/2001|01:37:32|IndianaGreen|More job cuts in Indiana|Thank you Dubya%2C you sorry ass%2C for giving us more of the same crap Poppy gave us 9 years ago.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.starnews.com%2Fbusiness||0||0
44|05/15/2001|20:09:30|Festivito|U.S. pay HIGHER taxes than Europe%3F|Trying to compare apples to apples as applied to %22taxes%22 when comparing U.S. versus Sweden%2C I found%2C years ago that the rates were similar%2C ||0||22
45|06/08/2001|23:05:32|IndianaGreen|What%27s a living wage%3F |What%27s a living wage%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ABy Fred Gaboury %0D%0A%0D%0APeople%27s Weekly World %0D%0A%0D%0ALiving wage ordinances%2C providing wages that r||0||23
24|06/09/2001|19:16:29|IndianaGreen|12 million American children live in poverty|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsws.org%2Farticles%2F2001%2Fmar2001%2Fpov-m14_prn.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0AUS has highest childhood poverty rate of industrialized countries||4||6
53|06/10/2001|14:25:27|geniph|US will continue to allow tax shelters|Complete article%3A  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motherjones.com%2Fweb_exclusives%2Ffeatures%2Fnews%2Ftax_haven.html%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ASheltering Tax Shelters The Bush administration is pulling out of a campaign to crack down on international tax||0||0
36|06/10/2001|18:22:37|IndianaGreen|Violations of Mexican Labor Rights|For immediate release April 8%2C 2001 %0D%0A %0D%0AU.S. Government Report Addresses Violations of Mexican Labor Rights%3A Coalition Applauds NAO Repor||0||2
56|06/18/2001|13:44:16|elad|%24100%2C000 salary in 2000%2C homeless shelter in 2001|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2Ftech%2Fwire%2F2001%2F06%2F15%2Fnew_homeless%2Findex.html%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Underneath%2C the chilly grey November%0D%0Asky... We can make believe that Kennedy%0D%0Ais still alive... We%27re shooting for the%0D%0Amoon||0||2
37|06/12/2001|19:25:27|IndianaGreen|NAFTA is a failure%21|NAFTA Labor Accord Ineffective%0D%0AFuture Trade Pacts Must Avoid Pitfalls %0D%0A%0D%0A%28New York%2C April 16%2C 2001%29 Mexico%2C the United States%||0||24
54|06/20/2001|12:24:01|IndianaGreen|If You Eat%2C You%27re Involved in Agriculture|If You Eat%2C You%27re Involved in Agriculture%3A Report from the Rural and Farm Committee%0D%0A%0D%0ATim Wheeler%2C Editor of The People%27s Weekly World %0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt%3A%0D%0ANowhere in the world has the forced removal of the rural population||0||2
61|06/30/2001|09:28:23|IndianaGreen|Budget Surplus Could Dwindle%2C Bush Aide Says|June 30%2C 2001%0D%0ABudget Surplus Could Dwindle%2C Bush Aide Says%0D%0ABy RICHARD W. STEVENSON%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON%2C June 29 %97 The Bush administration raised the possibility today that the slowing economy could drive the federal budget surplus down this year by more than the government had previously estimated. Democrats said such a shortfall could create a budget deficit by their definition.%0D%0A%0D%0ALawrence B. Lindsey%2C the director of the White House%27s National Economic Council%2C said a rough formula long used by economists suggested that tax revenues could fall about %2456 billion short of the %242 trillion the government expected to take in during the fiscal year that ends on Sept. 30.%0D%0A%0D%0AShould the shortfall be that big%2C the government would still run a substantial surplus this year %97 in the range of %24200 billion%2C if excess revenues from Social Securit||0||0
64|07/04/2001|01:04:26|dusty64|Regime forces Director to resign|Does anyone have any dirt on this guy%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ABush to Nominate Banker for Agency %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AAP Business Writer%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A     WASHINGTON--President Bush will nominate California banker James Gilleran as director of the Office of Thrift Supervision%2C White House officials announced Tuesday. The current director agreed to resign but lodged an objection first. %0D%0A     The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. Gilleran would replace Ellen Seidman%2C who was appointed by former President Clinton%2C and would fill the remainder of a five-year term that expires in October 2002. %0D%0A     Bush had asked Seidman to resign%2C and she responded in a letter that she was acceding to his request reluctantly. She also expressed concern that cutting her term short %22calls into serious question%22 the independence of the thrift agency. %0D%0A     %22Ignoring the five-ye||0||1
63|07/03/2001|04:32:48|elad|Surplus not as large as expected%21|And now that shrub%27s given it away to the rich%2C guess what happens%3F  Bye-bye social security and medicare%21  Great job you republican idiots %28and yeah that includes all you idiots who voted for him cuz you thought he%27d help you get a tax cut%29.  Don%27t call me when your grandma can%27t get prescription drugs%2C don%27t call me when you lose your damn job%2C and don%27t call me when you realize you%27ve been paying thousands of dollars into a bottomless hole called social security%2C when that time comes%2C remember - at least you have a %24300 check that you hafta payback in a couple years%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2001%2FALLPOLITICS%2F07%2F01%2Fbudget.projection%2Findex.html%0D%0A%0D%0ADems%2C GOP clash over forecast for lower surplus%0D%0A%0D%0AJuly 1%2C 2001 Posted%3A 8%3A18 PM EDT %280018 GMT%29%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28CNN%29 -- In the wake of a smalle||0||4
65|07/04/2001|15:06:43|remfan|FTAA draft released|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ftaa-alca.org%2F%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 -- A draft negotiating text for an agreement to create a hemisphere-wide free trade zone is drawing heavy criticism from opponents who contend it confirms their worst fears about the damage the trade pact would do to the environment and labor rights.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe 434-page draft of the agreement was posted Wednesday on the Web site of the Free Trade Area of the Americas secretariat.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn a statement%2C U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick called the release of the negotiating text an %27%27unprecedented effort to make international trade and its economic and social benefits understandable to the public.%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush and leaders of the 33 other nations involved in the negotiations had pledged at an April summit meeting in Quebec to make the negotiating document public after thousands of anti||0||0
55|07/04/2001|14:59:12|Crewleader|California%27s Economy Passes France................|Los Angles%2C California has leapfrogged past France%2C becoming the world%27s fifth-largest ecomony........here%27s the link%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A http%3A%2F%2Fwire.ap.org%2F%3FFRONTID%2BHOME%26SITE%3DFLROC%26enter%3DGO %0D%0A%0D%0AIt reads%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AC||0||5
66|07/07/2001|04:26:58|elad|AOL Time Warner update|http%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Farticles%2F01%2F07%2F05%2F036229.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0AAOL Picks Cable ISP Partners%0D%0A%5BAmerica Online%5D Posted by michael on Thursday July 05%2C %4008%3A30AM%0D%0Afrom the oligopoly dept.%0D%0AYou may recall that when AOL and Time-Warner were permitted to merge%2C a few conditions were placed by the FTC. One of them is that AOL must permit a few other ISPs to offer service over all of the cable modems owned by Time-Warner. AOL lied to the regulators and said that %22technical difficulties%22 prevented them from permitting open competition among any ISP that wanted to offer service%3B instead AOL will carefully choose a grand total of three other ISPs to offer service. Well%2C they%27ve put in the paperwork - Earthlink%2C Juno%2C and High Speed Access Corporation . AOL is of course the nation%27s largest ISP%3B Earthlink is second%3B Juno is third%3B HSA is an||0||3
67|07/06/2001|19:36:10|farmboxer|www.aolsucks.com|This is a real site and has a lot of interesting information. Try it%2C it really exists%21%21%21||0||1
68|07/09/2001|10:52:27|Thankfully_in_Britain|Mergers%2C aquisitions and globalisation. |As you may well be aware%2C the European Commission has blocked the %2445bn deal between US firms General Electric %28GE%29 and Honeywell. %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fhi%2Fenglish%2Fbusiness%2Fnewsid_1420000%2F1420398.stm%0D%0A%0D%0ANow this does seem a little bit unfair of the EU since this is a merger between two US firms. However%2C the US has done the same thing to European firms and the legal situation regarding big global mergers like this is a mess%2C with all maner of different governments being involved. %0D%0A%0D%0ATherefore you might think that it would be a good idea to get the EU and America into the same room in order to come up with a treaty that sets the rules on this sort of thing. However%2C the EU parliament has just voted no to that idea. %3A-%28%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.ft.com%2Fft%2Fgx.cgi%2Fftc%3Fpagename%3DView%26c%3DArticle%26cid%3DFT3YQ88IROC%2||0||2
62|07/07/2001|21:19:10|buddhamama|CEO Pay is Outrageous and It%27s Undemocratic|by Douglas Mattern%0D%0APublished on Saturday%2C June 30%2C 2001 %0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fviews01%2F0630-04.htm%0D%0A%0D%0A%28excerpt%29%0D%0AA recent report by the New York Times found that as stock prices are falling%2C CEO pay continues to rise with the average CEO of a major corporation receiving a record-breaking %2420 million in 2000. On the other hand%2C the typical hourly worker received a 3 percent increase last year%2C and salaried employees received about 4 percent. %0D%0ABusiness Week reports that the disparity between the %93shop floor and the executive suite%94 is at an all-time high. In 1980%2C CEOs made 42 times the average blue-collar worker. By 1990%2C this disparity rose to 85 times%2C and by the year 2000 the disparity between worker and CEO climbed to 531 times as much. %0D%0A%0D%0AA report by the San Francisco Chronicle in June of this year found th||0||8
52|07/07/2001|06:15:02|IndianaGreen|Disney-owned ABC airing anti-living wage program|ABC%27s 20%2F20 aired a segment on the Santa Monica living wage campaign. We have been told by the producer that John Stossel%2C the correspondent%2C takes an anti-living wage position. ABC is owned by Disney which pays 27 cents an hour to Haitians t||2||46
70|07/09/2001|15:27:55|coralsea|Wiley%27s Non-Sequitur|Can%27t think of a logical forum in which to place this...%0D%0A%0D%0ACheck out this comic%3A  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.non-sequitur.com%2Findex.php3%3Finmonth%3D7%26inday%3D8%26inyear%3D2001%26x%3D34%26y%3D14%0D%0A%0D%0AThat guy%27s biting satire is a kick.  A few months back he did a series replaying the entire Chad War debacle. I don%27t recall which dates%2C specifically%3B I seem to remember it spread out over several months%27 worth of Sundays earlier this year..%0D%0A%0D%0A----------------------------------------%0D%0A%3Ahippie%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AToday%27s GOP%3A Busy building that Bridge to the 16th Century. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Liberals are fearless%2C confident of humanity%2C outgoing and optimistic%2C %0D%0Abecause they believe most people are pretty much like themselves. %0D%0A%0D%0AConservatives are fearful%2C mistrusting%2C angry%2C bitter and afraid because they%2C too%2C  believe most||0||0
139|09/01/2001|10:00:23|SoCalDem|%22Sloooooow Boat to %22Recovery%22.....%28sinking ship%3F%3F%29|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fbush%2Fstory%2F0%2C7369%2C544198%2C00.html%0D%0ABush warns of slow boat to recovery %0D%0A%0D%0ASpecial report%3A George Bush%27s America%0D%0A%0D%0ASpecial report%3A global recession %0D%0A%0D%0AJane Martinson in New York and Charlotte Denny%0D%0AThursday August 30%2C 2001%0D%0AThe Guardian %0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush warned yesterday that a US recovery would be %22slow in coming%22 after new figures showed economic growth at its lowest rate for eight years. %0D%0A%0D%0AOutput in the second quarter grew at an annualised rate of 0.2%25%2C the weakest performance since the first three months of 1993 as businesses slashed inventories and investment spending in an attempt to restore profitability. %0D%0A%0D%0AAlthough the world%27s largest economy narrowly avoided slipping into a recession during the quarter%2C the latest picture is far gloomier than the Com||0||13
138|08/30/2001|17:05:56|Starpass|Labor News|CNN Headline News today reported the terrible impact this economy is having on America%27s labor force and released a new study on the situation.  Today%2C only 13.5%25 of the workforce is unionized%2C the worst levels in 60 years. %28Note%3A could this account for the loss of labor%27s influence on Capitol Hill%3F%3F  Could this contribute to the troubles labor is suffering%3F%3F%29.  On the other hand%2Cin polling laborers%2C 68%25 feel they need to have a lot more representation against what corporations are doing to them - 14%25 said they didn%27t need the representation.  %0D%0A%0D%0AI stood with hands out%2C palms out%2C eyes to heaven%2C and said%2C %22talk about not seeing the trees for the forest%21%22.  In the last election%2C unions were only able to get 50-60%25 of their members to vote democratic because of issues like %22guns%22---and what percent of the vast%2C non-unioniz||0||2
137|08/30/2001|19:02:48|radston53|SS Net DEFICIT of 10 TRILLION%2C per CNN|This CNN transcript of Inside Politics is finally up%2C so I can post it.  Despite the GOP slanted spin%2C CNN ADMITS that SS is actually in NET DEFICIT to the tune of a whopping 10 TRILLION dollars.  Wonder why no one%27s emphasizing that fact%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ATranscript excerpt%3A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2FTRANSCRIPTS%2F0108%2F28%2Fip.00.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%7BWOODRUFF%7D%3A %22Brooks%2C we%27ve been listening to a debate over just how big a deal it is that the Social Security trust fund is going to be lifted%2C if you will%2C to pay for some of these -- for these spending priorities. How big a deal is it%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AJACKSON%3A Well%2C Judy%2C let%27s take a look at that number that%27s causing all the political commotion.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28BEGIN VIDEOTAPE%29%0D%0A%0D%0AJACKSON %28voice-over%29%3A Nine billion dollars. That%27s the amount that CBO now estimates will be spent out of this y||0||8
136|08/30/2001|20:07:41|Artie|And so it begins....Dow down BIG TIME|Just the beginning%3F%0D%0ADow industrials fall below 10%2C000 mark%2Cdiving more than 200 points%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fcnnfn.cnn.com%2F2001%2F08%2F30%2Fmarkets%2Fmarkets_newyork%2F%0D%0A%0D%0AArtie %3Ahippie%3A||0||14
135|08/30/2001|21:42:42|wndycty|Mellon Bank %22Loses%22 IRS Tax Returns|This story caught my eye today.  Is Richard Mellon Scaife stealing tax returns.  It may be hard to prove but imagine the investigations the American Spectator would be engaging in had a Democratic controlled bank lost 40%2C000 tax returns.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fhtx%2Fap%2F20010829%2Fpl%2Firs_missing_returns_2.html||0||4
131|08/29/2001|08:16:42|swinney|Please--no more Supply Side|Reagan budgets%28not Congress%29 created these disastrous increases%3A%0D%0Aspending by 80%25--debt by 187%25--deficits by 112%25%0D%0A%0D%0Ashucks%21 do not force me to list Clinton%27s record. Darn Tax and Spend Liberal%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AIncreases%3A spending 28%25--debt 28%25--deficits to surplus%0D%0A%0D%0AReagan%2FVoodo interest on their debt kept Clinton from having much lower numbers.%0D%0A%0D%0AKnow what was so g r e a t about Clinton and his economic team%21%0D%0A%0D%0AThey were HONEST. Period. Very honest. They used conservative--cbo--assumptions. They never tried to B.S. us.%0D%0AThey listed different alternatives with pluses and minuses.%0D%0A%0D%0AI cannot tell you how proud I was of Bob Rubin%2C Gene Sperling and staffs. Honest.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat a contrast with current bull crappers. They lie about long term effect of tax cut. They lie about projected economic growth.%0D%0AThey ||0||4
121|08/28/2001|12:22:03|kentuck|Will Economy Recover As Quickly As Bush Predicts %3F |Bush Budget Forecast Assumes Quick Economic Rebound %0D%0AUpdated 2%3A43 PM ET August 22%2C 2001  %0D%0A%0D%0ABy Caren Bohan %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28Reuters%29 - White House forecasts that the government will rack up a %24173 billion surplus next year assume a faster recovery for the slumping U.S. economy than private analysts expect. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat has left President Bush%2C who released new budget projections on Wednesday%2C open to criticism from Democrats that he is using statistical sleights of hand to make the budget outlook appear rosy. %0D%0A%0D%0ABush could face new attacks next week when the Congressional Budget Office issues its own numbers. Analysts think CBO may depict a more precarious U.S. fiscal position based on a gloomier economic outlook. %0D%0A%0D%0ABut while Bush%27s near-term economic forecasts are optimistic%2C his view of the longer-term growth trend is fairly||0||13
134|08/28/2001|09:21:27|unblock|shouldn%27t tax cuts be phased OUT%2C not in%3F|why is this tax cut%2C like so many others%2C phased IN%3F%0D%0A%0D%0Athis gives people an incentive to delay investment and to defer realizing gains for several years%2C until the cut is fully phased in.  far from stimulating the economy%2C a phased in tax cut actually slows things down as people wait for the best moment to cash in.%0D%0A%0D%0Afurthermore%2C as our stubborn long-term interest rates show%2C phased in tax cuts cast great uncertainty over the size of future surpluses%2Fdeficits.  simply put%2C we don%27t know where we%27ll end up long term.  how much revenue will the government collect%3F  how many cuts in spending can we stomach%3F  too much uncertainty%2C and wall street %5Bb%5Dhates%5B%2Fb%5D uncertainty.%0D%0A%0D%0Anow consider a phased-out tax cut%2C simply reversing the order of the years%2C last one first%2C etc.%0D%0A%0D%0Ae.g.%2C in 2001 we would have what shrub w||0||2
128|08/28/2001|02:42:08|blind_dog|Tax rebates for Powerball|Watching the long lines if people plunking down money%0D%0Afor the Powerball last week%2C I had to wonder how many%0D%0Aof those people were spending their tax rebates on this.%0D%0AHow is that going to help the economy when %24290 million%0D%0Ais going to go to four people%3F%3F%3F%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AHow long before we are in the red again%3F%3F%3F%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AShrub is nuking our economy %3Anuke%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Abtw I%27m a new poster here --- hi %3Ahi%3A to all my fellow%0D%0ADU%27ers.||0||2
110|08/28/2001|01:17:54|IndianaGreen|Pat Robertson becomes chairman of banking holding company|Palast investigates.....Pat Robertson%3A Bank appoints controversial TV evangelist%0D%0AThe Observer%2C London%0D%0ASunday%2C May 23%2C 1999%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gregpalast.com%2Fdetail.cfm%3Fartid%3D38%26row%3D1%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Bank of Scotland has appointed the controversial American TV evangelist Dr Pat Robertson as chairman of its US retail banking holding company. The fundamentalist minister is known in America as founder and president of the 1.2-million member far-right Christian Coalition and for his statements attacking feminists%2C homosexuals%2C Democrats and Hindus. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Christian Coalition is facing charges by the US Federal Election Commission. Last year%2C the US Internal Revenue Service%2C with the agreement of Robertson%27s ministry%2C the Christian Broadcast Network%2C stripped it and three other Robertson-controlled groups of their||0||3
129|08/27/2001|22:36:52|swinney|recessions--gop has created all. 100%25|DNC and all democrats should post and repeat over  and over--%0D%0A%0D%0Aevery significant recession in 20th century has been under a repug trickle down administration.||0||6
132|08/27/2001|15:31:55|swinney|REAGAN BUDGETS CREATED DEFICITS AND 187%25 INCREASE IN DEBT. INDISPUTABLE|Reagan Chair of Economic advisers%2C Murray Weidenbaum%2C wrote a book--%22Rendezvous with Reality%22--in which he stated--flatly--Reagan budgets created the deficits and debt.%0D%0A%0D%0AHe wrote about GOP senior senators who left Oval Office in tears because they could not convince brain dead affable dunce he was creating unbearable debt.%0D%0A%0D%0ACATO--forget it. their distortions are unbelievable.%0D%0A%0D%0AReagan budgets%28not congress%29spent more in 8 years than we had spent in prior 50 years. Do not try to hit me with %22real%22 dollars. Still get a disaster.%0D%0A%0D%0AInterest Rates..from WWII to 1980.. %22real%22 interest rates averaged 1%25. Reagan got historical high of 8%25 and averaged 5%25 over his 8 years.%0D%0A%0D%0AReagan paid enormous interest rates on the 1.625 trillion he borrowed.%0D%0A%0D%0ACato experts refuse to look truthfully at REVENUES. Reagan debt was%2C ||0||2
133|08/27/2001|15:04:10|swinney|flat tax discussion|what a joy to hit a thread where there  so many intelligent posts  on a serious subject. Posts so far are serious minded and posted with knowledge. super. sho love it. thanks to du.||0||0
130|08/27/2001|13:09:15|swinney|layoffs  not so bad --yet%21|700%2C000 job losses in seven months is nothing compared to reagan-bush 5 million in 1981-1982%0D%0A%0D%0Anothing--unless you were one of those laid off.%0D%0A%0D%0Anet between clinton and Bush son of voodoo.%0D%0A%0D%0Aminus 700%2C000 plus 1%2C700%2C000 equals a net of 2%2C400%2C000 workers with jobs.%0D%0A%0D%0AClinton would have created 1%2C700%2C000 %28average was 238%2C000 per %0D%0Amonth%29%0D%0A%0D%0Atherefore%2C with Clinton at controls we would have 2%2C400%2C000 working who are not. paying taxes not drawing benefits.%0D%0Aspending and stimulating the economy. Families happier. %0D%0A%0D%0ACome back Bill. Come back. We and the world needs you.%0D%0A%0D%0Aclarence swinney||0||0
113|08/27/2001|12:29:21|Ohgosh|The Layoffs in Your area.|   Okay%2C I hear about them everyday here in the heart of South Texas in shrub country.  Layoffs%2C early retirement buyouts%2C companies moving across the border%2C etc.  USAA San Antonio%27s largest employer just laid off 1370 and offered to pay them extra money to %22keep quiet%22 about it and not speak to the media.%0D%0A   Share with us your local story%2C because the media certainly won%27t.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22Hey folks%2C this is America. Just because you get the most votes%2Cdoesn%27t mean you win%22      Fox Mulder %5B%2Ffont%5D||0||9
103|08/26/2001|03:44:29|goldengreek|The U.S. is already unsocialistic.|There%27s an damning article over at %5Blink%3Awww.tompaine.com%2Fopinion%2F2001%2F07%2F10%2F2.html%7CTomPaine%5D which should put another nail of the coffin of any argument that the U.S. should avoid socialism. Guess what%3F We%27ve already got it%2C but it%27s for the wrong people.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe capitalists have been the same brutal creeps for more than 200 year now%2C and they%27re never going to change. I say we just take this show over and run it ourselves through our elected representatives and our unions. I guarantee we could do a better job. Now on to Adam Smith...%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe masters%2C being fewer in number%2C can combine much more easily%3B and the law%2C besides%2C authorizes%2C or at least does not prohibit their combinations%2C while it prohibits those of the workmen. We have no acts of parliament against combining to lower the price of work%3B but many aga||0||1
122|08/26/2001|03:38:01|republicansareevil|Bush%27s Texas donors and how they profited|Got this straight from Buzzflash%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22In identifying the economic and ideological interests of Bush%92s donors%2C researchers kept coming across large contributors who became known as the %93Bush Profiteers.%94 Many of these Bush Profiteers are%3A %0D%0A%0D%0A-Corporate welfare kings who derived a portion of their personal wealth from the taxpayers%3B or %0D%0A%0D%0A-Donors who appear to have an interest in taking the regulatory cops off the beat. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn fact%2C many large Bush donors straddle both camps%2C seeming to want the government off their backs%97except when it is giving them taxpayers%92 money. The ranks of the Bush Profiteers include corporate welfare kings%2C snake oil salesmen%2C money launderers%2C tax evaders%2C tort dodgers%2C tobacco hacks and toxic waste dumpers. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe following Bush Profiteer profiles cite the total amount of money that th||0||1
118|08/26/2001|03:35:03|kristndem|I need Info on the state of Social Security|A Repub co-worker just came in my office to gleefully show me his tax rebate check.%3Amad%3A  I launched into a rant and made several good points%2C but I need more info  on SS.  I remember a must read on online journal but couldn%27t find it.  If anyone can provide links%2C I would be most grateful%21%21  %28 anything at all about the fiscal irresponsibilty of the tax cut will do%21 %0D%0A Thanks%2C%0D%0AKristi||0||17
125|08/26/2001|03:20:20|farmboxer|%22Fuzzy Math%2C by Paul Krugman.|I have read this book two times%2C it%27s very interesting%2C not one boring page%21 Only 128 pages%2C but it tells like it is%2C and numbers don%27t lie.  Bush is really destroying this country%21 I ordered it from amazon.com. I%27m sure that many people here have already read this book. I also enjoy Krugman%27s articles.||0||0
124|08/26/2001|01:17:00|IndianaGreen|A global game of dominoes|A global game of dominoes%0D%0AAug 23rd 2001 %0D%0AFrom The Economist print edition %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2FdisplayStory.cfm%3Fstory_ID%3D748689%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe world economy is probably already in recession. How bad might it get%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AONE by one%2C economies around the world are stumbling. By cutting interest rates again this week%97for the seventh time this year%97the Federal Reserve hopes it can keep America out of recession. But in an increasing number of economies%2C from Japan and Taiwan to Mexico and Brazil%2C GDP is already shrinking. Global industrial production fell at an annual rate of 6%25 in the first half of 2001.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe picture may soon look even worse. Early estimates suggest that gross world product%2C as a whole%2C may have contracted in the second quarter%2C for possibly the first time in two decades. Welcome to||0||1
72|08/23/2001|19:21:40|marsis|Reagan budgets|Hope someone can help me with this. During a lively chat with a friend the conversation turned toward the shadow government and private wars in this country. I brought up the subject of Reagan%27s budget. I remember that in at least a few instances%2C the Democratic Congress gave Reagan less money for the budget than he requested%2C the friend said no just for defense. This other person claimed the tripling of the national debt was caused by the %22liberal%22 congress. I said no%2C the Dems gave him less than he requested and was laughed at. I searched this site and can find no references to this. %0D%0A%0D%0ACan someone please point me in the right direction on this or am I totally off base with this position.%0D%0A%0D%0AThanks for any help%2C%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A||1||23
101|08/23/2001|19:04:43|goldengreek|The Dirty Little Secret of Marxists and Capitalists|Last year I committed myself to reading the great works of economic history. I was going to start with %5Bi%5DWealth of Nations%5B%2Fi%5D by Adam Smith%2C then go from there to %5Bi%5DCapital%5B%2Fi%5D by Karl Marx. When I went to my local bookstore%2C though%2C I found out they were out of the former%2C so I started with Marx.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt turned out to be a very interesting coincidence. I read the Marx%2C loved it but didn%27t quite catch everything he was throwing at me%2C then read it again. Last week I began reading the Smith work and I gotta tell you I%27m blown away. Just check out %5Blink%3Airving.vassar.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fgj%2F201%2Fwon%2Fbk1chpt8.html%7Cchapter 8%5D from the first book and you%27ll see what I mean.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is as far as I%27ve read to date%2C but I%27ve got to say I have the impression that if you%27ve read %5Bi%5DWealth...%5B%2Fi%5D you%27ve gotten 90%25 ||0||15
117|08/23/2001|15:13:50|JohnnyDollar|Tax Cuts and the Economy|I%27m having an ongoing argument with a freeper at work about whether %28p%29Resident Bush%27s tax cuts - or tax cuts in general - are an effective way to stimulate the economy. He insists that all the major financial institutions %28brokerages%2C etc.%29 state this is true. Naturally%2C he provides no proof beyond quoting Wal-Mart and Target as having an increase in sales as a result of our tax advance. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhat I%27m looking for are non-politicians who state that 1%29 Shrub%27s tax cuts are unlikely to do this and%2For 2%29 tax cuts in general rarely are an effective stimulus. If you have links%2C that would be great%21%0D%0A%0D%0AYours truly%2C%0D%0AJohnny Dollar||0||2
115|08/23/2001|14:00:28|goldengreek|Does Alan Greenspan even need a connection with reality%3F|Here%27s a nugget from a spunky little %5Blink%3Awww.marxist.com%2FEconomy%2Fstill_getting_worse801.html%7CMarxist website%5D%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bblockquote%5DBut following the advice of Alan Greenspan may not be the best thing for Americans to do. Back in March 2000%2C orders for high-tech goods were rising at over 25%25 a year. Greenspan waxed lyrical%3A %22When historians look back at the latter half of the 1990s%2C they will conclude that we are now living through a pivotal period in American history...the essential contribution of IT is the expansion of knowledge and the reduction in uncertainty. The benefits of new technology can be realized only if they are embodied in capital investment and for these investments to be made%2C the prospective rate of return must exceed the cost of capital. Lofty equity values and declining prices of high-tech equipment have reduced the cost of capita||0||1
119|08/22/2001|11:35:01|newyawker99|a good article about social security|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.austin360.com%2Fshared%2Fnews%2Fap%2Fap_story.html%2FWashington%2FAP.V1741.AP-Social-Security.html%0D%0A%0D%0Aread it and weep%21%21||0||0
114|08/23/2001|10:00:14|khephra|Stocks Rise on Hopes Profit Slide Slowing|Stocks Rise on Hopes Profit Slide Slowing%0D%0A%0D%0AStocks rallied on Wednesday after carmaker General Motors Corp. %28NYSE%3AGM - news%29 and software maker Intuit Inc. %28Nasdaq%3AINTU - news%29 said business was unlikely to get worse and helped boost hopes that recent interest-rate cuts are halting the slide in corporate profits.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60These are the first signs rate cuts are showing results here%2C%27%27 said Michael Lyons%2C a listed equities trader for Morgan Stanley. %60%60Any hint of good news is well received.%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0AThe gains came a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve %28news - web sites%29 cut interest rates for a seventh time this year%2C and marked a dramatic change in investor sentiment. Investors on Tuesday focused on the economy%27s weakness and sent stocks spiraling to lows unseen since April.%0D%0A%0D%0A---end of snips---%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A http||0||2
112|08/21/2001|13:43:02|Illuminatus|Trade Deficits - should the left care%3F|The US trade deficit recently hit a new high%2C and has ballooned over the last decade into a half-trillion dollar annual outflow from the US.  But should the left care%3F  At the same time that the trade deficit has soared%2C we have seen historically low unemployment and rising wages for all but those earning the minimum.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrade deficits produce several negative effects%2C most notably an increase in interest rates %28to entice outflowing capital to return%29 and currency imbalances%2C affecting the purchasing power of Americans%2C and hitting lower income workers disproportionately hard.%0D%0A%0D%0AHowever%2C trade deficits also represent a huge %22subsidy%22 to foreign producers and nations.  By maintaining such a trade deficit%2C we are indirectly providing the equivalent of hundreds of billions in aid and jobs to developing nations.%0D%0A%0D%0ALeaving aside questions of t||0||0
111|08/21/2001|11:10:07|khephra|Hello from Khephra%21|I just wanted to drop in a quick Hello to you all.  I%27m one of the new moderators in this forum.  If you have any questions feel free to ask either me or KCR.  I%27m here quite a bit.  The only time that%27s really iffy is in the 6am to 12am zone. I do go to sleep at different times than that but I have frequent insomnia so you never know when I might just be around.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut I never usually go 8 hours without checking my inbox%2C and I check multiple times an hour.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is a battle I am fighting%2C and this is my contrubution to the cause.  So feel free to ask and I%27ll try to help you no matter how small of a favor it is.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere will be times when I will take a night or a day off%2C but I%27ll never be gone for any real length of time unless it is due to health problems or an interuption of my computer services.%0D%0A%0D%0AThanks for listening and I hope y||0||9
100|08/21/2001|10:56:48|dusty64|Dismal Economic News Growing.|More evidence of another rethug recession.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ASlowdown Spreads %0D%0A%0D%0AFed%27s Report On Regional Economies Sees Slugglishness %0D%0AManufacturing%27s Troubles Affecting Other Sectors %0D%0AReport Could Be Basis For Another Fed Rate Cut %0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK%2C Aug. 8%2C 2001%0D%0A  %0D%0ACBS%2FAP  %0D%0AFrom San Fran To Dallas%2C Boston to Chicago%2C economic worries persist. %0D%0A %0D%0A %0D%0A%28CBS%29 The economy was still enduring slow growth in late July with weakness in the hard-hit manufacturing sector spilling over into other areas%2C the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn its latest look at economic conditions around the country%2C the Fed said reports from its 12 regional banks depicted an economy in the grips of %22slow growth or lateral movement%22 with sluggish retail sales and further declines in manufacturing. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe report%2C called||0||30
109|08/18/2001|14:04:31|IndianaGreen|The Free Thinker%27s Forensic Faith|%5Bi%5DI am a great fan of JL who sends E-mails under the %22Wintree Manor%22 handle. JL is not a member of the intelligentsia%2C his writings often reflecting the bluff purity of his proletarian roots. Here is the latest from him that I would like to share with you. IG %5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom%3A  Wintree Manor %0D%0ADate%3A  Sat Aug 11%2C 2001  5%3A55 pm%0D%0ASubject%3A The Free Thinker%27s Forensic Faith%0D%0A %0D%0AThe Saturday%2C August 4%2C 2001 edition of PWW contains a photo of Fidel Castro and Hassan Khomeini%2C grandson of the late Ayatollah%2C celebrating the Cuban Revolution together in Havanna.  The apparent incongruity of a Marxist Revolutionary and an Islamic Fundamentalist celebrating together is reconciled at a level deeper than anti-Imperialism.  The concern of Marxists for social justice is refracted in Quaranic passages such as Al-Nisa 4%3A135%2C %22O ye who believe||0||0
105|08/16/2001|16:24:43|khephra|stock holders no longer happy people are being laid off|%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ASlow Economy Rewrites Stock Market Rules%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK %28Reuters%29 - Gone are the days when announcements of job cuts sent stock holders jumping for joy and share prices soaring.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60When equity markets were doing well%2C investors saw layoffs as positive%2C%27%27 said Dan Rivera%2C chief investment officer of American Express Asset Management Group%27s large-cap growth division. %60%60They thought cuts could make companies more efficient%2C expand profit margins%2C and make them able to produce at a lower cost.%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0AThese days%2C layoffs push stocks under water as investors see the cuts as a last-ditch attempt to pump up corporate profits amid a global economic slowdown. It%27s the latest sign that the lagging U.S. economy has rewritten the rules of the stock market.%0D%0A%0D%0AInvestors now see drastic layoffs%2C such as telecom ||0||4
108|08/16/2001|14:46:43|rdmiller|bombs and planes%2C or pensions%3F|I%27m surprised there is little agitation on this board about the raid on Social Security %28under the guise of %27privatization%27%29 that is planned by the current fraudulent administration.  Here is the most recent %27accounting change%27 meant to disguise the impact of the Bush tax cut%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20010815%2Fpl%2Fbudget_surplus_2.html%0D%0A%0D%0AFuther%2C Elizabeth Drew%27s article in the latest New York Review of Books on %22Bush%27s Weird Tax Cut%22 %28www.nyreview.com%29 clearly spells out the Republicans%27 intentions to have %27a tax cut each year%27 for the forseeable future%2C as if the one they just passed with the help of the weak-sister Democrats who voted with them won%27t drive us back into deficits in just a few years.  The Bush tax cut means the Pentagon will not have enough money to finance the military expansion they plan ||0||2
98|08/14/2001|12:30:40|IndianaGreen|Part 2 of dh100%27s %22Will Someone Please Explain WHY Free Trade is %27Evil%27%3F%22 |dh100 first thread just got too big. Here it is again%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5D%22Will Someone Please Explain WHY Free Trade is %27Evil%27%3F%22%5Bb%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AI would really like a substantive discussion as to why %27true lefties%27 must villify NAFTA%2C WTO%2C etc%2C etc%2C as evil scourges of the earth. Not to be overly critical%2C but I see many here and on other forums who act like such a course should be an automatic for any %27real lefty%27.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo... convince me. I want to see some real evidence here... and%2C if you want to post EXCERPTS of materials from elsewhere%2C fine. BUT%2C be prepared to EXPRESS YOURSELF. I really do NOT want to see blurbs%2C slogans%2C etc%2C followed by links to sites which I am supposed to read verbatim in order to become a %27true believer%27.%0D%0A%0D%0AHonestly%2C this is something I want to understand%2C because during last year%27s campaig||1||31
106|08/12/2001|14:50:59|CatWoman|ENTIRE Surplus Gone|Surplus dwindles to zero amid tax cuts%2C spending %0D%0A%0D%0AAs Congress takes a summer recess%2C there%27s one dubious achievement members aren%27t likely to point out to constituents back home%3A The federal budget surplus is gone.%0D%0A%0D%0AZip. Nada. Nothing left.%0D%0A%0D%0AThanks to Congress%27 insistence on hurry-up tax cuts and an inability to restrain spending%2C coupled with the economic slowdown%2C the %245 trillion%2C 10-year surplus predictions from January have melted like a snowman in August. New estimates expected next week are almost certain to show little or no discretionary money for the rest of this year.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat means there%27s nothing left to pay for hot military toys%2C politically popular education aid and ballooning farm bailouts. There%27s no surplus to fund tax breaks promised to groups ranging from big oil companies to individuals buying their own h||2||61
104|08/12/2001|20:00:39|kstewart33|The Bombshell is Due Later This Month|Jean Meserve reports on CNN today that the Congressional Budget Office is delaying its financial forecasts one week because the news is so bad.  It seems that we will just miss having to dip into the Social Security trust fund.  The office is delaying the report to give the Republicans time to get back to Washington to defuse the bomb once it explodes%2C so to speak.%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||34
83|08/13/2001|08:03:28|OneVote|Pledge to send back your tax rebate check|Hello All%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AIn hopes of beginning a movement of protest toward Bushie and the Repugs%27 Tax Cuts%2C my wife and I pledge to send back our rebate check when we receive it in August.  With such a risky cut and a dwindling surplus%2C we have decided that it would be the right thing to do.  Because I know that our check alone would not make a significant statement%2C I am asking for your help in this.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf anyone has any more productive ideas on how to protest the cut%2C please don%27t hesitate to post them here.||0||21
57|08/10/2001|22:56:22|IndianaGreen|It is time to adopt the 35-hour workweek in USA|%22On May 1%2C 1886%2C Albert Parsons%2C head of the Chicago Knights of Labor%2C led 80%2C000 people through the city%92s streets in support of the eight-hour day. In the next few days they were joined nationwide by 350%2C000 workers who went on strike at 1%2C200 factories%2C including 70%2C000 in Chicago.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ASource%3A http%3A%2F%2Fwww.igc.org%2Flaborstandard%2FVol1No3%2FMayDay.htm%0D%0A%0D%0ASocialists and anarchists brought the 40-hour workweek to USA. The Haymarket Massacre%2C celebrated throughout the world on May Day%2C was a march for the 8-hour work day. %0D%0A%0D%0AOne hundred and fifteen years later%2C it is time for progressives to adopt the 35-hour workweek as our new battle cry%21%0D%0A%0D%0AThe French experience%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe French miracle%3A a shorter week%2C more jobs and men doing the ironing.%0D%0A%0D%0AOfficial study finds that France%27s 35-hour week h||0||18
99|08/09/2001|22:59:11|IndianaGreen|G8%3A Are You Happy%3F|G8%3A Are You Happy%3F%0D%0AOpinion%0D%0ABy Susan George%0D%0ASpecial to CorpWatch%0D%0AJuly 24%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DTo the reader%3A This isn%27t a description of what happened in Genoa -- most people already know that%2C or can find out on Indymedia. It%27s better described as a %5Bbad%5D %22mood piece%22%2C as I was and am feeling pretty traumatized and angry after the events. I%27d been there since Monday%2C July 16 for the Genoa Social Forum%2C participating in various debates%2C doing a lot of media work and left Thursday before all the trouble started %28the demonstration on Thursday%2C centered around immigrants%27 rights was perfectly peaceful%29.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AAre you happy%2C G-eighters%3F Happy to get together in these palaces in cities emptied of their inhabitants%2C with all that luxury and your %22security%22 that costs ordinary citizens a fortune%3F Happy with||0||3
93|08/08/2001|12:04:13|Cappurr|Rebate and Switch|Shrub%27s tax cut is keeping long term interest rates %28i.e. mortgage rates%29 high.  Alan Greenspan says so.  And so does the NY Times.http%3A%2F%2Fnytimes.com%2F2001%2F07%2F29%2Fopinion%2F29KRUG.html||0||3
91|08/08/2001|11:45:25|Nobody|Borrowing to Cover Cost of Tax Rebates|The New York Times business news has this little gem.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F07%2F31%2Fbusiness%2F31BOND.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The Treasury said yesterday that it would borrow the money needed for the tax rebates now going to taxpayers as part of President Bush%27s %241.35 billion tax cut.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe plan to sell Treasury securities to pay for the rebates %97 up to %24600 a couple or %24300 for individuals %97 reflects a cash flow squeeze%2C not some sudden turn of the budget from surplus to deficit. Still%2C it is another sign of how markedly the outlook for the budget surplus has changed in just the last two months%2C as the economy and tax revenue have slowed drastically.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||12
97|08/07/2001|11:04:43|elad|U.S. layoffs jump 65%25 in July|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20010806%2Fbs%2Feconomy_layoffs_dc.html%0D%0A%0D%0AMonday August 6 11%3A23 AM ET%0D%0AJob Cut Announcements Hit Record in July%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Anupama Chandrasekaran%0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK %28Reuters%29 - U.S. job cut announcements jumped 65 percent to a record level in July%2C led by telecommunications%2C computer%2C electronic and industrial companies%2C a report by outplacement firm Challenger%2C Gray %26 Christmas%2C Inc. said on Monday.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnnounced job cuts in July hit 205%2C975%2C up from 124%2C852 in June. July%27s total was more than three times the level of job cuts recorded in the same month last year%2C the report said.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60Job cuts tell us as much about the economy%27s future as they do about the present. Companies are looking at their staffing needs for the balance of 2001 and the numbers do not present a very posi||0||9
90|08/07/2001|03:25:22|Lydia Leftcoast|NY Times article questions WTO%2FIMF orthodoxy|Is laissez-faire trade the answer to the world%27s ills%3F Do economically troubled countries need to privatize%2C privatize%2C privatize%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThe following article argues against one-size-fits-all economic prescriptions by citing actual cases from around the world.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F08%2F02%2Fbusiness%2F02SCEN.html||0||12
95|08/06/2001|11:44:37|dh100|Will Someone Please Explain WHY Free Trade is %27Evil%27%3F|I would really like a %5Bi%5Dsubstantive%5B%2Fi%5D discussion as to why %27true lefties%27 must villify NAFTA%2C WTO%2C etc%2C etc%2C as evil scourges of the earth.  Not to be overly critical%2C but I see many here and on other forums who act like such a course should be an automatic for any %27real lefty%27.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo... convince me.  I want to see some real evidence here... and%2C if you want to post EXCERPTS of materials from elsewhere%2C fine.  BUT%2C be prepared to EXPRESS YOURSELF.  I really do NOT want to see blurbs%2C slogans%2C etc%2C followed by links to sites which I am supposed to read verbatim in order to become a %27true believer%27.%0D%0A%0D%0AHonestly%2C this is something I want to understand%2C because during last year%27s campaign%2C Nader%27s and Buchanan%27s rhetoric on this subject were virtually indistinguishable%2C which I find frightening.%0D%0A%0D%0A- All lif|on|3||104
86|08/03/2001|19:07:21|IndianaGreen|Market myths|Market myths%0D%0ABy David Eisenhower %0D%0A%5Bi%5DPeople%27s Weekly World%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AWith over half of all Americans now owning shares of stock %28double the figure from the late %2780s%29%2C a corporate perspective has come to influence popular attitudes. This is why it is important to debunk the big lie about markets and freedom. %0D%0A%0D%0AA good starting point is 1982%2C when Milton Friedman%2C author of Capitalism and Freedom and Free to Choose%2C praised the military junta in Chile %28and its leader%2C Pinochet%29 for their strong and principled support of %22a full free market economy.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AFor those who may not remember%2C in 1973 the CIA and a few U.S. multinational corporations helped General Pinochet launch a brutal coup against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende%2C a socialist. Economic disciples of Friedman w||0||11
92|07/31/2001|17:08:00|ThorsteinVeblen|The Result of the Tax %22Rebate%22|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F607420.asp%0D%0A%0D%0AConsumer Confidence drops like a rock on the first week George W. Bush%27s Tax Advance checks arrive.   We are now also having to borrow money to cover the cost of the %22rebates%22 because the surplus is gone.%0D%0A%0D%0AFuck you Chimp.  Thank you very much for fucking up our economy.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22What a cruel reflection that a rich %0D%0Acountry cannot long be a free one.%22 %0D%0A--Thomas Jefferson||0||1
88|08/03/2001|00:44:55|goldengreek|Talk about a total lack of perspective%21|I have nothing but love for Molly Ivins%2C but I just read a %5Blink%3Awww.thedailycamera.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2F01eoped.html%7Ccolumn%5D of hers that tells me she%2C and naturally the media in general%2C really needs to pick up a book and read sometime. This quote shows a pretty stunning bit of ignorance all around%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Wall Street Journal%2C that reliable friend of the working man%5B%2Fi%5D %28she%27s kidding of course%29%5Bi%5D%2C ran a front-page article by Timothy Aeppel last week on the trend in manufacturing toward plants that run 24 hours a day%2C seven days a week. Aeppel writes of %22the unspoken reality of manufacturing%3A Increasingly it is structured around the machines%2C rather than the people who run them. The reason is economics. Every hour a costly plant sits idle is a drain on the company%27s bottom line%2C something no one can afford in||0||6
89|08/01/2001|23:17:13|ThJ|Residents urge secession over taxation |%5Ba href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fnashuatelegraph.com%2FMain.asp%3FSectionID%3D25%26SubSectionID%3D354%26ArticleID%3D37291%22%5DThe Tribune Online%5B%2Fa%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22blue%22%5DNEWINGTON %28AP%29 %96 Townspeople haven%92t called out the militia%2C but some frustrated residents of the feisty town of 850 want to secede from the state over the same issue that led to the American Revolution%3A taxation.%0D%0A%0D%0AAbout 200 people packed Town Hall on Tuesday night to respond to a petition signed by 52 residents urging the town to invoke a constitutional clause giving them the right to revolt.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut revolutionary fervor...%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A_________________________________________________________________%0D%0APut not thy faith in princes... in whom there is no help. - Psalm 146%3A3||0||4
87|07/31/2001|20:15:47|bagnana|Anyone know of a breakdown on the tax cut%3F|I want to know where I can find a pie chart or percentage analysis of the 1.3 trillion tax cut -- i.e%2C what percentage is going to those who make in excess of %24100%2C000.00 per year%3F  The reason is I am involved in an argument w%2Fsomeone who keeps claiming Gore offered %22no tax relief.%22  When I tell him Gore%27s campaign did contain %24500 billion in tax relief for those whose income is under %24100%2C000.00 he keeps yelling about %22them complicated tax forms%22  and the fact that %24500 billion is not enough%2C blah blah blah.  I suspect he %28who earns much less than %24100%2C000%29 and has two kids%2C would have been better off under Gore%27s plan than under Shrub%27s%2C but need the facts to prove it.  Any suggestions%3F||0||1
82|07/31/2001|12:54:32|Paschall|Tax checks in the mail -- with a catch|%5Bb%5DPractical reasons behind advance-refund system%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0ABy David Milstead%2C Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer%0D%0AJuly 21%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe tax-relief checks that will start arriving in mailboxes next week don%27t have a consumer-warning label%2C so we%27re happy to provide one. %0D%0A%0D%0AWarning%3A This check is not a %22rebate%22 of taxes you already paid. It%27s an advance on the refund you%27ll get when you file next April. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22red%22%5DIf it%27s an advance%2C you ask%2C does that mean my refund in April will be %24300 smaller than it would have been%3F And if I%27m unlucky enough to owe taxes%2C does that mean my tax bill will be %24300 higher%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AThe answer to both questions is yes.%5B%2Ffont%5D But you%27d never guess that from the 1040 you%27ll fill out next year. It%27s been designed so that it%27s nearly impossib||0||2
59|07/30/2001|21:44:10|elad|Personal debt at all time high|http%3A%2F%2Fcnnfn.cnn.com%2F2001%2F06%2F20%2Fnews%2Fwires%2Fconsumers_debt_wg%2F%0D%0A%0D%0ADebt pinches consumers%0D%0AThe bill has come due for the shopping spree of the %2790s%3B can we pay%3F%0D%0AJune 20%2C 2001%3A 8%3A33 a.m. ET%0D%0A       NEW YORK %28AP%29 - The bills are coming due for the shopping spree of the 1990s%2C and Americans are having trouble paying up.%0D%0A  %0D%0APersonal debt is at an all-time high%2C and the amount of income Americans are dedicating to making payments on it is at levels unseen in 15 years. Mortgage delinquencies and write-offs by credit card companies are rising%2C and personal bankruptcy filings could hit a record this year.%0D%0A%0D%0A---------------------%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is the part where we bend over to corporate america%2C everyone pop a valium and prepare to be reamed.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fpages.prodigy.net%2Fbleitner%2F0518_3.gif||0||56
78|07/30/2001|04:49:21|IndianaGreen|What would a socialist America look like%3F|I pasted this from what someone else had posted at a private board%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AHEALTHCARE%3A Universal single-payer Canadian style healthcare system %0D%0Aas a first step toward building a socialized healthcare system.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDUCATION%3A Equalization of per pupil funding to all public schools%2C funded %0D%0Athrough a progressive national income tax instead of regressive state %0D%0Ataxes. Lower classroom sizes and more teachers available to the public %0D%0Aschools. Reject school vouchers%21 Abolish college tuition.%0D%0A%0D%0APOLICE%2F PRISON%3A Community control of the police. End all use of racial %0D%0Aprofiling. Abolish the racist death penalty. End the ineffective war on %0D%0Adrugs%2C %0D%0Astarting with the legalization of marijuana.%0D%0A%0D%0ATAXES%3A A steeply graduated income tax%2C whereby the wealthy finally %0D%0Apay their fair share.%0D%0A%0D%0ACIVIL LIBERTIES%3A ||1||105
85|07/30/2001|01:33:17|George 2|good piece about G8 in Genoa|This %5Blink%3Acommondreams.org%2Fviews01%2F0726-05.htm%7Carticle%5D puts things succinctly and clearly.||0||2
60|07/29/2001|18:27:23|Slow_Simmer|Social Security%3A Why Women Care|Point blank%3A The bulk of cuts and shortages for Social Security falls disproportionately on women.  Read more at%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fviews01%2F0626-02.htm||0||2
76|07/27/2001|14:20:41|dusty64|Is Lindey blaming coming %22depression%22 on Dems|My take on this is that this jackass knows something the rest of us don%27t. Why else would he be making references to the 1920%27s. Looks to me like he is trying to position blame for an expected serious recession or worse on the Democrats. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThursday July 19 8%3A03 PM ET %0D%0ALindsey Blasts Dems on Tax Views%0D%0ABy ALAN FRAM%2C Associated Press Writer %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey accused Democrats on Thursday of threatening to raise taxes and return the country to policies of the 1920s and 1930s that caused %60%60economic disaster.%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0ALindsey also said that though the economy has ground %60%60to a virtual standstill%2C%27%27 he expects strong growth to resume next year - thanks in part to the %241.35 trillion%2C 10-year tax cut President Bush %28news - web sites%29 signed into law last month.%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||6
84|07/27/2001|01:25:09|neuvocat|WELL WELL WELL....|Are you guys ready for this%3F  Rememeber that great tax rebate you were supposed to get%3F  Well here%27s another catch.  It turns out that this so-called rebate is actually an advance for the refund you may or may not get next year.  %0D%0A%0D%0ASo guess what happens if you don%27t get a refund%3F  You get penalized and have to owe more on your taxes.  Better get out those W-4 forms and ask that a little more money gets withheld every paycheck.%0D%0A%0D%0AI knew this would happen since Bush I played this sort of shell game before when he was in office.  Just goes to show you daddy got his second term after all.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%0D%0AGeorge W. Bush-The President Quayle that never was.||0||0
58|07/25/2001|14:01:39|elad|%2ABARF ALERT%2A Content of IRS letter containing tax rebate|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2001%2FALLPOLITICS%2F06%2F19%2Ftax.letter%2Findex.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ATone of IRS tax rebate letter raises some eyebrows%0D%0A%0D%0AJune 19%2C 2001 Posted%3A 11%3A23 AM EDT %281523 GMT%29%0D%0A%0D%0ABy CNN Capitol Hill Producer Ted Barrett%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28CNN%29 -- CNN has received a copy of a letter that the Internal Revenue Service will be sending to taxpayers to inform them they will receive a rebate check this summer as part of the recently enacted tax cut law.%0D%0A%0D%0ACNN was given the letter by a Democratic staff member in the House%2C who said he received it from career IRS employees upset by what they described as its political and congratulatory tone.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe following is the letter%2C entitled %22Notice of Status and Amount of Immediate Tax Relief.%22 It is not dated.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We are pleased to inform you that the United Stat||0||23
80|07/23/2001|20:33:48|citizen_1|a windfall%3F| Will some one please tell me how do these millionares in congress and the white house think %24300. or %24600. is alot of money%3F It cost %2440. a ticket to get into kings island. Two %233%27s at mcdonald%27s is almost %2410.%0D%0A%0D%0A Why don%27t someone in the media speak up%21%21%21||0||2
71|07/23/2001|17:55:03|Slow_Simmer|Treasury Secretary O%27Neill beats the drum of upcoming growth|Growth%3F  From where%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ASurely not the U.S. economy%2C where jobless rate is inching past 4.5%25%2C stock prices are depressed%2C and unless you%27re a CEO%2C you didn%27t get a raise.  Six rate cuts haven%27t prodded the economy.  %0D%0A%0D%0ABut O%27Neill cheerfully predicted that after the U.S. gets around this minor correction%2C things will get better.%0D%0A%0D%0AA new injection of tax cuts and social spending cuts is supposed to support EU economic growth %28expected to come in between 2 and 2.5 percent this year%29.  Germany remarked that the U.S. does drive growth%2C so the EU is not strong enough to bail the world economy out if the U.S. falters.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m coming to the conclusion that the only key to financial security for those of us who aren%27t CEO%27s or lobbyists is to become cynically invested.  Ie%2C figure out how the rules are going to change and who||0||8
79|07/22/2001|03:31:00|IndianaGreen|Farm Unrest Roils Mexico%2C Challenging New President|Looks like the promises made by NAFTA are just that%2C promises...%0D%0A%0D%0AFarm Unrest Roils Mexico%2C Challenging New President%0D%0ABy GINGER THOMPSON%0D%0A%0D%0AMATL%C1N%2C Mexico %97 The fields are green with new sugar cane%2C but the peasant farmers feel that their way of life is withering away.%0D%0A%0D%0ABy the tens of thousands%2C peasants in Mexico are abandoning the small plots they considered their birthright.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn recent weeks%2C thousands of other peasants have taken their struggles to the streets%2C even to the nation%27s capital%2C pushing parts of the agricultural industry to the brink of civil unrest.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe small farmers%2C typically with plots of just a few acres%2C are being battered by a combination of forces%2C from the explosion of free trade under Nafta to plummeting market prices and cuts in government support. Rice%2C corn and coffee farmers ||0||0
73|07/21/2001|07:00:03|dusty64|Hearings on workplace injuries fixed%21|Dems%3A Labor Omits Some From Hearings %0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - Three Democratic senators are complaining that Labor Secretary Elaine Chao has excluded injured workers and health care organizations from public hearings starting next week on work-related injuries.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn a Friday letter to Chao%2C three Democratic leaders on committees overseeing labor-related issues said the omission goes against her promise that %60%60everyone%27s voice%27%27 should be heard on the issue.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60We have noted the absence of some key constituencies who we believe are needed to help provide you the balanced forums on this issue that you purport to seek%2C%27%27 the letter said.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was signed by Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts%2C chairman of the Senate Health%2C Education%2C Labor and Pensions Committee%3B Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa%2C chairman of the subcommittee that hand||0||9
77|07/20/2001|16:28:11|IndianaGreen|Cartoon on what the G8 is all about|http%3A%2F%2Fattac.org%2Fgenes2001%2Fimg%2Fdette1.gif%0D%0A%0D%0AURL%3A http%3A%2F%2Fattac.org%2Fgenes2001%2Findex.html%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||1
75|07/19/2001|03:51:14|IndianaGreen|Wealth gap challenges American ideals|%5Bi%5D%5Bu%5DOpinions%5B%2Fu%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AWealth gap challenges American ideals%0D%0ABy Molly Lanzarotta %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22red%22%5DPeople%27s Weekly World%5B%2Ffont color%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpts%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AIs an outdated self-image keeping Americans in denial about our growing economic divide%3F Even though President Bush%27s tax cuts will leave greater numbers of us peering across a chasm-like wealth gap%2C some of our ideas about America - the land of equality and the %22level playing field%22 - can keep us from recognizing changes in the landscape. %0D%0A%0D%0ASure%2C we noticed over the past couple of decades that the economic equation of the American dream seemed to be changing - but not to what extent. The final years of the twentieth century saw the fortunes of Americans grow apart%2C in dramatic contrast to the three decades following ||0||1
74|07/19/2001|00:37:55|IndianaGreen|Fourteen dead on the border - for what%3F|Fourteen dead on the border - for what%3F%0D%0ABy David Bacon%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpts%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AOAKLAND%2C Calif. - In May%2C 14 men and women left their coffee farms in Veracruz%2C and began the journey north. Within days%2C their bodies were found on the hardpan of the Sonora desert. %0D%0A%0D%0AOn first look%2C they died of agonizing dehydration%2C like hundreds more over the last few years%2C trying to cross the same forbidding border. But their deaths were caused by more than lack of water. %0D%0A%0D%0AThese farmers left their beautiful Veracruz mountains because free-market reforms - including no rural credit and no crop subsidies - drove them off their lands. And having made the hard decision to look for jobs and a better life in the north%2C U.S. immigration policy made their deaths practically inevitable. %0D%0A%0D%0ANo visas were available for them - the waiting list for green ||0||0
69|07/17/2001|09:22:34|remfan|Meet OMB Director Mitch Daniels|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonmonthly.com%2Ffeatures%2F2001%2F0107.thompson.html%0D%0A%0D%0ASettle back and read some real journalism%21  Meet one of the most powerful men behind Richard B. Cheney and the puppet known as Dubya.  Mitch is the guy controlling the purse strings....%0D%0A%0D%0A%28excerpt%29%0D%0A%0D%0ADaniels came to W.%27s attention through Al Hubbard%2C an Indiana businessman and Harvard Business School classmate who had coordinated the campaign trips to Austin of Bush%27s suitors and tutors. Daniels was also friends with George Bush the elder%2C an Eli Lilly board member in the late %8C70s.%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter Hubbard threw Daniels%27 hat into the ring%2C Cheney and White House chief of staff Andrew Card immediately supported him. Both had known Daniels during the Reagan administration%2C and both also knew the importance of getting an ally at OMB. Cheney even slotted his forme||0||2
147|09/21/2001|11:03:06|Slomoe|Work for Free%3F|The article linked below appeared in the Seattle Times in the past few days.  I guess these condtions have existed since there have been employers and employees%2C but not to the degree that management is implementing forced work today. My take is that Unions have been hamstrung to the point they no longer can stop the practices.  The article shows why I am not a Republican but it does not seem the Democrats have the interest they once did in keeping the work place straight for the employees.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Farchives.seattletimes.nwsource.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Ftexis%2Fweb%2Fvortex%2Fdisplay%3Fslug%3Dfreework02%26date%3D20010902%26query%3DLabor||0||16
168|09/21/2001|04:04:22|IndianaGreen|Korea prepares for gas rationing if war causes crude prices to rise|Gov%27t Ready to Control Oil Supply in Emergency Situation%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Park Yoon-bae%0D%0AStaff Reporter %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.hankooki.com%2Fkt_biz%2F200109%2Ft2001091416453843110.htm%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe government yesterday came up with measures to cope with a worst-case scenario for a threatened U.S. retaliation over Tuesday%27s terrorist attacks in New York and Washington%2C D.C. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn a meeting of economy-related ministers presided over by President Kim Dae-jung%2C the administration said it is ready to invoke an emergency order to control the oil supply if crude oil prices skyrocket in world markets. %0D%0A%0D%0AThis is also a move to prevent people from stocking up on fuel. %0D%0A%0D%0AUnder a contingency plan%2C the government is authorized to ration oil and other energy sources in a bid to stabilize their supply and help industries minimize pot||0||1
170|09/19/2001|23:28:03|khephra|Fed%27s Greenspan to Hold Meeting with Key Lawmakers|Fed%27s Greenspan to Hold Meeting with Key Lawmakers%0D%0A%0D%0AChairman Alan Greenspan %28news - web sites%29 plans to hold a closed-door meeting with U.S. congressional leaders on Wednesday in the wake of last week%27s devastating hijack attacks%2C aides said.%0D%0A%0D%0A...snip.....%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20010918%2Fpl%2Fcongress_greenspan_dc_1.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We can support the troops without supporting the president.%22--Trent Lott%2C in reference to Kosovo and Bill Clinton.%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||1
169|09/17/2001|00:59:36|IndianaGreen|Operation noble eagle%92 may not be nobel for many in India |Operation noble eagle%92 may not be nobel for many in India %0D%0AKT NEWS SERVICE%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.kashmirtimes.com%2F%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ASRINAGAR%2C Sep 16%3A Strikes on the literally impregnable installations of the avowedly invincible America and the retaliatory %22operation noble eagle%22 will hit almost everybody economically. Like other areas%2C Jammu %26 Kashmir government may suffer on the development front in the coming days as the avenues of money generation for the people will shrink and in certain cases may dry up.%0D%0A%0D%0AGlobal economy%2C more particular the American one%2C was suffering from a sustained recession when three of the four hijacked planes carrying passengers nose-dived into WTC and Pentagon. This led to colossal losses yet to be estimated. Take the case of WTC. It cost the US a sum of Rs%3A 3450 Crores %28%24 %3D Rs. 46%29 in 1973%2||0||0
166|09/15/2001|09:20:01|JCMach1|Industrial Production Numbers For August Show Economy Was in Full Recession Before WTC|Even conservative economists were talking about this last night.  Industrial production numbers hit their lowest point since 1983-- and we all know how bad that Recession was.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere is very real risk the international financial markets will begin a meltdown on Monday.  Billions in new liquidity have already been placed by Greenspan at the disposal of foreign and American banks.%0D%0A%0D%0AEven before anything else starts%2C Bush is fighting a war on two fronts.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%22They must be smoking some potent ideological crack in the White House these days.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A-Arianna Huffington %0D%0A%0D%0A%22While past productivity increases have ultimately ha||0||0
165|09/15/2001|11:35:25|khephra|UAE Says OPEC to Act if Oil Price Rises|UAE Says OPEC to Act if Oil Price Rises%0D%0A%0D%0AUAE Oil Minister Obaid bin Saif al-Nasseri said on Saturday that OPEC %28news - web sites%29 would act immediately to tame oil prices if they spiral out of control%2C but cautioned that speculators%2C not supply shortages%2C were driving up markets.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60If we find prices above an acceptable level%2C OPEC would take the necessary measures to halt the prices from going up sharply%2C%27%27 Nasseri told reporters after opening the 10th Arab Oil and Gas Show.%0D%0A%0D%0AAsked what level was unacceptable%2C he replied%2C referring to OPEC%27s %2422-%2428 range for a basket of seven crude oils%3A %60%60Any price above%2C say %2430 is obviously unacceptable.%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0AWorld oil prices marched higher on Friday on fears of U.S. military retaliation for Tuesday%27s suicide attacks on New York and Washington%2C with London%27s Br||0||0
164|09/15/2001|20:11:10|Thankfully_in_Britain|Some economic analysis of the terror.|First off.......apologies for the username%2C I came up with it a while ago and I am not all that thankfull for very much at present. Anyway%2C here goes....%0D%0A%0D%0AThe attack on America on September 11th 2001 will have dire economic%2C as well as military consequences for the world. Something which this article%2C published the day after attempts to explain. Essentially%2C we are talking about a collapse in consumer confidence and a sharp contraction in the money supply. This will inevitably lead to a world ressession%2C indeed it is a safe assumtion that ressession came to America with the first plane hitting the WTC.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat can be done about this%3F The best option is to win the coming conflict against the perpetrators as this will restore the peoples faith that they can conduct economic activity without fear of reprisal.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnew||0||4
162|09/12/2001|06:39:43|khephra|Tax Cut Plan Filled With Dubious Spending Predictions |Tax Cut Plan Filled With Dubious Spending Predictions %0D%0A%0D%0ASo you got your %24300 tax refund check this year. Here%27s something else you can take to the bank%3A Sooner or later the government will have to cancel or revamp some of the remaining components of the tax-cut package enacted by Congress and signed by President Bush in June.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnalysts from across the political spectrum say the tax cut relies on highly dubious projections and postpones several politically difficult decisions. Even groups that favor tax cuts in principle say the new 11-year%2C %241.35 trillion reduction is deeply flawed because its financial integrity depends on%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%95 The demise of several popular tax breaks that Congress is almost certain to extend.%0D%0A%0D%0A%95 Future spending restraints on popular programs that neither party seems truly interested in embracing.%0D%0A%0D%0A%95 The||0||3
155|09/10/2001|21:39:49|IndianaGreen|Meltdown%3A Indiana%27s steel crisis|MELTDOWN%3A INDIANA%27S STEEL CRISIS%0D%0A%0D%0AAs industry cools off%2C hard times hit home%0D%0A%0D%0AState steelmakers face struggle to survive amid low prices%2C cheap imports and rising bankruptcies.%0D%0A %0D%0ABy Norm Heikens%0D%0AIndianapolis Star%0D%0ASeptember 02%2C 2001  %0D%0A%0D%0AEAST CHICAGO%2C Ind. -- No. 7 blast furnace is a source of pride at Ispat Inland%27s steel mill here.%0D%0A%0D%0ABuilt in 1980%2C it%27s North America%27s newest blast furnace.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s also the largest. The kettle of fire towering over Lake Michigan%27s shoreline can process 10%2C500 tons of iron ore a day%2C separating iron from slag with relentless%2C searing heat.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut the furnace is troubled%2C and its problems symbolize the condition of the steel industry%2C especially in Indiana%2C where 30%2C000 workers churn out enough steel to make the state the nation%27s largest produ||0||4
159|09/08/2001|10:30:57|renodave|Consumers Adopt More Cautious Spending Plans|Here is very interesting read from the University of Michigan.%0D%0AIt would contradict most of the false economic news coming from the white house.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fathena.sca.isr.umich.edu%2Fscripts%2Flatest_data%2Flatest_data.asp||0||0
158|09/10/2001|08:05:56|elad|Just when you thought AOL%2FTime Warner couldn%27t get bigger...|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F626237.asp%3Fcp1%3D1%0D%0A%0D%0AAOL Time Warner makes offer%0D%0Afor AT%26T%3Fs cable-TV division%0D%0ABy Rebecca Blumenstein and Martin Peers%0D%0ATHE WALL STREET JOURNAL%0D%0ANEW YORK%2C Sept. 8 %3F AOL Time Warner Inc. has made an offer for AT%26T Corp.%3Fs cable-TV division%2C according to people familiar with the situation. AOL has proposed to merge AT%26T Broadband%2C the nation%3Fs largest cable company%2C with its Time Warner Entertainment unit%2C a partnership with AT%26T that own both programming and cable systems.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D---%0D%0A%22You are more than the sum of what you consume. Stop praying for someone to save you and save yourself.%22 -KMFDM%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||2
116|09/09/2001|15:00:55|kentuck|Should Corporate Welfare Be Abolished %3F|Since the Shrub has put spending cuts back on the table%2C where should we start cutting%3F It has been estimated that corporate welfare costs about %24150 billion dollars a year. Should these subsidies be abolished before people programs are butchered%3F During this debate%2C we should not forget that as late as April of this year%2C this Administration was talking about a %24280 billion surplus - and now they are about to dig into our Social Security Trust Fund...   %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%0D%0AAbraham Lincoln %3A%0D%0A%09%0D%0A%22Labor is prior to%2C and independent of%2C capital.  Capital i||0||36
156|09/09/2001|02:25:32|Atlant|Microsoft just got their payback from pResident Bush%21|%5Blink%3Awww.zdnet.com%2Fzdnn%2Fstories%2Fnews%2F0%2C4586%2C5096672%2C00.html%3Fchkpt%3Dzdnnp1tp01%7Cfull story%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ADOJ won%27t pursue Microsoft breakup%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Joe Wilcox%0D%0ASpecial to ZDNet News %0D%0ASeptember 6%2C 2001 7%3A41 AM PT%0D%0A%0D%0AThe government on Thursday said that it would not seek to break up Microsoft when a federal judge resumes proceedings in the case. %0D%0A%0D%0AMicrosoft%2C the Justice Department and 18 states are scheduled to meet over the next two weeks with U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Justice Department said in a statement that it would %22not seek a break-up of the company into separate operating systems and applications businesses%2C as previously had been ordered by the court. Instead%2C the Department will seek an order that is modeled after the interim conduct-related provisions of the Final Judgment pre||0||40
127|09/08/2001|00:05:19|IndianaGreen|Is the US economy headed the same way as Japan%27s%3F|Commentary%3A Tax %22rebates%22 and lowering of interest rates in the  US have failed to pull the country out of the Bush recession. Similar efforts in Japan%2C with nearly zero interest rates%2C have failed. Is the US economy headed the same way as Japan%27s%3F What ripple effect will Japan%27s debt%2C estimated by some to be as high as %241.9 trillion%2C have on international banking including US banks%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AMass layoffs underway in Japan%0D%0ABy James Conachy%0D%0A27 August 2001%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsws.org%2Farticles%2F2001%2Faug2001%2Fjap-a27.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AFor most of the postwar period%2C the Japanese ruling class was able to ameliorate social and class tensions with virtual full employment and steadily rising living standards for the majority of the population. Now%2C after a decade of economic stagnation%2C falling real wages and growing p||0||6
154|09/07/2001|11:47:42|mahlers_disciple|The best kept secret of the Treasury Department|I noticed a couple of posts here regarding the stock market and decided I would let DU in on a place to invest your money with the U.S. Treasury%3A  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.treasurydirect.gov%2F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DTreasuryDirect%5B%2Fi%5D%2C for those of you who don%27t know%2C is Treasury%27s book entry system where investors can buy T-bills%2C notes%2C and bonds straight from the Treasury.  There are no brokerage fees for this service.  The minimum purchase amount is %241%2C000 and all Treasury marketable securities are excempt from state and local taxes.  I work for the Bureau of the Public Debt %28which manages %5Bi%5DTreasuryDirect%5B%2Fi%5D%29 and will attempt to answer any questions you might have.  %0D%0A%0D%0AWith the stock market going bottoms up%2C Treasuries are looking better and better %28although%2C the interest rates aren%27t the best%2C I%27ll admit%29.  Go here to see what the ||0||0
153|09/06/2001|23:54:22|Why|Guest Workers in America%3F  What is Hoffa Thinking%3F|I spent three years in Stuttgart%2C Germany%2C in the 1980%27s.  One of the hot-button issues among Germans then and now was the issue of %3Ci%3Egastarbeiter%3C%2Fi%3E or %22guest workers%2C%22 primarily from Turkey%2C who were invited to Germany to fill jobs during a labor shortage owing to the dramatic recovery from the economic chaos that prevailed at the close of the Second World War.  By the early 1980%27s%2C when the labor shortage was over%2C there was considerable animosity between native Germans and Turkish immigrants%2C who by that time comprised a considerable percentage of the work force in an economy with double-digit unemployment. %0D%0A%0D%0ApResident Bush wants to do the same sort of thing in the United States.  On top of proposals to legitimize the three million Mexican illegals already in the United States%2C the idea of a guest worker program is also on the table.  One||0||5
151|09/05/2001|03:05:27|WilliamPitt|The Politics of Deficits|In my quieter moments%2C I am simply unable to comprehend how this has all happened.  It is just dizzying.  We%27re broke%2C screwed and dying today.  What on earth will this place look like next year%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A- - - - -%0D%0ADaunting Task Greets Congress on Return %0D%0A%0D%0ALawmakers Face a Load of Familiar Issues -- and Less Money to Deal With Them %0D%0A %0D%0ABy Helen Dewar%0D%0AWashington Post Staff Writer%0D%0ATuesday%2C September 4%2C 2001%3B Page A04 %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA37131-2001Sep3.html%0D%0A%0D%0ACongress will confront its old demon -- the politics of deficits -- as lawmakers return this week to tackle a heavy workload that has grown even more daunting by the shrinking of the federal budget surplus during its summer break.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe dominant issues%2C from education and health care to trade and missile defense%2C a||0||3
150|09/06/2001|01:02:08|wicket|Checking Out Uncle Sam%27s Checks |Of course the sheeple have bought the idea of a %22rebate%22 hook-line-and sinker....%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F2001%2F09%2F02%2FIN193149.DTL%0D%0A%0D%0AChecking Out Unle Sam%27s Checks %0D%0ATaxes%2C lies and phony rebates%0D%0A%0D%0ASean Wilentz    Sunday%2C September 2%2C 2001 %0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The check is in the mail.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AGuffaws usually follow this preeminent example of universal Great Lies. Only the lie surrounding these particular checks in the mail would have made George Orwell wince. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt is true that these checks are indeed in the mail -- %24600 or %24300 being sent to tens of millions of American taxpayers by the end of this month. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe great lie%2C repeated ad nauseam by President Bush and echoed unthinkingly by the nation%27s media%2C is what these checks cons||0||5
149|09/05/2001|12:54:00|khephra|Economic Productivity Growth Revised Down|Economic Productivity Growth Revised Down%0D%0A%0D%0AThe productivity of U.S. workers grew strongly in the second quarter but the increase was less impressive than originally thought%2C the Labor Department %28news - web sites%29 said on Wednesday.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe latest figures on non-farm productivity%2C measuring the amount of goods and services workers produce each hour%2C showed a 2.1 percent annual-rate gain for the April-to-June period. That was revised downward from the 2.5 percent pace the department had previously estimated.%0D%0A%0D%0AHowever%2C the productivity growth rate was still solid%2C given the U.S. economy%27s weakness. Productivity growth%2C which in the longer run is key to rising standards of living%2C is typically lackluster during economic slowdowns.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe pace of productivity growth has indeed eased as the economy has cooled over the last year. In the fi||0||4
148|09/05/2001|12:47:44|ulysses|Labor Day origins|Neal Boortz%2C Atlanta%27s own Pigboy%2C evidently discovered the %22origins%22 of Labor Day over the weekend.  My boss came into work this morning crowing over the idea that Grover Cleveland had proclaimed the holiday in order to buy union votes.  He%27d heard it on the radio.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%2C given Cleveland%27s %5Ba href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fgi.grolier.com%2Fpresidents%2Fea%2Fbios%2F22pclev.html%22%5Drecord with unions%5B%2Fa%5D%2C and given that the dates in question %28late 1800s%29 don%27t exactly coincide with overwhelming union strength in the US%2C it was not difficult to toss a wrench into the misplaced gloating.  But how many similar untruths pass by unchallenged every day%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0AFr||0||2
146|09/04/2001|20:27:06|Tigerlily|Union BUSTER on C-Scam|Did anyone see that nauseating segment this morning%3F  Some guy from %22The Right to Work Legal Fund%22 was on.  These people scare the crap out of me.  He was accusing Unions of violent behavior and claiming his organization gives workers more %22freedom%22.  One guy called in and gave him hell.  But this %22expert%22 dismissed it as typical rhetoric spewed by Big Labor.  Corporate America has convinced so many people to vote agaist their own interests%2C it%27s so depressing%21||0||1
144|09/02/2001|15:41:30|CatWoman|Unions clash over proposed Bush Labor Day visit|Bush visit splits union solidarity%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Francis X. Donnelly and Hawke Fracassa %2F The Detroit News%0D%0A%0D%0A   DETROIT -- Solidarity it%27s not. %0D%0A   The Michigan Teamsters are putting out a welcome mat for President Bush%2C but the United Auto Workers union is trying to pull it from under his feet. %0D%0A   At the invitation of Teamsters Joint Council 43%2C Bush is coming to Detroit for a Labor Day union barbecue. But the strongly Democratic UAW is none too happy that the Republican standard bearer will be spending part of the holiday here eating hot dogs. %0D%0A   %22We%27re surprised that President Bush even celebrates Labor Day given his obvious hostility toward America%27s working families and their unions%2C%22 said UAW President Stephen P. Yokich. %0D%0A   He belittled the barbecue as %22a staged media event.%22%0D%0A%0D%0Amore%3A  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.detnews.com%2F20||1||127
141|09/02/2001|13:00:08|khephra|%22Investor confidence is completely broke%22 |Dow Falls Below 10%2C000 As Investor Gloom Rises %0D%0A%0D%0AStock prices tumbled for the fourth straight day yesterday amid fears that corporate profits are unlikely to rebound anytime soon and consumer spending may finally be slowing.%0D%0A%0D%0AFor the first time since early April%2C the Dow Jones industrial average closed below the 10%2C000 mark. Yesterday%27s 171.32-point drop left the Dow at 9919.58%2C down more than 500 points for the week.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Nasdaq composite index%2C which topped 5000 at the height of the high-tech boom%2C ended the day below 1800 for the first time since April. The index closed at 1791.68%2C down 51.49.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Investor confidence is completely broke%2C%22 said Thomas Galvin%2C chief strategist at Credit Suisse First Boston. %22People believe that the economic recovery is going to be later%2C not sooner%2C and that is adding downward pressure ||0||1
142|08/30/2001|16:52:26|SoCalDem|%22Baby Boomers%22 are killing the economy......Mea Culpa|Sheeeezzz....What do they want us to do%3F%3F%3FJump off a bridge..%3F%3F%0D%0AWe have been paying into FICA for 40 years to PREPARE for our social security..Now it%27s our fault thay THEY stole the money%3F%3F%0D%0AAre our leaders so visionless that they could not understand that longevity would mean LIVING LONGER%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AAgeing populace is killing economy%2C says study %0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fpopulation%2FStory%2F0%2C2763%2C544116%2C00.html%0D%0A%0D%0AReport urges action on destabilising effect of falling birthrates and rising life expectancy%0D%0A%0D%0AEducationGuardian.co.uk%0D%0ASpecial report%3A global population %0D%0A%0D%0AJonathan Watts in Tokyo%0D%0AThursday August 30%2C 2001%0D%0AThe Guardian %0D%0A%0D%0AThe rapid ageing of the developed world is pushing the global economy towards the edge of a demographic abyss%2C an international||0||14
199|09/27/2001|13:46:23|khephra|Budget Surplus Estimates Dropped to %24120 Billion%2F %2436-56 B Next yr.|Budget Surplus Estimates Dropped%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Bush administration and Congress%27 nonpartisan budget analyst are dramatically lowering their expectations for federal surpluses as the economy continues to look weaker. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Congressional Budget Office %28news - web sites%29 estimates that next year%27s surplus will be between %2436 billion and %2456 billion%2C said an aide%2C speaking on condition of anonymity. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat is a dramatic drop from the %24176 billion it projected just last month. It is also about what many congressional and private experts have expected%2C though some say the government might run a deficit for the first time since 1997. %0D%0A%0D%0ASeparately%2C White House budget director Mitchell Daniels told lawmakers Wednesday that he now estimates this year%27s surplus at as low as %24120 billion. That%27s a steep drop from August%2C when the administr||0||1
198|09/27/2001|14:03:17|WilliamPitt|Jobless rate goes through the roof|Be nice to your boss this week.  It might be the only thing between you and the deep blue sea...%0D%0A%0D%0A- - - - -%0D%0AJobless Claims Surge to More Than 9-Year High %0D%0A %0D%0ASeptember 27%2C 2001 09%3A24 AM ET%0D%0ABy Joanne Morrison %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fnews_article.jhtml%3Bjsessionid%3DBORXJS1YVTNLWCRBAELCFEYKEEARKIWD%3Ftype%3Dtopnews%26StoryID%3D249064%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28Reuters%29 - The number of Americans lining up for state unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in more than nine years%2C the government said on Thursday in a report showing a labor market hit hard after the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe number of initial jobless claims rose by 58%2C000 to 450%2C000 for the week ended Sept. 22. That was well above Wall Street%27s expectations%2C and the Labor Department said prelimina||0||19
197|09/27/2001|14:26:35|ModerateGal|AP%3A Budget Surplus Estimates Dropped Dramatically|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20010927%2Fpl%2Fdeclining_surplus_1.html%0D%0A%28snip%29%0D%0AThursday September 27 4%3A30 AM ET %0D%0ABudget Surplus Estimates Dropped%0D%0ABy ALAN FRAM%2C Associated Press Writer %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - The Bush administration and Congress%27 nonpartisan budget analyst are dramatically lowering their expectations for federal surpluses as the economy continues to look weaker. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Congressional Budget Office %28news - web sites%29 estimates that next year%27s surplus will be between %2436 billion and %2456 billion%2C said an aide%2C speaking on condition of anonymity. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat is a dramatic drop from the %24176 billion it projected just last month. It is also about what many congressional and private experts have expected%2C though some say the government might run a deficit for the first time since 1997. %0D%0A%0D||0||5
196|09/27/2001|15:21:55|ModerateGal|NYT%3A Many Ways to Lift a Flagging Economy|September 27%2C 2001%0D%0AMany Ways to Lift Flagging Economy%0D%0ABy RICHARD W. STEVENSON%0D%0A %0D%0AIf the Bush administration and Congress decide that the flagging economy needs an additional kick in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks%2C they have a long menu of policy choices available.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe White House and the leaders of the two parties in Congress have made clear that they do not want to rush into a decision and would like to see some hard data on the state of the economy after Sept. 11 before moving ahead.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut with unemployment rising%2C the stock market falling and a number of high-profile industries struggling%2C the political pressure on Washington to do something is strong and increasing. And as the pressure mounts%2C the partisan and policy debate is intensifying over the pros and cons of the specific options on the table.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn Congress%2C th||0||5
195|09/27/2001|15:58:16|khephra|OPEC Says It Will Maintain Current Production Levels|OPEC Says It Will Maintain Current Production Levels%0D%0A%0D%0AOPEC members agreed formally Thursday to continue pumping oil at current levels of production%2C forgoing an immediate cut in output despite a dramatic drop in oil prices since the terror attacks on the United States.%0D%0A%0D%0ARepresentatives of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries announced their decision after a final round of talks at the cartel%27s headquarters in Vienna%2C Austria.%0D%0A%0D%0AConfronted by shrinking demand for oil and uncertainty over U.S.-led military action against terrorism%2C OPEC delegates plan to reconvene on Nov. 14 to review market conditions. They said they would cut output at that time if necessary.%0D%0A%0D%0AOPEC%27s official output is 23.2 million barrels a day. The group supplies almost 40 percent of the world%27s oil%2C including overproduction estimated at between 700%2C00||0||1
194|09/28/2001|00:12:16|khephra|Governor Davis Orders Special Session|Governor Orders Special Session%0D%0A%0D%0AGov. Gray Davis on Thursday ordered the Legislature to return next month for a special session to craft a rescue deal for Southern California Edison.%0D%0A%0D%0AEdison%2C the state%27s second-largest utility%2C ran up %243.9 billion in debts last year because of spiraling wholesale electricity costs. By law%2C the utility was not allowed to pass the higher costs on to customers.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe state%27s largest utility%2C Pacific Gas and Electric Co.%2C also ran up billions in debts and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is a time of great economic uncertainty%2C%22 Davis said. %22Another utility bankruptcy is not in anyone%27s interest.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A....snip.....%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsday.com%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fnation%2Fwire%2Fsns-ap-power-edison0927sep27.story%3Fcoll%3Dsns%252Dap%252Dnation%2||0||1
193|09/28/2001|18:55:33|khephra|Delay for Social Security Plan Mulled|Delay for Social Security Plan Mulled%0D%0A%0D%0AA plan by a presidential commission to allow workers to invest some Social Security taxes in the stock market could be delayed until next year because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe White House and the commission%27s staff were weighing political and practical consequences of backing off from the fall deadline President Bush set to receive plans for the overhaul.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60Right now the president is focused on winning the war against terrorism%2C%27%27 said White House spokesman Jim Wilkinson. %60%60However%2C ensuring the retirement security of all generations of Americans remains a key domestic priority for the president.%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0ABush assembled the commission to devise a plan to shore up future funding for Social Security that would let younger workers invest some of their payroll taxes in the stock mar||0||6
192|09/28/2001|21:13:01|moosedog|Business as usual|Flying Pork Barrels%0D%0AThe airline bailout enriches stockholders at the expense of taxpayers. %0D%0A%0D%0ABy Steven E. Landsburg%0D%0APosted Thursday%2C Sept. 27%2C 2001%2C at 4%3A00 p.m. PT%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fslate.msn.com%2FEconomics%2F01-09-27%2FEconomics.asp%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the past few weeks%2C politicians have been transformed into statesmen%2C and George W. Bush has perhaps had greatness thrust upon him. But you can%27t escape your origins. Congress and the president have pulled off the neat trick of rising to the occasion while simultaneously stooping to pork-barrel politics as usual.%0D%0A%0D%0AI refer to the airline bailout%97%245 billion in cash and an additional %2410 billion in loan guarantees. You might think that in times like these our leaders would be too busy for everyday pursuits like handing out giant dollops of corporate welfare. You%27d be wrong.%0D%0A%0D%0ALet||0||0
190|09/26/2001|12:08:47|dingaling|US bails out airlines%2C ignores plight of workers|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsws.org%2Farticles%2F2001%2Fsep2001%2Fbail-s26.shtml%0D%0A||0|0|4
189|09/26/2001|12:58:11|jerryfisher|What is the state of the budget - surplus or deficit%3F |%0D%0A%0D%0AIn August the Congressional Budget Office estimated a %24180 billion dollar surplus if the economy grew at 2.6%25.  Their estimates did no||0|0|5
188|09/26/2001|14:11:46|JCMach1|Global Economic Slowdown|%0D%0AThe International Monetary Fund has forecast a sharper slowdown in the world economy%2C following the terrorist attacks in the United States. %0||0|0|0
187|09/26/2001|14:49:09|Paschall|BusinessWeek says Shrub cannot keep war vow|It%27s good news when the business folks start doubting Shrub%27s intention and honesty. I hope this is just another sign that his little moment in th||0|0|15
186|09/26/2001|16:40:23|khephra|OIRA to Stress Cost-Benefit Analyses%2F review all %22significant%22 regulations|Rule-Making Process to Be Tightened %0D%0AOIRA to Stress Use of %27Science-Based%27 Approach %0D%0A%0D%0AThe White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday advised federal agencies that it will emphasize %22science-based%22 procedures -- including cost-benefit analyses -- in evaluating proposed regulations.%0D%0A%0D%0AJohn D. Graham%2C administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs%2C said OIRA will review all %22significant%22 regulations for strict compliance with a host of requirements and guidelines%2C including risk assessments%2C peer review and analyses of the rules%27 impact on state%2C local and Indian governments%2C on energy supplies and on small businesses.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe policy is a significant departure from that of the Clinton administration%2C which emphasized agency expertise in rule-making%2C and could signal a return to the OIRA activism of th||0||0
185|09/26/2001|19:30:50|khephra|IMF warns of global recession|IMF warns of global recession%0D%0A%0D%0AThe global economy this year will turn in its weakest performance in eight years%2C the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. %0D%0A%0D%0AAgainst this backdrop%2C the IMF%27s chief economist%2C Kenneth Rogoff%2C at first declared a recession in the United States a %22done deal.%22 At the end of his briefing%2C he sought to soften that comment by saying it %22remains to be seen%22 whether the Sept. 11 attacks would throw the already ailing U.S. economy into a recession this year. %0D%0A%0D%0AEven before the strikes%2C the IMF%2C a 183-nation lending agency%2C reduced its global growth forecast for this year to just 2.6 percent%2C a 0.6 percentage-point reduction from May. The new figure would mark the poorest showing since 1993. %0D%0A%0D%0AProjections in the IMF%27s latest %22World Economic Outlook%22 don%27t reflect the impact of the attack||0||2
183|09/27/2001|22:02:48|YANG|Where is the bailout for the laid off airline employees%3F|Unemployment doesn%27t cut it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D____________________________________%0D%0A%22We can support the troops without supporting the President.%27%27   Trent Lott%5B%2Ffont%5D||2||21
126|09/24/2001|19:53:25|Chris in Charlotte|Estate Tax confusion|Does anyone here know much about the so-called %22death tax%22%3F  My father-in-law%2C who is a Republican%2C announce some time ago that he would slowly begin giving out the inheritance%2C so no one had to pay this tax. He is also planning on selling off their home and land soon %28for as cheap as he can to whomever in the family wants it%29 and moving into a condo. %0D%0A%0D%0AMy question is this%3A  Is this extrememly unethical%3F||0||9
182|09/23/2001|13:57:38|ModerateGal|How to fix the economy -- Krugman|Krugman%27s Sunday op-ed lays out his blueprint for fixing the economic fallout from the WTC.  %28For those who don%27t know Krugman%2C he is an op-ed economist for the NY Times and professor of Economics at MIT. He%27s been dead right many times over the past decade.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AHere are his thoughts on restoring our prosperity.  Basically%2C he says %281%29 tone down the confidence-depleting war rhetoric%2C %282%29 use a few short-term Keynesian fixes quickly%2C and %283%29 maintain long-term fiscal prudence.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28snip%29%0D%0AIt%27s up to the government to ensure that America%27s sorrow and nervousness don%27t turn into an economic disaster.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DA first step would be some realistic rhetoric.%5B%2Fb%5D I don%27t fault the Bush administration for initially using the language of war and revenge%3B an angry and grieving public would not have accepted anything less||0||0
181|09/23/2001|17:11:56|Skwmom|Are wealthy Republicans unpatriotic whiners%3F|%09Wealthy Republicans are always whining about how it is their money%2C not the governments%2C and they want it back.  Without a doubt%2C the wealthiest in our society have reaped the greatest benefits from a capitalistic society.  The sons and daughters of the wealthiest Americans%2C however%2C are not the ones who will troop off to war and be sent home in body bags to their loved ones.  They also do not work as firemen and policeman who may be called upon to pay the ultimate sacrifice.  Now%2C it looks like Congress will rape social security to fund this %93infinite%94 war effort and we will bail out companies while the corporate heads continue to receive millions in compensation.  Our schools are crumbling%2C our infrastructure is in ruins%2C and we pay an airport security worker less than we pay a fast food server%2C yet the Republicans seem to view this a great opportunity to raid ||0||3
180|09/23/2001|21:47:13|LEFTofLEFT|Prepay 15 billion %24%27s to airlines for future gov. travel.|Why just give them the money%3F  There will be many empty seets for a while.  Ths gov spends many millions each year on travel.  Seems like a win win.  On second thought why not give vouchers to tax payers just like the tax rebates%3F||0||0
179|09/24/2001|00:06:10|Skwmom|Is anyone else offended by the message to go out and spend%3F|O%27Neill%2C the Treasury Secretary%2C in discussing social security has stated that able bodied Americans should be responsible enough to save for their own retirement.  Now the conservative talking heads are urging Americans to be patriotic and go out and shop in order to revive the economy.  Considering the fact that it looks like there%27s about to be a huge raid on the social security surplus%2C and that it%27s looking more likely that we  will still have a huge national debt when the baby boomers start to retire %28thereby most likely triggering cuts in social security benefits%29%2C spending is the last thing I want to do.  Why don%27t they urge the wealthiest one percent to go out there and buy%2C buy%2C buy%2C since obviously they can best afford it%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||53
177|09/22/2001|14:08:10|RangerX|Do airlines deserve little strings attached funding%3F|%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ABush will ask Congress to give airlines %245 billion in immediate aid %0D%0A%0D%0AFrom News Services%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON - President George W. Bush will ask Congress to give the nation%27s beleaguered airlines %245 billion in immediate cash aid plus significant help with their insurance liability - but not%2C for now%2C the loans that the industry says it needs to avert bankruptcies%2C an administration official said Wednesday.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn addition%2C Bush will immediately spend %243 billion of the emergency funds that Congress gave him over the weekend to pay for airline and airport security improvements%2C such as fortified cockpits%2C sky marshals and additional airport searches. White House advisers briefed key congressional staff on the package late Wednesday.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.post-dispatch.com%2Fchannel%2Fpdweb.nsf%2Fpd%2F86256A0E006||0||8
176|09/22/2001|15:51:16|khephra|More On The New Tax Cuts  %28O%27Neill finally pitches reduced Corp. Tax%29|Bush Tries to Steady Economy Jolted by Attack%0D%0A%0D%0AAs evidence mounts that the terrorist attacks have deeply wounded an already weakened economy%2C President Bush today forecast %22an improved business climate in America in the years ahead.%22 But he did not commit himself to specific steps to achieve that goal beyond bailing out the airline industry.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe president%27s vagueness about how or even whether the administration would seek to re-energize the faltering economy reflected a debate in the White House%2C Congress and the Federal Reserve about acting quickly versus waiting for a clearer picture to emerge from the post-attack chaos.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe policy and political challenges became intense in recent days%2C as airlines and other companies announced tens of thousands of layoffs%2C the stock market swooned%2C consumers grew jittery and the international outlook wor||0||3
175|09/22/2001|18:21:10|Damo_1966|Sticky questions for the elite|Sticky questions for the elite%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Derrick Z. Jackson%2C Globe Staff%2C 9%2F19%2F2001%0D%0A%0D%0AN MONDAY the headline atop USA Today blared%2C %27%27America ready to sacrifice.%27%27 %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe question is%2C %27%27Sacrifice what%3F%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AOn Monday President Bush said%2C %27%27Freedom has a cost%2C and we%27re willing to bear that cost.%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe question is%2C %27%27Bear what cost%3F%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AOn Monday Richard Grasso%2C the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange%2C reopened the trading floor by saying%2C %27%27Today%2C America goes back to business.%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe question is%2C %27%27What kind of business%3F%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0AMore at.....%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fdailyglobe2%2F262%2Foped%2FSticky_questions_for_the_elite%2B.shtml||0||2
171|09/23/2001|23:11:35|johnny_red|lets hash out a DU economic relief program|we got some smart kids here....%0D%0A%0D%0Aheres my suggestion%3A a compromise bill cutting the capital gains tax and estate tax and increasing minimum wage to a decent living standard%3A id say at least 8.50%2Fhr plus basic benifits. end the 60%2Fhr week wage slave%2C and bribe the rich to go along with it.%0D%0A%0D%0Aany thoughts%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%2F%2B%5C%0D%0AHey you%2C dont help them to bury the light.%0D%0ADont give in without a fight.%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||4
174|09/23/2001|15:38:01|IndianaGreen|Jobs with Justice%3A %27Think globally%2C act locally%27|Commentary%3A%0D%0AThe tragedy of 9-11 did not put a stop to the mass struggle%2C nor did it end the exploitation of the workers by the capitalists%2C nor did it slow down the rape of the environment by the trans-national corporations. The war against Bush and his rightwing cabal goes on. The mass struggle must be intensified as global capitalism is occupied elsewhere.%0D%0AIG%0D%0A%0D%0AJobs with Justice%3A %27Think globally%2C act locally%27%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Tim Wheeler %0D%0A%0D%0APeople%27s Weekly World%0D%0A%0D%0ACLEVELAND%2C Ohio - %22Think globally%2C act locally.%22 That motto describes well the annual conference of Jobs with Justice %28JwJ%29 held here Sept. 7-9. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe 800 delegates from across the nation applauded calls by fraternal delegates from around the world for solidarity in the struggle against sweatshops and for living wage jobs. %0D%0A%0D%0APerhaps the clearest||0||0
172|09/21/2001|03:07:13|kskiska|Time to Forget Tax Cuts - Krugman|Paul Krugman%0D%0A                               Thursday September 20%2C 2001%0D%0A                               The Guardian %0D%0A%0D%0A                               Is everything different now%3F Yes and no. Last week%27s atrocity has shaken us%0D%0A                               and realigned our priorities. But many things remain the same. Among them%0D%0A                               is the basic quandary of US economic policy%2C which has by no means gone%0D%0A                               away. It has simply become more fraught. %0D%0A%0D%0A                               And if our leaders ignore that quandary - or%2C worse still%2C if they seem in%0D%0A                               retrospect to have taken political advantage of our national trauma - we will%0D%0A                               pay a large price%2C not only economically but in terms of national unity. %0D%0||0||10
161|09/21/2001|11:07:25|IndianaGreen|A new world%2C without hunger and with justice%2C is possible|September 10%2C 2001%0D%0AA new world%2C without hunger and with justice%2C is possible%0D%0A%0D%0A%95 Affirms Fidel at the closing ceremony of the 1st World Forum on Food Sovereignty%0D%0A%0D%0AARGUING his reasons with visionary passion%2C President Fidel Castro highlighted that a new world%2C which our species more than deserves%2C is possible and will exist. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe first forum on food sovereignty took place in Havana from September 3 through 7 with the participation of 300 delegations from 60 countries. %0D%0A%0D%0AAccording to Fidel%2C this discussion is taking place at a highly threatening moment for our species in terms of food provision%2C given that in the past 100 years the world population has multiplied more than fourfold. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22I agree with you in affirming that there is more than enough food on the earth for the world%2C%22 he said to participants%2C citing||0||2
227|10/16/2001|00:23:05|LEFTofLEFT|File bankruptcy now.|File bankruptcy now.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf you are carrying too much debt%2C don%27t carry it through this crisis.   %0D%0A||0||7
223|10/12/2001|12:53:28|khephra|House OKs %24123B in Routine Spending|House OKs %24123B in Routine Spending%0D%0A%0D%0AThe House gave rapid approval Thursday to %24123 billion for this year%27s education%2C health and labor programs as lawmakers continued a bipartisan%2C if belated%2C push to finish the year%27s routine spending bills.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe measure%2C almost %2414 billion larger than last year%27s%2C reflected a budget deal that President Bush and Congress struck two weeks ago. Members of both parties agreed to withhold contentious amendments to speed work on a measure that traditionally sees testy battles over abortion%2C schools and other issues that can last days.%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter less than seven hours of debate that saw a handful of amendments rejected%2C lawmakers approved the measure by 373-43.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe final hurdle was cleared after Rep. Melissa Hart%2C R-Pa.%2C withdrew an amendment that would have barred federal aid for any school ||0||0
221|10/12/2001|22:50:26|Cheyenne|Stimulus Proposals Gets Hefty Hikes|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2F0%2C2933%2C36376%2C00.html%0D%0A%0D%0AOur congesspersons and senators have taken leave of their senses. They are falling all over each other in a race to see who can waste the most money.  It is grotesque.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe do not need an economic stimulus.  Period.  It is just used by partisans as an opportunity to slurp at the public trough.%0D%0A%0D%0ABy the way%2C Smirky must have written this headline for Fox News %28as pasted into the Subject line of this post%29.  The verb surely does not match the tense of the object.   %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThere ain%27t no devil%3B That%27s just God when He%27s drunk. -- Tom Waits%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||3
220|10/13/2001|03:29:26|khephra|Package of G.O.P Tax Cuts Is Approved by House Panel|Package of G.O.P Tax Cuts Is Approved by House Panel%0D%0A%0D%0A...snip......%0D%0A%0D%0AMost of the tax savings in this Republican package%2C about %2470 billion%2C would go to businesses. But %2413 billion would be used to give tax rebates to 30 million workers whose incomes were too low to entitle them to the rebates that other taxpayers received this year.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe bill is almost certain to be approved by the House%2C possibly next week%2C and be the basis for negotiations with the White House and Democratic-controlled Senate.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe committee approved the measure on a party-line vote%2C 23 to 14%2C after a rancorous debate.%0D%0A%0D%0ARepresentative Charles B. Rangel of Manhattan%2C the top Democrat on the panel%2C accused Republicans of abandoning the spirit of bipartisanship and of %22looking for a confrontation.%22 Another senior Democrat%2C Representative Robert T.||0||2
218|10/07/2001|19:56:01|khephra|Rental Car Companies Lobby for U.S. to Back %241.5 B in Loans|Some Rental Car Companies Lobby for U.S. to Back Loans%0D%0A%0D%0Acoalition of rental car companies has begun lobbying Congress and the White House for a five-year%2C %241.5 billion package of loan guarantees%2C arguing that they%2C like the nation%27s airlines%2C have been devastated by a plunge in business after the terrorist attacks%2C officials said yesterday.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut the industry is divided%2C with rental giants Hertz and Avis Rent-A-Car Systems%2C along with Enterprise Rent-A-Car%2C opposed to any bailout of the industry.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe plan is being promoted by the ANC Rental Corporation %28news%2Fquote%29%2C the parent of National and Alamo%2C and is supported by Budget Rent A Car and Dollar Rent A Car Systems%2C which includes Thrifty Car Rental.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is a vital industry%2C and it is in very serious need of help%2C%22 said John Merrigan%2C with the Washingto||0||2
216|10/07/2001|15:40:21|khephra|Bush%2C Democrats Divided on Makeup of Stimulus |Bush%2C Democrats Divided on Makeup of Stimulus %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Bush administration offered the first details yesterday of what it wants to see in an economic stimulus plan%2C saying it should be composed mostly of tax cuts for individuals and businesses%2C with about one-fifth set aside to aid laid-off workers.%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocrats swiftly rejected the administration%27s terms%2C saying they did not provide enough money for individuals hurt by the economic slowdown. The statements%2C coming the day after Bush called for a package of as much as %2475 billion in tax cuts and spending to revive the ailing economy%2C suggested that the fault lines over the measure were widening even as both sides promised to work in a bipartisan manner.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe administration also faced flak from conservatives%2C who have become increasingly vocal about their displeasure with the legislation%2C which||0||3
217|10/05/2001|02:05:58|khephra|Gephardt Says He Will Fight Bush on Trade|Gephardt Says He Will Fight Bush on Trade%0D%0A%0D%0AThe prospects that Congress would give President Bush enhanced trade authority received a blow today when Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri%2C the House Democratic leader%2C said he would lead the charge against the measure.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe bill favored by the White House%2C and likely to be approved on Friday by the House Ways and Means Committee%2C is %22loose%2C vague%2C unclear%2C imprecise%2C not sufficient%22 on the questions of labor rights and environment%2C Mr. Gephardt said at a news conference. %0D%0A%0D%0AHis strong stand and the opposition of other influential Democrats like Representatives Robert T. Matsui of California and Jim McDermott of Washington%2C who usually favor expanded trade%2C mean the president cannot win on the issue this year without a bitter partisan battle at a time he is trying to build bipa||0||1
215|10/05/2001|04:18:07|zizka|Will the banks be touched%3F  PROBABLY NOT%21|An enormous issue that only pops up on the media screen every once in a long while is banking transparency laws.  This is a policy-wonk issue%2C right%3F  Who cares%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ABin Laden isn%27t just a millionaire%2C he%27s a semi-billionaire.  The world%27s banking laws were designed for the purpose of allowing men like him to transfer enormous amounts of money freely and secretly from any given nation to any other nation.  There are a lot of reasons why this freedom is wanted%2C but tax evasion is first on the list.  All free-market ideologues and freepers are fanatics on the question of free and secret money transfers.  Even the ones who don%27t trust banks and have hidden their whole life savings under their beds in gold bars for the burglars to steal.%0D%0A%0D%0AMoney makes the world go round.  We can be certain that the families of the suicide terrorists will be well taken care o||0||2
214|10/05/2001|10:13:26|Dabeddow|Shrub%27s economic meeting in NYC nothing but a meeting with his donors|snip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe list of corporate executives meeting with President Bush on Wednesday to discuss the economy is a who%27s who of campaign donors.%0D%0A%0D%0AAll but a handful of the 29 companies at Bush%27s private meeting in New York donated to his inaugural committee or have executives who gave to Bush%27s presidential campaign or the inauguration.%0D%0A%0D%0ATop Bush backers at the meeting included American International Group chairman and chief executive Maurice %60%60Hank%27%27 Greenberg%2C who raised more than %24100%2C000 for Bush%27s 2000 campaign.%0D%0A%0D%0AFive companies and their employees were among Bush%27s top 11 campaign contributors last year. They include Credit Suisse First Boston%2C Morgan Stanley Dean Witter %26 Co.%2C Merrill Lynch%2C Citigroup and Goldman Sachs%2C according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe presence of many ||0||0
212|10/05/2001|14:21:37|khephra|House Group Puts Off Trade Bill|House Group Puts Off Trade Bill%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AA House committee on Friday put off voting on a critical trade issue amid charges from Democrats that the bill threatened the bipartisan spirit Congress has tried to maintain since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.%0D%0A%0D%0ARep. Bill Thomas%2C R-Calif.%2C chairman of the Ways and Means Committee%2C opened a committee meeting by announcing he was postponing until next Tuesday a vote on legislation giving the president enhanced powers to negotiate new international trade agreements.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat %22fast track%22 or trade promotion authority is the top trade priority of the administration this year as it prepares for the final stages of negotiations on a Western Hemisphere free trade zone and a new round of World Trade Organization talks. Under fast track%2C Congress can approve or reject but cannot amend a trade agreement negotiated by th||0||0
211|10/05/2001|16:29:22|WilliamPitt|Did big investors KNOW THE WTC ATTACK WAS COMING%3F%3F%3F|The SEC sure seems to think the question is worth an investigation%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A- - - - -%0D%0ASuspicious trading points to advance knowledge by big investors of September 11 attacks%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Barry Grey%0D%0A5 October 2001%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsws.org%2Farticles%2F2001%2Foct2001%2Fbond-o05.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the two weeks preceding the September 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington%2C there was a sudden and unaccountable rush of speculative trades on the US stock and bond markets that indicate some wealthy and well-connected investors had advance knowledge of the impending catastrophe.%0D%0A%0D%0AThose involved bet large sums on the prospect of a major crisis that would drive down the value of stocks in the airline%2C tourism and insurance industries%2C and undermine confidence in the US economy as a whole. Investigations are currently under way by the Securities a||0||5
210|10/05/2001|16:58:09|SoCalDem|SEC Investigating 38 companies  suspicious trading...just before 9%2F11%2F01|http%3A%2F%2Fwire.ap.org%2FAPpackages%2Fphotoweek%2Findex.html%0D%0A%0D%0Alatest news   left side of page...%0D%0A%0D%0AOCTOBER 02%2C 19%3A59 EDT SEC Probes Suspicious Trading %0D%0ABy MARCY GORDON %0D%0AAP Business Writer %09%0D%0ATraders work floor of NYSE%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 %97 %0D%0A%0D%0AThe government is investigating trading in shares of 38 companies%2C including major airlines%2C cruise lines%2C General Motors and Raytheon%2C to determine if people used advance knowledge of the terror attacks to profit. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Securities and Exchange Commission asked brokerage and investment firms in the United States and Canada to review their records for trading in the stocks to find any unusual patterns from Aug. 27 through Sept. 11%2C the day hijackers slammed planes into the World Trade Center%27s towers and the Pentagon. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DThere was unusually heav||0||6
208|09/30/2001|22:54:32|khephra|Greenspan%27s New Deal -- Save the poor%21 No breaks for the rich%21 |Greenspan%27s New Deal %0D%0A%0D%0AWhen Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday he raised some seriously surprised eyebrows. First%2C he appeared with Robert Rubin%2C President Clinton%27s treasury secretary%2C and not with the current holder of that office%2C his close friend Paul O%27Neill. Then%2C he agreed with Rubin and stated his opposition to the current Republican tax cut agenda. %0D%0A%0D%0ANeither the capital gains tax cut favored by congressional Republicans%2C nor the reduction in corporate income taxes -- a proposal floated by the White House -- would do much to revive the economy%2C he said. If a fiscal stimulus should be pursued at all%2C he and Rubin concluded%2C it must be large -- up to around %24100 billion%2C including what has already been authorized by Congress -- and it should be targeted as broadly as possible%||0||3
207|09/30/2001|23:48:25|khephra|In a Rapid Shift%2C Budget Surplus Is Expected to Turn Into Deficits|In a Rapid Shift%2C Budget Surplus Is Expected to Turn Into Deficits%0D%0A%0D%0AAnalysts inside and outside the government say the large federal budget surpluses of recent years are likely to give way to a deficit in the fiscal year that starts on Monday%2C a stunningly swift turnabout brought on by the weakening economy and the costs of the campaign against terrorism.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Congressional Budget Office expects the government to run a surplus of about %24121 billion in the year that ends today%2C down from %24236 billion the year before. For the coming 12 months%2C analysts are forecasting that the government at best will balance its books after paying for military action%2C relief and reconstruction efforts and an economic stimulus package%2C and probably will spend tens of billions of dollars more than it takes in through taxes.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs recently as the spring%2C before th||0||0
206|09/30/2001|23:49:18|khephra|Moviegoers Are Returning%2C Even to Action Thrillers|Moviegoers Are Returning%2C Even to Action Thrillers%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22We%27re like Jack Palance in Shane%21%22 -- Bill Hicks%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||0
205|10/01/2001|11:41:25|AWharton|Robert Rubin%27s op-ed on economy|While our strategy needs to be geared to the changed economic situation at hand%2C the laws of economics have not changed%2C and the fiscal discipline that was so enormously important over the last eight years is still extremely important now. Since the short-term fiscal position has changed dramatically%2C it is all the more important to preserve our already diminished long- term fiscal health. Market interest rates affect business investment and%2C more important%2C mortgage rates%2C which in turn affect housing prices and mortgage refinancing%2C and hence consumption. And market rates now %97 as well as general confidence %97 can be significantly influenced by expectations about our longer-term fiscal strength. %5Bb%5DDespite eight federal rate cuts%2C longer-term bond market interest rates have come down very little%2C which many ascribe%2C in part%2C to our diminished long-term fisc||0||4
204|10/01/2001|18:28:13|Lydia Leftcoast|Company cuts off retirees%27 health benefits in labor dispute|This article makes me think that DU needs to institute a Top Ten Cold-Hearted Snakes award in addition to the Top Ten Conservative Idiots award.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregonlive.com%2Fbusiness%2Foregonian%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fxml%2Fstory.ssf%2Fhtml_standard.xsl%3F%2Fbase%2Fbusiness%2F100176453523266149.xml%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DUnquestioning obedience is Un-American.%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||6
202|09/26/2001|19:15:04|khephra|Suddenly Bush Inc is Worried Over Busting the Budget on Farm Bill|Farm Funding May Be Hurt By Attacks%0D%0A%0D%0AAgriculture Secretary Ann Veneman says spending on farm programs is uncertain following this month%27s terrorist attacks but declined on Wednesday to say whether a %24170 billion House bill would bust the budget. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe House is expected to vote on the measure as early as next week despite questions about how it will be paid for. Nearly %2474 billion of the spending was supposed to come from projected budget surpluses that now appear unlikely to materialize. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60I can%27t tell you where the budget is going to go with regard to anything%2C%27%27 Veneman told the Senate Agriculture Committee. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe House bill%2C which would regulate farm and nutrition programs for the next decade%2C expands income assistance to grain and cotton farmers and boosts spending on conservation programs. The Senate committee is starti||0||2
201|09/26/2001|23:11:00|CatWoman|Treasury Sec says 9%2F11 attacks slowed economic rebound|O%27Neill Says Terrorist Attacks Have Slowed Rebound %28Update3%29 %0D%0ABy Walden Siew and Simon Kennedy%0D%0A%0D%0ANew York%2C Sept. 26 %28Bloomberg%29 -- The Sept. 11 terrorist strikes on the U.S. have delayed an economic rebound by at least three months%2C Treasury Secretary Paul O%27Neill said today. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60There%27s no denying that these events have set back our economy%2C%27%27 O%27Neill told a breakfast meeting of business leaders. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe economy grew at a 0.2 percent annual rate in the second quarter%2C the slowest in eight years. Economists say the attacks may have pushed the U.S. into its first recession in a decade. Prior to the assaults%2C O%27Neill had predicted gross domestic product would pickup in the final three months of this year. %0D%0A%0D%0AGrowth was %60%60beginning to inch up%27%27 before the attacks%2C O%27Neill said. Now%2C any rebound has be||0||8
200|09/27/2001|00:16:38|ModerateGal|Reuters%3A Senate Budget Chief%3A Stimulus Should Be Substantial|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20010926%2Fpl%2Feconomy_stimulus_conrad_dc_1.html%0D%0A%28snip%29%0D%0ASenate Budget Chief%3A Stimulus Should Be Substantial%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28Reuters%29 - The head of the Senate Budget Committee said on Wednesday any legislative package to provide stimulus to the U.S. economy after the devastating attacks of Sept. 11 needs to be large%2C given the size of the economy.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60My own judgement is we need further stimulus and ... that it%27s going to have to be substantial to make a difference in a %2410 trillion economy%2C%27%27 said Sen. Kent Conrad %28news - bio - voting record%29%2C D-N.D. in an interview on cable network CNBC.%28snip%29%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||0
102|10/22/2001|18:35:20|owillis|What is wrong with a FLAT tax%3F|I%27m not an economic expert%2C so I would really like your input.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt seems to me that its a very democratic thing. Everyone %28above poverty%29 pays a fixed percentage %28say 15%25%29%2C this plan would also involve abolishing the subsidies that allow corporations to go tax free - and make them pay 15%25 on their income as well %28but probably keeping in incentives for small businesses until they grew...%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AI think tightening our purses on how much money the government sucks from us would force them to spend it more prudently...%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D--%0D%0Awww.oliverwillis.com%5B%2Ffont%5D||3||76|
231|10/22/2001|08:20:53|bpilgrim|Nobel Laureate Encourages Global Justice Movement|Most Read Article At My Site... i think i may have posted this at DU before%2C but that is it. I wonder who is passing it around%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A    %5Bb%5DNobel Laureate Encourages Global Justice Movement%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0APublished on Tuesday%2C October 16%2C 2001 by the Inter Press Service%0D%0A%0D%0A    by Tim Shorrock %0D%0A%0D%0A    WASHINGTON - Joseph Stiglitz%2C whose critiques of free market fundamentalism cost him a senior job at the World Bank in 1999%0D%0A    but won him the Nobel Prize for economics last week%2C has succinct advice for the global justice movement%3A Keep it up . %0D%0A%0D%0A    %27%27The recognition that the trade agreements of the past have been unfair is one of the important lessons of the anti-globalization movement%2C%27%27 he says.%0D%0A%0D%0A    %27%27I think it%27s something that will stick with us. And if we go forward with another round of trade ta||0||1
224|10/21/2001|11:52:57|kskiska|Employers using attack to shed unwanted staff|By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles%0D%0A%0D%0A 12 October 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A Rhina and Cesar Perez were never the favourite employees of the Century%0D%0A Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Aside from their housekeeping duties%2C the%0D%0A husband and wife team were also active in a campaign to unionise low-wage%0D%0A service workers%2C something that may well have been their undoing.%0D%0A%0D%0A Within hours of the 11 September attacks%2C both were told their jobs had been%0D%0A cancelled. %22They told us all their convention business had dried up%2C%22 Mr Perez%0D%0A said.%0D%0A%0D%0A Across the hospitality industry%2C anywhere between one and three million%0D%0A people are estimated to have lost their jobs. Even those who are still nominally%0D%0A working have had their hours cut from a full 40 hours to the equivalent of just%0D%0A two or three days a week. Most are either immigrants with limited||0||5
230|10/19/2001|08:51:28|JM|Fund outflows set record|Investors withdrew %2432B from stock mutual funds in September%2C a new high. %0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK %28Reuters%29 - Investors pulled a record %2432.0 billion out of stock mutual funds in September as the attacks on New York and Washington triggered a steep decline in stock prices%2C fund tracking company Lipper Inc. said Thursday.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AWow. The patriotic buying really worked%2C eh%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AJM||0||1
229|10/17/2001|13:40:23|Why|Shrubbie started something with the airline bailout.|Seems if you open the corporate welfare floodgates just a teeny crack%2C all of American industry will come a runnin%27.  Check this one out from the October 17th New York Times%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F10%2F17%2Fbusiness%2F17BAIL.html%3Ftodaysheadlines%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Bfont size%3D%274%27%5D%5Bcenter%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.way2muchsense.com%5B%2Fcenter%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||0
213|10/17/2001|12:48:17|spinbaby|Job picture looks grim|Job Picture Grim Before Sept. 11 Attacks%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Caren Bohan%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28Reuters%29 - The U.S. economy shed nearly 200%2C000 jobs in September%2C the government said on Friday in a report that showed a sharp erosion in the job market even before the full impact of the Sept. 11 attacks was felt.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28more%29%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbiz.yahoo.com%2Frb%2F011005%2Fbusiness_economy_jobs_dc_4.html%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||13
222|10/16/2001|00:26:42|bpilgrim|CNN%3A Polaroid and largest Movie Theater Group Declare Chapter 11|and BUSH is has problems with the bill just passed in the senate for airline security.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe sticking point... you guessed it%2C Federalizing The Security at Airlines.%0D%0A%0D%0AI wonder why%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D-- %0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fglobalfreepress.com%2Fimages%2FDr.Stranglove--8.jpg%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fglobalfreepress.org%0D%0A%28Now for PDAs%21 - take THAT FOX%29  %3B-%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists.%22 - Thomas Friedman%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.freedomforum.org%2Ftemplates%2Fdocument.asp%3FdocumentID%3D14924%0D%0A%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||6
233|10/26/2001|08:01:05|khephra|Press catches Ari in lie%21%21%21%21  -- Raising Revenue or Tax Increase%3F|Raising Revenue or Tax Increase%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAn old transcript got the last word at Wednesday%27s White House press briefing.%0D%0A%0D%0APresidential spokesman Ari Fleischer was asked how he squares President Bush%27s support for a new airline passenger surcharge with Fleischer%27s earlier assertion that a revenue-raiser amounts to a tax increase -- verboten in this tax-cutting White House.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I never defined it that way%2C%22 Fleischer said.%0D%0A%0D%0AA reporter countered that Fleischer had%2C indeed%2C done that.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I defy you to find that statement because it has not been made%2C%22 Fleischer said.%0D%0A%0D%0AHis challenge sent reporters looking. The White House transcript of Fleischer%27s Sept. 6 press briefing showed that Fleischer had said%2C %22If you raise money%2C it%27s a tax hike.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AMORE.............. %28his explanation of why he wasn%27t fi||0||9|DCForumID27
240|10/25/2001|15:37:51|Shadoobie|Insurance Subsidies|No link%2C yet.  I heard this on the radio.%0D%0A%0D%0ABecause of the high payout companies have had to make for the WTC attack%2C many are reluctant to provide insurance against terrorist attacks.  At the very least%2C the premiums would be very high.  President Bush and Paul O%27Neill are pushing for legislation that would either help allay these costs or actually provide insurance directly to business.  %3Awtf%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AI think I will incorporate my family%3A  Greg R.%2C Inc.  %28We provide bioengineering research consulting and educational services for Academic Institutions.  We also provide educational and humanitarian services for specific U.S. citizens from birth until adulthood.  Our motto%3A  A better family for a better America.%29  This way we will still have rights and benefits in this country. %3Aeyes%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%2||0||7|DCForumID27
239|10/25/2001|14:20:26|texasleo|Mom mails dead son%27s ashes%2C wants student loans discharged|http%3A%2F%2Fap.tbo.com%2Fap%2Fbreaking%2FMGA8TYMV7TC.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0APHILADELPHIA %28AP%29 - Tired of the red tape involved in proving her son dead%2C a woman sent a baggie containing some of his ashes to the company processing his student loans. %0D%0AThe baggie and accompanying letter arrived at Sallie Mae%27s office in Wilkes-Barre%2C Pa.%2C on Oct. 12 as concern was growing about anthrax-tainted letters. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22We treated it as it was an anthrax scare. It was a gray powdery substance%2C%22 said company vice president Joseph Bailey. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe 25-year-old college student died of a drug overdose in Georgia%2C leaving behind about %2435%2C000 in federal student loans%2C Bailey said. The loans are discharged if Sallie Mae or the lender receives an original or raised-seal copy of the death certificate. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe woman%2C from Washington state%2C first contacted S||0||3|DCForumID27
238|10/25/2001|14:00:36|khephra|Bush Campaigns for More Tax Relief|Bush Campaigns for More Tax Relief%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush%27s visit to the shop floor of a printing factory in Glen Burnie%2C Md.%2C yesterday brought a sense of d%E9j%E0 vu%3A For the first time since he barnstormed the country to pass a %241.3 trillion tax cut last spring%2C Bush was on the stump to promote tax relief.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut that is where the similarity ends.%0D%0A%0D%0ALast spring%2C Bush was cajoling Senate Democrats to support his full %241.6 trillion%2C 10-year tax cut passed by the House. This time%2C his aides have been talking privately with Senate Democrats about a plan that would scale back the House Republicans%27 %24100 billion%2C one-year tax cut in favor of a smaller tax cut closer to the %2460 billion to %2475 billion Bush recently proposed.%0D%0A%0D%0ALast spring%2C Democrats complained that Bush was busting the budget and that tax cuts were unnecessary. This||0||2|DCForumID27
237|10/25/2001|11:35:23|spinbaby|Unemployment up again|http%3A%2F%2Fbiz.yahoo.com%2Frb%2F011025%2Fbusiness_economy_jobless_dc_2.html%0D%0A%0D%0AAre we in a recession yet%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t remember ever seeing so many layoffs here in the Pittsburgh area. %0D%0A%0D%0A||0||10|DCForumID27
236|10/25/2001|09:59:17|RoscoeNOBUSH|House GOP %93Stimulus%94 Bill Offers BILLIONS to BushCo. Members|http%3A%2F%2Fctj.org%2Fhtml%2Famtdozen.htm %28full article%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThe %93stimulus%94 tax-cut bill just approved by the House Ways and Means Committee calls for some %2425 billion in immediate tax rebates to large profitable corporations that paid the low-rate %93alternative minimum tax%94 over the past decade and a half because loopholes cut their regular income tax bills to little or nothing.%0D%0A%0D%0ASome %246.3 billion of these corporate rebate checks would be made out to just 14 tax-avoiding Fortune 500 companies%97whose rebates would average %24450 million each. %28These companies reported more than %2433 billion in pretax U.S. profits in 2000.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AIf this gets swept under the rug by our leadership%2C we need to put out the for rent sign%21%21%21%21%21%0D%0A||1||19|DCForumID27
235|10/25/2001|09:26:38|Dabeddow|LA Times sees some glitches in the tax package passed by the house|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fcommentary%2Fla-000084509oct23.story%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A  %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ANot since World War II have Americans felt so unified. We%27re fighting a war against terrorism and we%27re fighting to get the economy moving again. And we%27re all in this together. Except when it comes to paying the bill.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe cost of the war on terrorism since Sept. 11 is estimated to be %2440 billion%2C just for this year. That includes at least %2420 billion for the military%3B %247 billion for recovery and relief in New York and at the Pentagon%3B %243 billion to fight bioterrorism%3B %242 billion for more security at dams%2C power plants and federal buildings%3B and %24600 million to secure our airports and aircraft.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s a lot but still less than 1%25 of our annual national product. To get the economy moving agai||0||0|DCForumID27
234|10/25/2001|08:57:31|Dabeddow|NY Times not impressed with tax cut that only benefits the wealthy|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F10%2F25%2Fopinion%2F25THU1.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0Ahe razor-thin margin by which the House Republicans passed their economic stimulus package yesterday was a tribute to how really dreadful that proposal is. A huge package of tax cuts%2C no matter how ill advised%2C can generally attract supporters. But despite desperate pressure from the House leadership%2C and the assurance that whatever they voted for would be made more sensible by the Senate%2C the stimulus plan squeaked through the House by only two votes.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe House bill was top-heavy with giveaways to corporations and tax cuts to the wealthiest 30 percent of Americans. Since those citizens are the least likely to immediately spend new money they acquire%2C it made little sense as an economic stimulus. At a time when the country is being urged to make sacrifices for the common ||0||1|DCForumID27
232|10/24/2001|00:33:47|revcarol|Where is the billion %24%24%24%24%24 going%3F To the victims%3FCNN Now%21%21|Now ||0||1|DCForumID27
226|10/23/2001|12:24:59|RoxanneJ|Deja voodoo|The latest Republican tax schemes are a mixture of mistake and mystery. The mistake is that%2C along with some sensible measures%2C the House Republicans are pushing economic stimulus ideas that won%27t stimulate the economy. The mystery is that there is no political reason for Team Bush to go along with bad ideas right now and that Alan Greenspan is acquiescing in a policy that he once fought successfully.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen President Bush first proposed his huge 10-year tax cut%2C he had a clear motive%3A shoring up his conservative base in the Republican primaries. Now%2C however%2C Bush is going along with more cuts on top of the ones that came before%2C even though the economic downturn makes extra cuts less affordable%2C even though he is not obliged to do so by any campaign pledge and even though his approval ratings are so high that throwing bones to his conservative base seems not ||0||6
262|10/29/2001|14:44:32|absynthe|Bears Victory Over 49ers Dashes All Hope For Economic Recovery |Markets are bracing for the worst on Monday after the Bears dramatic 37-31 come-from-behind victory over the San Francisco 49ers in overtime Sunday afternoon. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ASafety Mike Brown%27s 33-yard interception return helped ice a dramatic 37-31 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers Sunday afternoon. Brown%27s interception came off of a pass fumbled by star 49ers receiver Terrell Owens on the first play of the overtime period. The 16 second overtime period was the shortest in National Football League history. The Bears came back from a 28-9 3rd quarter defecit to tie the game 31-31 at the end of regulation before winning in dramatic fashion in overtime. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Bears victory also dashed the nation%27s hopes for a recovery from the current economic recession until at least next year. The Bears-49ers Week 7 matchup was the most anticipated NFL game among investors ||0||4|DCForumID27
261|10/30/2001|18:24:02|khephra|Old Rivalries Stall Plan to Lift Economy |Old Rivalries Stall Plan to Lift Economy %0D%0A%0D%0ASeven weeks after terrorist attacks sent shock waves through an already faltering economy%2C lawmakers and Bush administration officials appear to have reached an impasse over the right combination of tax cuts and spending initiatives to stimulate economic growth.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe debate has broken down along familiar party lines%2C despite repeated efforts by congressional leaders and President Bush to forge a bipartisan approach. Neither political party has found it easy to break old habits born of years of hostility on economic matters.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%2C the House and Senate are headed down separate tracks toward contentious negotiations to meld strikingly different economic approaches. There is little agreement on the size of the package%2C with proposals ranging from %2450 billion to %24100 billion in the first year and even bigger ||0||1|DCForumID27
259|10/30/2001|11:57:48|JCMach1|Stocks Slump Further as Confidence Fades|THE DOW HAS REALLY TAKEN A BEATING THE LAST TWO DAYS... DOWN ANOTHER 186 POINTS THIS MORNING %28OUCH%21%29.  MANY OF US HAVE BEEN PAYING GREAT ATTENTION TO THIS-- BUT THE ECONOMY IS MAJORLY TANKING.  TOO EARLY TO USE THE %22D%22 WORD%2C BUT THINGS DO NOT LOOK GOOD.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AStocks Slump Further as Confidence Fades%0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK %28Reuters%29 - Stocks scraped out fresh session lows in early morning trading on Tuesday after a new report showed consumer confidence fell much further than anticipated in October to its lowest level in seven years.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Conference Board reported its U.S. Consumer Confidence index slumped to 85.5 in October -- well below analysts%27 consensus expectations for a reading of 95.6 -- from a downwardly revised 97.0 in September.%0D%0A%0D%0ATechnology stocks rapidly added to their earlier losses%2C sending the Nasdaq Composite Index %28.I||0||12|DCForumID27
258|10/30/2001|11:36:36|galumph|Even Econ %26 Govt Students Know Economy is in Dumper|I just found out that students are requesting transcripts at a twice-than-normal rate from the college I work at. The Registrar %26 Deans of Admissions and Students have confirmed this. It seems that students are %22petrified%22 about the state of the economy%2C and want to go to graduate school instead of immediately jumping into the workforce.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd this college is %281%29 one of the more conservative%2FRepub in the country%2C and %282%29 with least 60-65%25 of the students majoring in Economics%2C Political Science%2C Accounting%2C and%2For International Relations.%0D%0A%0D%0ABad times folks. Bad times.....||0||2|DCForumID27
257|10/30/2001|11:28:41|spinbaby|Consumer confidence plunges|There goes the economy. I%27m glad Crusader Bunnypants is confident we%27ll pull out of this little...dare I say...recession.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbiz.yahoo.com%2Frb%2F011030%2Fbusiness_economy_consumers_dc_2.html||0||3|DCForumID27
243|10/30/2001|23:24:29|CatWoman|The House acts Badly|Bill for tax relief for the wealthiest top 30%25 passes the house by a razor-thin margin.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F10%2F25%2Fopinion%2F25THU1.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Bb%5DNo one can make you feel inferior without your permission -- Eleanor Roosevelt%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DRestore Gore in 2004%5B%2Fb%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D||2||54|
256|10/30/2001|03:08:44|khephra|The Senate%27s Quaking Moderates %28NTY%29|The Senate%27s Quaking Moderates%0D%0A%0D%0As the Senate prepares to consider an economic stimulus package%2C the atmosphere is much different from earlier this year%2C when it passed President Bush%27s unaffordable and unfair tax cuts. Back then many moderate Republicans and Democrats voted for what they saw as a popular program to share the surplus with the taxpayers%2C despite their own quiet misgivings. Now there is a sense of crisis%2C demands for sacrifice%2C a realization that the federal surplus is gone and a determination to pass something that will actually boost the economy. Unfortunately%2C the stimulus package being put together by the Republican Senate leadership fails in every way to address the new circumstances.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe full package is to be unveiled today by Charles Grassley of Iowa%2C the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. The advance indication||0||7|DCForumID27
255|10/29/2001|22:21:01|w4rma|Chairman of Unocal replaces CEO of United Airlines|%5Bb%5DUnited Airlines CEO Resigns%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0ABy DAVE CARPENTER%2C AP Business Writer %0D%0A%0D%0ACHICAGO %28AP%29 - United Airlines replaced embattled chairman and chief executive James Goodwin on Sunday with board member John Creighton%2C less than two weeks after Goodwin%27s warning that the carrier could %60%60perish%27%27 next year sent its stock into a tailspin. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe parent company of the nation%27s second-biggest airline%2C UAL Corp.%2C said Goodwin had resigned and released a statement quoting him as saying it was %60%60the right time for a new leader.%27%27 %0D%0A%0D%0ABut its choice of the 69-year-old Creighton%2C the retired head of Weyerhaeuser Co.%2C came with the company under enormous pressure from shareholders and employees to oust Goodwin. %0D%0A%0D%0ACreighton%2C who was CEO and president of the timber giant from 1991-97 and a UAL board member since 1998%||0||2|DCForumID27
254|10/28/2001|02:20:12|khephra|Taking Care of Business  ---  Krugman|Taking Care of Business%0D%0A%0D%0Aynics tell us that money has completely corrupted our politics%2C that in the last election big corporations basically bought themselves a government that will serve their interests. Several related events last week suggest that the cynics have a point.%0D%0A%0D%0AConsider%2C for starters%2C the airport security issue. On Thursday morning this newspaper reported that London- based Securicor %97 the biggest of the three companies that provide almost all airport security in the United States %97 was threatening to sue for damages if baggage screening is taken over by federal employees. This just two weeks after we learned that Securicor%27s U.S. subsidiary %97 which had already been fined for employing convicted felons %97 continued to hire employees without checking their background after Sept. 11%2C and then lied about it to regulators.%0D%0A%0D%0AUnder||0||0|DCForumID27
253|10/29/2001|17:45:59|khephra|Government Posts %24127 Billion Surplus|Government Posts %24127 Billion Surplus%0D%0A%0D%0AThe sour economy and tax rebates made for a smaller%2C %24127 billion surplus for the 2001 budget year compared with the record bounty produced the year before%2C the Bush administration announced Monday.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was the first time since 1992 that the government%27s balance sheet didn%27t show an improvement. At that time the government%27s deficit had bloated to a record %24290 billion%3B in subsequent years the deficits shrank and since 1998 the government has recorded surpluses.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe 2000 surplus was %24237 billion.%0D%0A%0D%0AEven with the deterioration in the government%27s finances%2C the 2001 surplus marked the second-biggest ever in U.S. history. Government finances have not shown so many consecutive years of surplus since before the Great Depression%3B an 11-year string of surpluses ended in 1930.%0D%0A%0D%0AProj||0||4|DCForumID27
252|10/29/2001|15:05:01|Dabeddow|Big Business will launch ads to promote fast track authority for Shrub|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FHA20011029840000020.html%3Fcb%3D0%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AWith time slipping away%2C a leading U.S. business group said on Monday it had launched a major ad campaign aimed at winning congressional approval of new trade negotiating authority for President Bush. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe television%2C print and radio ads target about 20 lawmakers -- most of them Democrats -- in the House of Representatives who could hold the key to approval of trade promotion authority %28TPA%29%2C the Business Roundtable said. %0D%0A%0D%0AAltogether%2C the ads will run in more than 60 congressional districts for at least part of the next two weeks. Congress is expected to wrap up its work for the year in November. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe bill would allow Bush to negotiate trade agreements that Congress could approve or reject but not amend. %0D%0A%0D%0A||0||2|DCForumID27
251|10/29/2001|13:29:21|mobuto|NYTimes Column%3A|Bob Herbert%27s latest column%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F10%2F29%2Fopinion%2F29HERB.html%0D%0A%7Bsnip%7D%0D%0ABut last week%2C as the House narrowly passed its version of an economic stimulus package%2C the dominant motive at work appeared once again to be greed. The Republicans who control the House thumbed their noses at the ordinary Americans who will absorb the brunt of the economic downturn and shamelessly gift- wrapped yet another bundle of tax cuts for the very well-to-do.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn Senator Kennedy%27s words%2C the House proposal%2C which contains more than %24100 billion in tax cuts for corporations and individuals%2C %22merely repackages old%2C partisan%2C unfair%2C permanent tax breaks %97 which were rejected by Congress last spring %97 under the new label of economic stimulus. The American people deserve better.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AWith Americans fighting and dyi||0||1|DCForumID27
250|10/29/2001|04:47:04|texasleo|UK and Spain work on secret deal over Gibraltar |http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Finternational%2Fstory%2F0%2C3604%2C582638%2C00.html%0D%0A%0D%0AThe British government is working on a secret deal to resolve the dispute with Spain over Gibraltar that has soured relations between the two countries for almost 300 years. %0D%0AThe two governments have set themselves a deadline of December next year to finalise an agreement on a colony that has been in British hands since 1704. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22The deadline is to give momentum to the talks%2C%22 a British official said. %0D%0A%0D%0AAmong options being discussed at the Foreign Office are sharing sovereignty between Britain and Spain%2C or a sliding scale of sovereignty that would see control gradually pass to Spain. %0D%0A%0D%0AEnding British rule will bring protests from a sizeable section of the Gibraltar population%2C which would prefer independence to being reincorporated back into Spain.||0||1|DCForumID27
249|10/29/2001|00:35:11|Triana|Daschle Seeks Economic Bipartisanship|WASHINGTON %28AP%29 - Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle%2C D-S.D.%2C urged lawmakers Saturday to revive a spirit of bipartisanship when the Senate considers an economic stimulus package to jolt the sagging economy. %0D%0A%0D%0AA companion bill that passed the House%2C 216-214%2C on Wednesday was divided largely along party lines%2C a departure from the congressional unity on other matters since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60It is not acceptable for either party merely to dust off pre-Sept. 11 agendas and re-label them as economic stimulus%2C%27%27 Daschle said in the weekly Democratic radio address. %60%60Our economic health is too important to fall victim to politics or ideology.%27%27 %0D%0A%0D%0AThe %24100 billion economic stimulus package passed by the Republican-run House and composed almost entirely of tax cuts is likely to undergo significant change in the Democr||0||0|DCForumID27
244|10/29/2001|21:07:23|SoCalDem|Bailouts..Enron %24254m..TXU energy %24608m..GM %24833m..UAL %24371m|Corporate US on track for bailout %0D%0A%0D%0ADavid Gow%2C New York%0D%0AFriday October 26%2C 2001%0D%0AThe Guardian %0D%0A%0D%0ABattered corporate America will receive an immediate %2425bn %28%A318bn%29 tax rebate under a %24100bn economic stimulation package just approved by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe controversial package%2C worth an estimated %24212bn over three years%2C includes %2470bn for companies next year alone. It was approved by the House late on Wednesday by 216 votes to 214%2C but faces significant amendment in the Senate%2C which is now under Democrat control. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt has reopened a wide ideological rift between Republicans%2C who favour corporate and individual tax cuts to reboot an economy mired in recession%2C and Democrats - who%2C in a reprise of the Roosevelt %22new deal%22%2C prefer to see increased public spending on ||0||4|DCForumID27
248|10/29/2001|20:18:28|IndianaGreen|%24%24%24 for rich%2C 0 for workers |%5Bh3%5D%24%24%24 for rich%2C 0 for workers%5B%2Fh3%5D %0D%0ABy Tim Wheeler %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON - Leaders of organizations with millions of members denounced the Republican-majority House for pushing a %24100-billion tax giveaway to big corporations while providing no help for millions of jobless workers. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe angry blast came during an Oct. 24 National Press Club news conference called by the Campaign for America%27s Future to react to the GOP%27s so-called %22economic stimulus%22 package%2C narrowly passed in the full House the same day. %0D%0A%0D%0ARobert Borosage%2C co-director of the Campaign for America%27s Future%2C accused the House GOP of %22war profiteering%22 in attempting to ram the tax cut giveaway through.%22It is a shameless attermpt to use the crisis to further the interests of large corporations and the wealthy.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AAFL-CIO President John Sweeney||0||0|
247|10/28/2001|01:51:47|khephra|Fighting Over the Economy |Fighting Over the Economy %0D%0A%0D%0AThe length of the war against Osama bin Laden and his Taliban supporters is anyone%27s guess%2C but we now know precisely how long the terrorist-induced truce in American politics lasted%3A exactly 43 days%2C from Sept. 11 until last Wednesday.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn Wednesday the Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives were snapping at each other as if the World Trade Center and the Pentagon had never been attacked. Not over trivia%2C either%2C but over an issue that dramatizes the differences between the parties and could loom large in next year%27s election.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe House was debating a Republican-drafted stimulus bill%2C ostensibly designed to speed the recovery from the damage done to an already wobbly economy by the terrorist attacks and the more recent anthrax scare.%0D%0A%0D%0ASome of the oratory was hyped%2C but there was no ||0||3|DCForumID27
246|10/28/2001|01:31:11|RoxanneJ|Airlines%27 cuts anger Congress|As the nation%27s airlines struggle to stay aloft financially%2C many are scaling back sharply on service to smaller markets%2C angering federal lawmakers who thought last month%27s %2415 billion aid package had bought their constituents some protection from cutbacks.%0D%0A%0D%0ASince Sept. 11%2C airlines have announced plans to pull out of more than 30 small and midsize cities%2C according to notices filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation. They also plan to reduce service significantly on about 100 other routes%2C either eliminating the only non-stop flight between two cities or curbing service on a key route by at least 33 percent.%0D%0A%0D%0ACritics say the cuts reduce travel options and competition while raising fares. At least 25 members of Congress have asked U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta to step in to preserve air routes to the areas they represent%2C trans||0||5|DCForumID27
245|10/27/2001|03:31:36|texasleo|Russians get the right to buy land |http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Finternational%2Fstory%2F0%2C3604%2C581698%2C00.html%0D%0A%0D%0ARussia said goodbye yesterday to a huge remnant of the Soviet era when President Vladimir Putin signed into law a code that will make it legal to own land. %0D%0AThe code will allow Russians and foreigners to buy commercial and residential land %28farmland is excluded%29. The Kremlin says this will hasten economic reform and attract more foreign investment. Critics say it will allow rich businessmen to buy up the country on the cheap. %0D%0A%0D%0AThough Russians have been able to buy property since the breakup of the Soviet Union 10 years ago%2C they have not been able to buy the land it is built on. %0D%0A%0D%0AAttempts to adopt a similar land code in another former Soviet state%2C Ukraine%2C led to Communist MPs storming out of parliament yesterday in protest at what they said was a rigged ||0||0|DCForumID27
285|11/02/2001|11:52:13|khephra|Economy%3A Here Comes That R-Word  %28Kurtz%27s Media Notes - Nov.1%29|The party%27s over.%0D%0A%0D%0ANot exactly a news flash.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut the experts %96 the same ones who kept saying the stock market should be turning around any month now %96 say we%27re plunging into recession-land.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe temptation is to blame it all on terrorism. But the economy was doing a pretty good job of tanking before Sept. 11.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s why all these CEOs at places like United and Ford keep getting fired.%0D%0A%0D%0AWall Street%27s been heading south pretty steadily since the spring of 2000%2C back in the days of dot-com madness that now seem as dated as racing through airport security in minutes.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%2C with Wall Street the scene of physical as well as financial devastation%2C unemployment is rising%2C consumer confidence is falling and Congress is futzing around with a stimulus bill that doesn%27t seem to provide much stimulus. Even Treasury S||0||15|DCForumID27
284|11/02/2001|03:46:29|Dabeddow|Washington Post%3A Better no stimulus at all|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA21282-2001Oct31.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0AYet now they have embraced an alternative to the House bill that is seriously worse. The moderation turns out to have been feigned. The new bill would confer an even larger share of its benefits on the richest people in the country -- not just the top half or top quarter%2C but the top one percent%2C the least in need and least likely to spend as opposed to saving the extra funds. That isn%27t stimulus. It%27s a large and cynical gift to a core constituency. In the short term it would do little economic good%2C and in the long term it could do considerable fiscal harm. If this bill is the serious choice%2C it would be better not to have a stimulus package.%0D%0A%0D%0AAdministration officials say not so. %22We are playing with fire if we don%27t pass a reasonable stimulus%2C%22 the chairma||0||2|DCForumID27
282|11/02/2001|02:22:59|hatrack|Can%27t wait for the Repugs%27 version of  %22Economic Town Meetings%22%21|Here%27s what one looks like when it%27s unrehearsed.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Laid-off workers say economic stimulus plan ignores families%22%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Roxanna Hegeman%0D%0AAP%0D%0A%0D%0AWICHITA - %22Laid-off workers and their unions criticized the House%27s economic stimulus plan at a town hall meeting here Wednesday%2C saying the plan benefits corporations and the wealthy while ignoring the plight of workers.%0D%0A%0D%0AAbout 50 people attended the town hall meeting run by the Wichita-Hutchinson Labor Federation of Central Kansas and community leaders.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0AThe meeting was attended by the local ofice staff of U.S. Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts and U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahart%2C all Republicans.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0A%27We are here to say the House version is unacceptable -- and a slap in the face for Wichita%27s working families%2C%27 said Steve Rooney 70 presiden||0||10|DCForumID27
281|11/01/2001|09:34:49|neuvocat|For those of you who miss Arianna Huffington...|She has her own site complete with columns and bio and anything else her readers might be interested in.  Here%27s part of her latest column%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C%3Csnip%3E%3E%0D%0AAccording to our leaders%2C we are not supposed to let the war on terror disrupt our normal lives. And%2C to their credit%2C they%27re leading by%0D%0Aexample. %0D%0A%0D%0AFor instance%2C far from the war disrupting the House%27s normal run of shameless corporate toadying%2C it%27s enhancing it. Indeed%2C it%27s giving our%0D%0Aleaders cover to put forward their answer to each and every problem America faces%3A a massive corporate giveaway. And they even have%0D%0Athe gall to call it patriotism. Others%2C using the English language more rigorously%2C call it war profiteering. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe so-called economic stimulus package that passed the House last week would have been scurrilous in times of prosperity. But i||0||6|DCForumID27
280|11/01/2001|23:26:35|Armstead|Rep. Sherrod speaks out on globalization on C-Span|Rep. Sherrod Brown was telling it like it is on globalization%2C and really ripped into globalization%2C the WTO and Bush%27s pushing for fast-track authority disguised as patrioitism. %0D%0A%0D%0AHe was speaking out like more Dems should on this issue. Does anyone know more about him%3F  ||0||2|DCForumID27
278|11/01/2001|13:58:27|khephra|Bush %27Deeply Concerned%27 About Possible Recession|Bush %27Deeply Concerned%27 About Possible Recession%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush said yesterday he was %22deeply concerned%22 about new figures showing the economy slipping toward recession%2C and he demanded Congress pass an economic recovery package by the end of this month.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22My call to Congress is%3A Get to work and get something done%2C%22 the president told a meeting at the White House with the National Association of Manufacturers. He insisted that lawmakers iron out a stimulus package and %22get it to my desk before the end of November.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThe tough talk from the president%2C after a government report that the economy contracted in the most recent quarter%2C marked a change in tone from the bipartisan camaraderie that has enveloped official Washington since the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes. Aides said Bush%27s new urgency reflects the increasingly grim news abo||0||12|DCForumID27
277|11/01/2001|11:11:29|NYYFan|ABC Radio News%3A Americans were WISE not to spend their refunds|An economic analyst stated the obvious fact%3A Americans did not run out to the mall.%0D%0AMost saved their checks or used them to pay down personal debt. Imagine that%2C people taking care of PERSONAL issues rather than sweeten the government%27s pot. CONCEPT  %21%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DHomer%3A %22. . . I%27m investing in something called Newscorp . .%22%0D%0ALisa%3A %22DAD%2C THAT%27S FOX %21%21%21%22%0D%0AHomer%3A %28screaming%29 %22Ah %21 UNDO %21 UNDO %21%21 ahhhhhh.%22%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||0|DCForumID27
276|11/01/2001|11:02:43|khephra|Consumer Spending Dropped Sharply in September|Consumer Spending Dropped Sharply in September%0D%0A%0D%0AConsumers jolted by the terror attacks and rising layoffs cut back on spending in September by the largest amount in more than 14 years.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Commerce Department reported Thursday that spending plunged by 1.8 percent in September%2C following a modest 0.3 percent gain in August.%0D%0A%0D%0AConsumer spending accounts for two-thirds of all economic activity and had been a main force keeping the economy afloat for more than a year. But economic fallout from the Sept. 11 attacks%2C including rocketing layoffs%2C plunging consumer confidence and billions of dollars in lost business%2C has likely pushed the country into recession.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe 1.8 percent drop was the largest decline since a decrease of the same amount in January 1987. The last time it was higher was in May 1960%2C when consumers cut spending by 1.9 percent.||0||3|DCForumID27
275|11/01/2001|09:13:54|Dabeddow|SEC opens formal probe into Enron|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEA20011101200000024.html%3Fcb%3D0%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0ABut shares then fell 5 percent in extended trading after the company%27s announcement that the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a formal investigation into apparent conflicts of interest in dealings the company had with partnerships led by its former chief financial officer%2C Andrew Fastow. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe company%2C in a news release late Wednesday%2C said it created a special committee headed by University of Texas law school dean William Powers to respond to the investigation. Powers also was elected to Enron%27s board of directors. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60I have asked the board to take this action to address fully and forthrightly investors%27 questions and concerns%2C%27%27 said Enron chairman and chief executive Kenneth L. Lay. %60%60We will also ||0||2|DCForumID27
274|11/01/2001|08:06:51|hatrack|Dumbass Quote of the Week%21|And not only is it from an economist%2C it%27s from a White House economist%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0ARecession Probability Rises - W. House%27s Hubbard%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28Reuters%29 - %22The probability that the U.S. economy is in a recession has risen%2C chief White House economic adviser Glenn Hubbard said on Wednesday.%0D%0A%0D%0A%27Certainly the probability that we are in a recession has gone up%2C there%27s no denying that%2C%27 Hubbard%2C the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers%2C said on CNN.%0D%0A%0D%0A%27But I think it%27s much too early to tell whether we%27re formally in a recession%2C%27 he said.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0A%27The fourth quarter appears to also be very adversely affectd by the shocks and we%27ll just have to wait and see%2C%27 Hubbard said.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AMan%2C these guys are GOOD%21%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.co...m%2F2001%2F03||0||7|DCForumID27
273|11/01/2001|01:22:28|khephra|Entangled With War on Terror%2C Threat of Global Recession|Entangled With War on Terror%2C Threat of Global Recession%0D%0A%0D%0AFor seven weeks now%2C President Bush has been preoccupied with managing a global war on terrorism. With the announcement today that the American economy shrank in the third quarter%2C he is faced with managing another complex and often intertwined crisis%3A The prospect of a global recession.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe world%27s two largest economies %97 the United States and Japan %97 are in simultaneous retreat. Germany appears headed into the same morass%2C and Europe%27s growth is paltry. And one of the chief lessons of the 1990%27s%2C when successive economic crises rippled quickly around the world%2C was a simple one%3A the weakest economies are often the first pushed off the edge of the cliff.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo it is notable that in Pakistan%2C America%27s uneasy ally%2C exports to the developed world have nearly ground to a s||0||0|DCForumID27
272|10/31/2001|21:40:58|khephra|Operation Enduring Avarice by Huffington |Operation Enduring Avarice%0D%0A%0D%0AAccording to our leaders%2C we are not supposed to let the war on terror disrupt our normal lives. And%2C to their credit%2C they%27re leading by example. %0D%0A%0D%0AFor instance%2C far from the war disrupting the House%27s normal run of shameless corporate toadying%2C it%27s enhancing it. Indeed%2C it%27s giving our leaders cover to put forward their answer to each and every problem America faces%3A a massive corporate giveaway. And they even have the gall to call it patriotism. Others%2C using the English language more rigorously%2C call it war profiteering. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe so-called economic stimulus package that passed the House last week would have been scurrilous in times of prosperity. But in this time of national crisis it is%2C quite simply%2C grotesque. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe grisly details include a retroactive elimination of the corporate alter||1||18|DCForumID27
271|10/31/2001|18:40:19|khephra|Bush Advisers Say Congress Must Act Now on Economy|Bush Advisers Say Congress Must Act Now on Economy%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Bush administration warned today that failure by Congress to pass an economic recovery package would endanger the prospects for a rebound next year%2C but it offered no compromises to break a partisan deadlock on Capitol Hill.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn an interview%2C President Bush%27s top economic policy advisers said they remained optimistic about reaching a deal based on the administration%27s proposal for a new round of tax cuts.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe advisers said%2C however%2C that the consequences for the economy would be serious if the Senate could not bridge the gap between Democratic proposals that focus on helping the unemployed and lower-income workers and Republican plans%2C like one that passed the House last week calling for extensive tax breaks to businesses.%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter an initial burst of bipartisanship following the ||0||4|DCForumID27
270|10/31/2001|17:43:58|khephra|Bushies To Hold Economic Town Meetings|Govt. To Hold Economic Town Meetings%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Bush administration will convene a series of economic town meetings around the country in coming months to assess how businesses are coping in the wake of the terrorist attacks%2C Commerce Secretary Don Evans said Wednesday. %0D%0A%0D%0AEvans said that he and other members of Bush%27s economic team would schedule round-table discussions in various cities and report back to the president on what more needs to be done to deal with the disruptions caused by the Sept. 11 attacks and the slumping economy. %0D%0A%0D%0AHe said that those invited to participate will include small business owners%2C workers%2C economists and chief executive officers of major U.S. companies. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60It will be a chance to listen and to learn%2C%27%27 Evans said in speech to be delivered to the National Association of Manufacturers %28news - web sites%29||0||5|DCForumID27
269|10/31/2001|14:57:47|khephra|Economy shrinks by .4 percent in third quarter|Economy shrinks by .4 percent in third quarter%0D%0A%0D%0AThe economy%2C battered by a yearlong slowdown and the jolt of the terror attacks%2C shrank at a 0.4 percent rate from July through September%2C a decline that could signal the end to the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe drop in the gross domestic product -- the total output of goods and services produced in the country -- was the biggest since the first quarter of 1991 when the country was in the depths of the last recession%2C the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe weak performance reflected a sharp pullback by consumers in spending%2C which slowed to the weakest pace in more than eight years%2C and a continued plunge in investment by businesses in new plants and equipment. %0D%0A%0D%0ATraditionally%2C a recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of declining GDP. However%2C ||0||3|DCForumID27
268|10/31/2001|13:50:54|MrBenchley|Beyond his Pay Grade%3F|Speaking of the number one conservaitve idiot%3A %0D%0A%0D%0A%22%60I%27m very optimistic about the economy. How long it%27ll take to recover to the levels that we hope is beyond my pay grade%2C%27%27 Bush told reporters at the White House.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20011029%2Fbs%2Fbush_economy_dc_1.html %0D%0A%0D%0AScrewing up the economy was within his pay grade. What a maroon. We%27ve gone from %22the buck stops here%22 to %22I%27m not being paid enough to know anything.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AFortunately the rest of us know--the recovery will start in early 2003 when we get a Democratic House and Senate.||0||19|DCForumID27
267|10/31/2001|13:00:46|darkstar|Perhaps not truly LBN%2C but. . .|this headline made me laugh really hard%2C then%2C w%2F some thought%2C kinda sad. It sorta sums things up re%3A the %22Why don%27t they likes us%3F We%27re not oppressive economic colonialists%3F%22 issue.%0D%0A%0D%0AP.S. Apologies if freeperville and newsmax links are looked upon in bad taste.  Still kinda new. . .%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.freerepublic.com%2Ffocus%2Ffr%2F560617%2Fposts%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Adunce%3A %2B %3Ahippie%3A||0||0|DCForumID27
266|10/31/2001|12:28:02|mobuto|Excellent Krugman Column%3A BUSH CORRUPTION|The One-Eyed Man%0D%0ABy PAUL KRUGMAN%0D%0ASomewhere I read that to really understand legislation you have to look for the clause giving special consideration to one-eyed bearded men with a limp %97 that is%2C you have to look for the provision that turns a bill ostensibly serving a public purpose into a giveaway for some special interest. %0D%0A%0D%0AMost of the commentary about the %22stimulus%22 bill passed by the House last week focuses on the huge benefits it lavishes on giant corporations. But that doesn%27t tell us much about the specific interests being served. What%27s good for corporate America is good for General Motors%3B it would be hard to devise a bill that consists mainly of corporate giveaways without giving a lot of money to the biggest companies. To understand what the bill is really about%2C you have to look at the big payoffs to not-so-big companies.%0D%0A%0D%0AOne p||0||12|DCForumID27
265|10/31/2001|11:17:10|JCMach1|Bush on the Economy%3A  NOW|Want his stimulus bill by November%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22All governments suffer a recurring problem%3A Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. And corruption wears infinite disguises. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence%2C a condition to which they are quickly addicted.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A-Frank Herbert%0D%0A%3Ahi%3A %5B%2Ffont%5D||0||0|DCForumID27
264|10/31/2001|10:27:12|drm|Continental Airlines Posts 3rd Quarter Profit|Nice to see we%27re giving them millions of tax dollars so they can PROFIT from it. Very nice. It still boggles my mind how we can fund publicly-traded companies with taxpayer dollars.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2Fcs%2FCDA%2Fstory.hts%2Ffront%2F1113466%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22I know that government cannot resolve all problems. It cannot make men happy or bring them spiritual fulfillment. But it can attempt to remedy the public failures which are at the root of so many human ills.%22  %0D%0A--Lyndon Baines Johnson%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||1|DCForumID27
260|10/31/2001|22:24:44|khephra|Bill Press%3A How not to honor the victims -- tax breaks for the rich|Bill Press%3A How not to honor the victims -- tax breaks for the rich%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush encourages Americans to get back to normal. Unfortunately%2C House Republicans took him at his word. They%27re back to doing what they%2C and he%2C do best%3A giving tax breaks to the rich. %0D%0A%0D%0AAlong near-solid party lines -- and with White House support -- the House of Representatives approved last week%2C 216 to 214%2C a so-called economic stimulus package that will cost %24210 billion over the next three years. Only three Democrats voted for it. Sold as a plan to help America recover from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11%2C it%27s little more than a giant give-away to big corporations and the wealthy. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere%27s one pearl amid the swine. Those 34 million households that missed out on Bush%27s earlier%2C mammoth %241.3 trillion tax cut- - because they don%27t make enough ||0||7|DCForumID27
263|10/31/2001|22:02:41|khephra|Bush Hasn%27t Released Heating Aid|Bush Hasn%27t Released Heating Aid%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush hasn%27t released an extra %24300 million to help the poor pay heating bills because fuel supplies are high and a milder winter is expected%2C an administration official told Congress on Tuesday.%0D%0A%0D%0ALawmakers representing cold-weather states have encouraged Bush to release the money. They say it%27s needed immediately to help people who still have bills from last winter or have had their heat turned off%2C and to provide relief for people affected by the economic downturn.%0D%0A%0D%0AEven if the winter is mild%2C %22the events of the past few weeks and the deteriorating economy make clear that this winter may well be one of the longest and hardest in many years for large numbers of people%2C%22 said Sen. Edward Kennedy%2C D-Mass.%2C chairman of the Health%2C Education%2C Labor and Pensions Committee.%0D%0A%0D%0AWade Hor||0||2|DCForumID27
315|11/08/2001|14:54:46|RoxanneJ|Veto threat heats up Capitol Hill|As GOP Members rallied to President Bush%27s side yesterday in the wake of his first veto threat since Sept. 11%2C Democrats vowed to target vulnerable Republicans who fail to support additional spending for homeland security measures.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I think the President underestimates fear in this country about people%27s personal security%2C%22 said Sen. Patty Murray %28Wash.%29%2C chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. %22I do think if he vetoes that %5Bemergency spending%5D bill it will affect the election.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ABush warned a handful of appropriators and Congressional leaders Tuesday not to send him legislation this year seeking approval for additional spending beyond the %24686 billion level that had already been negotiated for the 13 appropriations bills. Congress and the White House approved a %2440 billion emergency spending measure in the days follo||0||4|DCForumID27
314|11/07/2001|15:29:41|CheshireCat|Arianna Huffington declares war on war profiteering.|On Salon%2C Arianna Huffington writes that we must declare war on war profiteering.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22According to our leaders%2C we are not supposed to let the war disrupt our normal lives. And%2C to their credit%2C they%27re leading by example. For instance%2C far from the war disrupting the House%27s normal mission of shameless corporate toadying%2C it%27s enhancing it. Indeed it%27s giving our leaders cover so they can put forward what they believe to be the answer to each and every problem America faces%3A a massive corporate giveaway. And they even have the gall to call it patriotism. Others%2C using the English language more rigorously%2C call it war profiteering. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe so-called economic stimulus package that passed the House last week would have been scurrilous in times of prosperity. But in this time of national crisis it is%2C quite simply%2C grotesque. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Th||0||0|DCForumID27
313|11/08/2001|22:29:38|spinbaby|Interesting article on deflation|Since there seems to be some indication that we%27re actually experiencing deflation%2C here%27s an interesting article%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gilder.com%2FAmericanSpectatorArticles%2FDeflation.htm%0D%0A%0D%0AA quote%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22In 1995%2C I predicted that inflation%92s days were numbered. A year later I warned of a new%2C more exotic enemy%97deflation. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Throughout the boom and bust of the late 1990s and the new millennium%2C I detailed this foe%92s attacks as it stomped its way through Asia%2C Russia%2C Brazil and the U.S. farm and energy economies%2C and later as it crashed into Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Now it ravages global telecommunications companies and capsizes every Third World economy that counts its debt in dollars%2C from Argentina to Zimbabwe.%22%0D%0A--%0D%0AI don%27t know enough about economics to know how seriously I should take this autho||0||1|DCForumID27
311|11/07/2001|19:00:18|khephra|Real news%21 -- Government Defines What a Pizza Is|Government Defines What a Pizza Is%0D%0A%0D%0AHold the pepperoni. The government wants to drop decades-old rules that dictate the ingredients of frozen pizzas%2C down to how much meat%2C sausage or pepperoni must be in the toppings. %0D%0A%0D%0AKraft and other pizza makers say the rules prevent them from lowering the fat content or trying out new sauces or ethnic styles. %0D%0A%0D%0AUnder the Agriculture Department%27s regulations%2C a meat pizza must have a crust%2C cheese%2C a tomato-based sauce and at least 10 percent to 12 percent meat by weight. A 12-inch pepperoni would typically have about 20 pepperoni slices. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe rules%2C known as standards of identity%2C were intended in part to promote consumption of meat and cheese%2C said consumer advocate Carol Tucker Foreman%2C who oversaw the department%27s food regulation during the Carter administration. %60%60That doesn%27t ||0||19|DCForumID27
309|11/07/2001|13:15:57|susu369|Enron%27s Stock Drops 25%25|Um-m-m...GE might buy out%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AHOUSTON %28AP%29 - Enron Corp.%27s stock price continued its free fall Wednesday as shares fell 25 percent to a new 10-year low amid reports the company was having trouble attracting a large investor to allay worries about its financial health and restore confidence. %0D%0A%0D%0AShares of the largest U.S. natural gas and power marketer dropped %242.41 to %247.26 in midday trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange. %0D%0A%0D%0AEnron has been rebuffed by more than a dozen buyout firms as well as Warren Buffett%27s Berkshire Hathaway%2C The New York Times reported Wednesday%2C citing a person close to the talks. %0D%0A%0D%0AHouston-based Enron%27s stock is off more than 79 percent since Oct. 16%2C when the company said shareholder equity had been reduced by %241.2 billion%2C in part due to partnerships managed by Enron%27s former chief financia||0||1|DCForumID27
308|11/07/2001|11:32:53|khephra|Senate Democrats Push Economic Bill|Senate Democrats Push Economic Bill%0D%0A%0D%0ASenate Democrats decided Tuesday to forge ahead with a committee vote this week on a %2467 billion economic stimulus package that has scant Republican support. %0D%0A%0D%0AMany Democrats acknowledge the package will have a tough time becoming law. %0D%0A%0D%0AJust as House Republicans did last month with a %24100 billion measure heavy on business tax cuts%2C Senate Democratic leaders are abandoning any effort to negotiate a deal with the other party as both sides try to respond to an economic downturn. %0D%0A%0D%0AInstead%2C they will bring to the Senate Finance Committee a measure containing fewer business tax breaks than the House and President Bush %28news - web sites%29 want as well as more aid for the unemployed%2C including a temporary health insurance subsidy. It also contains one piece common to all the plans%3A a new round of rebate||0||1|DCForumID27
307|11/07/2001|07:50:19|Not_over_it|Company wants laid-off employees to repay bonuses|Here%27s a little corporate compassionate conservatism for you.  What scum these people are.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fwire%2FUS%2Fap20011106_1069.html%0D%0A%0D%0ASAN JOSE%2C Calif. %28AP%29 John Schuett got laid off from a Silicon Valley telecom firm and was asked to repay %241%2C250 of a signing bonus because he didn%27t stay at the firm a full year. %0D%0ASchuett got a %242%2C500 signing bonus when he joined San Jose-based Valiant Networks. He lost his job in October after six months. %0D%0A%0D%0ASoon after%2C the company sent a letter threatening to send a collection agency after him if he didn%27t return half the bonus. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D_____________________%0D%0A%0D%0A%22. . . then there is a moment of total darkness before you step through on the other side. .%22 --Lewis Jenkins %0D%0A%0D%0A%22The noti||0||9|DCForumID27
306|11/06/2001|21:07:15|ImpeachBush|Oh%2C My Heck%21 Beer Billboard Gets the Boot - more censorship in %22Oral%22 Hatch%27s home state ...|There has been an ongoing %22feud%22 between Wasatch Beer and the conservative residents of Oral Hatch%27s state concerning some delightful advertisements.  Someone posted some of these ads yesterday and I saw this article in the Tribune this A.M. describing the most recent battle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom the Salt Lake Tribune http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2F11062001%2Futah%2F146384.htm%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C My Heck%21 Beer Billboard Gets the Boot %0D%0A Tuesday%2C November 6%2C 2001 %0D%0A  %0D%0ABY GREG BURTON%0D%0ATHE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE %0D%0A%0D%0A    Wasatch Beer%27s planned billboard for Polygamy Porter advises drinkers to %22take some home for the wives%22 and %22when enjoying our flavorful beverages please procreate responsibly.%22 The billboard company is not laughing. %0D%0A    Wasatch Beer%27s advertising blitz for its new Polygamy Porter began Monday without a highway billboard%2C rejected||0||5|DCForumID27
305|11/06/2001|22:08:12|remfan|Bush Threatens to Veto Spending Bill|WASHINGTON %28AP%29 - President Bush %28news - web sites%29 promised congressional leaders Tuesday he would veto any emergency legislation that exceeds the %2440 billion Congress has already provided for anti-terrorism efforts. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe pledge%2C which the president conveyed to leading lawmakers at a White House meeting%2C puts Bush in the position of opposing Democrats and some Republicans who say more money is needed to finance an escalating war in Afghanistan %28news - web sites%29 and to protect the country from bioterrorism%2C more airline hijackings and other threats. %0D%0A%0D%0AMany GOP lawmakers%2C in turn%2C also will have to choose between supporting more money for highly popular anti-terrorism programs and backing the president of their own party. %0D%0A%0D%0ABush told the leaders that the %2440 billion was %60%60enough ... and he%27ll veto anything over that%2C%27%27 ||0||5|DCForumID27
304|11/07/2001|22:36:26|Not_over_it|Fed slahes rate by a half percent|http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fwire%2FUS%2Freuters20011106_320.html%0D%0A%0D%0ASlashed by .5 percent%2C said they%27re willing to do more to keep economy going %28but how much lower can they go%3F%3F%3F%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D_____________________%0D%0A%0D%0A%22. . . then there is a moment of total darkness before you step through on the other side. .%22 --Lewis Jenkins %0D%0A%0D%0A%22The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic.  He is%2C more likely%2C one who likes his country more than the rest of us%2C and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched.  He is not a bad citizen turning to crime%3B he is a good citizen driven to despair.%22  --H.L. Mencken%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||6|DCForumID27
303|11/06/2001|15:21:11|CatWoman|Fed Cuts Key Rate a Half Point|Fed Cuts Key Rate a Half Point %0D%0ABy Jeannine Aversa%0D%0AAssociated Press Writer%0D%0ATuesday%2C Nov. 6%2C 2001%3B 3%3A08 p.m. EST%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %96%96 The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate Tuesday by a half-point%2C its latest effort to rescue an economy battered by the terror attacks and edging toward recession. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Fed%27s cut is the 10th this year. In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks%2C consumer confidence has plunged%2C unemployment has soared and manufacturing%2C the weakest part of the economy%2C has sunk deeper into its own recession. %0D%0A%0D%0AEconomists are hopeful lowering borrowing costs will persuade consumers and businesses to spend and invest%2C which would prevent further weakening of the economy. %0D%0A%0D%0AAfter a closed-door meeting%2C Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues announced they were cutting the target||0||1|DCForumID27
302|11/06/2001|12:17:36|ender|About that 3Q GDP report.... %28Deflation is here%29|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bea.doc.gov%2Fbea%2Fnewsrel%2Fgdp301a.htm%0D%0A%0D%0A---snip--- %0D%0AThe price index for gross domestic purchases%2C which measures prices paid by U.S. residents%2C decreased 0.3 percent in the third quarter%2C in contrast to an increase of 1.3 percent in the second. %0D%0A---end of snip---%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is really%2C really%2C really%2C really BAD.%0D%0A%0D%0ADeflation ... is a clear indication ... of a depression.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DI have come to the conclusion%2C that one useless man is called a disgrace.%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo are called a law firm.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand that three or more become a congress.%5B%2Ffont%5D||3||24|
301|11/05/2001|11:00:14|buddhamama|Molly Ivins%3A Economic Stimulus Package%3DWar- Profiteering |Published on Monday%2C November 5%2C 2001 in the Boulder Daily Camera  %0D%0ASpare Us Idiot Tax Cuts  %0D%0Aby Molly Ivins %0D%0A  %0D%0AAUSTIN%2C Texas %97 I don%27t see how we can call the House %22economic stimulus%22 package anything but war-profiteering. The bill is a disgrace%2C and the usual suspects from Texas %97 Tom Delay and Dick Armey %97 hold large responsibility for it. %0D%0AWhat happened here%2C while we were all being exposed to anthrax-scare 24-7%2C is that corporate hitchhikers%2C who got left out of the earlier tax-cut package in favor of rich people%2C moved right in for the kill in the name of patriotism and economic stimulus. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe bill provides big tax cuts for big%2C profitable corporations %97 IBM%2C General Motors and General Electric get a total of %243.27 billion in immediate tax rebate checks. A total of %2425 billion in immediate tax rebates goes ||0||0|DCForumID27
299|11/06/2001|23:46:54|fed2dneck|Suddenly%2C US faces a shortage of government workers|Ironic%2C isn%27t it.  Mr. Less Government wants more people to work in civil service......%0D%0A%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%0D%0AWASHINGTON - After enduring years of government downsizing and bureaucracy-bashing%2C Uncle Sam is discovering he%27s perilously low on federal workers. %0D%0AJust three years from now%2C more than half of the federal workforce will qualify for retirement%2C including more than 70 percent of experienced%2C top employees known as career senior executives. At the same time%2C the war on terrorism is forcing the government to ramp up at a speed and to a degree unforeseen before the attacks of Sept. 11.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2F2001%2F1105%2Fp4s1-uspo.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D||0||1|DCForumID27
283|11/06/2001|23:44:10|republicansareevil|how rich is too rich%3F|The Bibles says it is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven. How many here believe that%3F Is it wrong to be rich%3F Keep in mind that as 20th century Americans we are all pretty well off by most of the world%27s standards. What would Jesus %28or another very good person%29 have done if he were rich%3F Give it all away without worrying about where it went%3F Give it away but be very concerned about it going to the right causes. Is it ok to enjoy your wealth if you feel you earned it fair and square even if there are people suffering and starving in the world%3F ||1||45|DCForumID27
298|11/05/2001|23:33:31|khephra|House to Vote on Bush Trade Bill Within 2 Weeks|House to Vote on Bush Trade Bill Within 2 Weeks%0D%0A%0D%0ARepublican leaders announced plans on Monday for the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on a controversial trade promotion authority bill within the next two weeks.%0D%0A%0D%0AHouse Speaker Dennis Hastert%2C an Illinois Republican%2C set the deadline in a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas%2C a California Republican%2C whose panel approved the legislation last month on a mostly party-line vote.%0D%0A%0D%0AU.S. business and farm groups have urged Republican leaders to set a firm date for a vote on the bill%2C which would give President Bush the authority to negotiate broad new trade agreements.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn his letter%2C Hastert asked Thomas to scrap plans to attend a Nov. 9-13 World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Doha%2C Qatar.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60Because %28the trade bill%29 will be on the ||0||0|DCForumID27
297|11/04/2001|17:46:21|realFedUp|WTO should meet in Hawaii|It would be great for Hawaii%27s economy. Lots of protesters wouldn%27t pay the price of a flight over. Easier to secure the area. Whaddathink%3F||0||3|DCForumID27
296|11/06/2001|15:38:58|Canuck55|Canada to link Softwood dispute to Energy Exports|It%27s not something anyone up here want%27s to do%2C but it%27s seeming more and more likely that they will.  I just get this horrid feeling that the Bush Administration knows that we will%2C and will use it to bolster support for drilling in ANWR.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AChretien taunts U.S%3A let them burn wood%0D%0ASoftwood fight heats up%3A Without Canadian energy%2C %27they will need a lot of wood to heat their homes%27%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ANorm Ovenden%0D%0AEdmonton Journal%2C with files from The Canadian Press%0D%0A %0D%0AOTTAWA - Jean Chr%E9tien took aim at the United States%27s punitive softwood policy yesterday%2C saying Canada expects the same open borders for lumber as the United States accords its oil and gas purchases from this country.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Prime Minister linked the sectors -- an approach that earned him the anger of the energy industry earlier this year-- when he mused in||0||0|
295|11/05/2001|09:54:32|khephra|Blame It on Sept. 11%2C Say Scores of Struggling Firms|Blame It on Sept. 11%2C Say Scores of Struggling Firms%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat do Martha Stewart%2C Big Steel%2C auto makers%2C Planet Hollywood%2C trendy clothing manufacturers%2C software companies%2C Donald Trump and Scottish pubs have in common%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AEach is blaming poor financial performance on the recent terrorist attacks. To hear executives tell it%2C lagging attendance at the MGM film %22Bandits%2C%22 a dip in burger sales at Wendy%27s International Inc. and fewer portabello mushroom pies ordered at California Pizza Kitchen Inc. restaurants are explained by two words%3A Sept. 11. %0D%0A%0D%0ANot since the Persian Gulf War a decade ago has business latched on to a single uncontrollable event to account for lousy financial results. Airlines%2C hotels and the TV networks clearly were pummeled by fallout from the tragedy%2C but economists said that other industries may be using the ||0||2|DCForumID27
287|11/05/2001|22:25:51|bill from buckhead|This economy scares me to death. It%27s the stupid economy|I%27ve never seen business so slow. I was worried about the economy when he got selected%2C but I survived Nixxxon and RayGun VooDoo economics%2C so I thought it would just be a hindrance. This clown posse for the zillionaires running this nation are truly frightening%2C I fear they are about to unleash the %22creative destructive%22 power aspect of capitalism on our%27s and the world%27s economies. Hold on to your hats and wallets this will be a very hard landing.||0||7|DCForumID27
293|11/03/2001|19:00:42|Starpass|Imagine you%27re a corporation looking at the women of Afganistan|Imagine you are an American corporation looking at the women of Afganistan.  Can you feel the excitement growing in your loins that if we %22liberate%22 these women who are treated lower than dogs and literally cannot do anything without the rath of god being visited upon them%2C all the ways you can imagine that you can employ them for 17cents per hour to sew Nike shoes or other clothing that you can sell in the local malls of America for %24100 or more a pop to American teeny boppers%21%3F%3F  Can you feel it%3F  Can you stiffle your excitement%3F%3F  We need this war to make the world safe.....for scum who are not much better than the Taliban boys.  ||0||13|DCForumID27
292|11/04/2001|11:19:53|khephra|Bush %27Very Concerned%27 About Jobless Figures|Bush %27Very Concerned%27 About Jobless Figures%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush was %60%60very concerned%27%27 about rising unemployment in America and urged the U.S. Senate to move quickly on an economic stimulus plan%2C the White House said on Friday.%0D%0A%0D%0ASpokesman Ari Fleischer said Bush would make a statement about the new figures after a 10%3A20 a.m. EST meeting with Treasury Secretary Paul O%27Neill and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Labor Department said the national unemployment rate soared half a percentage point to 5.4 percent last month from 4.9 percent in September -- the highest in nearly five years since a matching 5.4 percent rate in December 1996.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60The president is very concerned about any American who has lost their job. The president believes that any one American who has lost a job is one too many%2C%27%27 Fleischer said.%0D%0A%0D%0Amore..||0||33|DCForumID27
291|11/03/2001|16:23:56|Maine Mary|Greedy Corporations becoming VERY sneaky|OPT-OUT provisions unfair to consumers.....%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AMy Credit Card company sent me a notice saying that an Amendment is being added to my customer service agreement in order to incorporate an Arbitration Provision. What bothers me is that they will automatically do this UNLESS I fill out and send back a rejection of these new terms by a certain date. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe notice is a lengthy document full of legal terms that could be confusing to the average person such as myself%2C but here is the jist...%0D%0A%0D%0ATHE ARBITRATION PROVISION STATES THAT EITHER YOU ARE WE CAN REQUIRE THAT ANY CLAIM %28AS DESCRIBED IN THE ARBITRATION PROVISION%29 BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN A COURT BY A JUDGE OR A JURY. THE ARBITRATION PROVISION MAY SUBSTANTIALLY LIMIT OR AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS%2C INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT%2C TO HAVE A TRIAL BY JURY%2C TO CONDUCT DISCOVERY%2||0||6|DCForumID27
290|11/04/2001|05:22:11|kskiska|NASA on brink of collapse|Nasa sucked into an %248bn black hole %0D%0AUnderfunding%2C unnecessary errors and a growing debt have left%0D%0AAmerica%27s space agency on the brink of collapse%2C reports Robin%0D%0A                                McKie %0D%0A%0D%0A                                Sunday November 4%2C 2001%0D%0A                                The Observer %0D%0A%0D%0A                                America%27s space agency Nasa - once a synonym for US high-tech supremacy%0D%0A                                - is struggling for survival. In the last few days%2C it has lost its chief%2C been%0D%0A                                revealed to have a staggering %245 billion debt%2C and been blasted by a%0D%0A                                committee%2C which includes several Nobel laureates%2C for its utterly inept%0D%0A                                management. %0D%0A%0D%0A                                R||0||7|DCForumID27
289|11/03/2001|09:53:53|spinbaby|Biggest jump in unemployment in 21 years%21|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011102%2Fbs%2Feconomy_457.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AGood job%2C Chimpie%21%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||20|DCForumID27
288|11/02/2001|13:47:15|asm128|Stimulus..Maybe those idiots should read this page|Maybe those idiots in Congress %28aka Republicans%29 should read this page before spouting tax breaks to help the economy%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.epinet.org%2F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ABut maybe asking them to read is asking too much%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||1|DCForumID27
286|11/01/2001|20:05:03|Hokies_Against_Bush|Shrubanomics|I found the following posted on alt.politics.bush%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AHere%2C courtesy of the governments records%2C are the numbers for the%0D%0Aeconomy in Clinton%27s last year%3A%0D%0A%28http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bea.doc.gov%2Fbriefrm%2Fgdp.htm%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdata.bls.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsurvey%2Cmost%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThe all-time record for number employed in the civilian economy was hit%0D%0Ain Clinton%27s last month in office at 135999.  That was an increase of%0D%0A1.023 million jobs over a year earlier.  The growth rate for the four%0D%0Aquarters of 2000 were 2.5%2C 6%2C 1.5%2C and 2 %28an annual rate of 3%0D%0Apercent%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ASince Shrub took the oath of office%2C 1.606 million jobs have%0D%0Adisappeared and the growth rates have been 1.5%2C .25%2C and -.4.%0D%0AA projection of that%2C on optimistic terms%2C would have the economy%0D%0Agrowing at 1-1.5 percent%2C or half of Bill Clinton%27s||0||0|DCForumID27
367|11/14/2001|20:36:46|revcarol|Titans of Industry - CNBC now%21%21%21|See what the HUGE_WIGS  say about the economy....AIG%2C Schwab%2C %26 Citibank%28%3F%29 execs on NOW.||0||2|DCForumID27
366|11/14/2001|18:57:50|joanski0|Dick Cheney Speaking NOW - CNN|We believe that if we are seriously interested in stimulus%2C then tax relief is the way to go.  Tax relief is efficient.  Tax relief is pro job.  Gives business the bottom line in creating jobs. Tax relief works%2C we know it works.  If government spending causes growth%2C the Japan would have boomed in the 90%27s.||0||10|DCForumID27
365|11/14/2001|12:00:34|khephra|Other People%27s Money -- Krugman|Other People%27s Money%0D%0A%0D%0Aou may have seen the story about the businessman who allegedly used the attack on the World Trade Center to make off with other people%27s money. According to his accusers%2C Andrei Koudachev stole %24105 million that had been invested with his firm%2C falsely asserting that the sum had been lost in the collapse of the towers. It%27s not entirely clear whether he is accused of stealing the money before Sept. 11%2C then using the disaster to cover his tracks%2C or of taking the money after the fact%3B maybe both.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s too bad that so many of our leaders are trying to pull the same trick.%0D%0A%0D%0AJust before Sept. 11%2C political debate was dominated by the growing evidence that last spring%27s tax cut was not%2C in fact%2C consistent with George W. Bush%27s pledge not to raid the projected %242.7 trillion Social Security surplus. After the||0||1|DCForumID27
356|11/15/2001|19:11:12|RoscoeNOBUSH|Bill Gates Says...PCs SUCK..........|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avault.com%2Fnews%2Fdisplaynews.asp%3Fstory%3D11122001-10289%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Best damn site for gamers%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28snip%29Bill Gates admitted it -- PCs don%27t work very well. And he promised to fix that over the next decade. Opening U.S. computer trade show COMDEX%2C the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft predicted that technology would eventually come together well enough to fade into the background and let users focus on what they want to do. The economy would feel a boost as a result%2C he said. %22It%27s got to be a lot easier than it is today%2C%22 Gates said%2C referring to the laborious process of fixing computer problems%2C fears of programs crashing each other%2C and the difficulties of actually using advances%2C such as Microsoft%27s software for Internet meetings. %22It has been too hard to set up%2C%22 he complained.%28snip%29 %0D%0A%3Aarg||0||17|DCForumID27
364|11/14/2001|11:26:34|revcarol|The stock market thru the roof as murders disclosed%2C plane crashes....|The Northern Alliance murders at least 100 people%2C with pictures%2C no less.%0D%0A%0D%0AA plane crashes in NY%2C killing hundreds.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the stock market has its first bull market of any size%2C sustained throughout the day.%0D%0A%0D%0AIs the war news this good%3F What is going on%3F%3F||0||8|DCForumID27
363|11/14/2001|14:12:16|khephra|Treasury Dept. Tightens News Leaks|Treasury Dept. Tightens News Leaks%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Treasury Department%2C responding to a recent leak of its decision to stop selling 30-year bonds%2C is tightening procedures for releasing market-sensitive information about the government%27s financing plans.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it will no longer brief reporters about the government%27s financing plans before an official announcement is made%2C even though that information previously couldn%27t be published until the announcement%27s release. Instead%2C Treasury will brief only credentialed reporters after the announcement.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe announcement itself will be made available to credentialed reporters shortly before the government%27s official 9 a.m. release time under strict conditions%2C but publication will be prohibited until the official release.%0D%0A%0D%0AThose reporters will now be sub||0||5|DCForumID27
362|11/14/2001|13:26:40|khephra|White House Aims to Stop New York Money Drive%2F Demo Stimulus|White House Aims to Stop Money Drive%0D%0A%0D%0AWhite House officials hope a last-ditch meeting between Vice President Dick Cheney and a New York lawmaker will persuade the New Yorkers to drop their drive for %2411 billion to help the city rebuild from Sept. 11.%0D%0A%0D%0ACheney planned to meet Wednesday at the White House with Rep. James Walsh%2C senior New York Republican on the House Appropriations Committee. Hours later%2C the panel was to hold a showdown meeting over the proposal%2C which ignores a veto threat by President Bush.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%27m doing this for my state%2C%22 Walsh told reporters.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe battle was brewing despite Bush%27s threat to veto any emergency anti-terrorism spending that exceeds the %2440 billion already provided by Congress. New Yorkers say Bush promised them half that total but has so far proposed providing only %249 billion.%0D%0A%0D%0A...snip||0||7|DCForumID27
360|11/13/2001|23:52:32|WilliamPitt|Will you be celebrating %27Buy Nothing Day%27%3F|Patriotic Shopping vs. Buy Nothing Day %0D%0A%0D%0AMichael A. Niman%2C AlterNet%0D%0ANovember 12%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternet.org%2Fstory.html%3FStoryID%3D11901%0D%0A%0D%0AGeorge W. Bush wants us to shop. He says it%27s our %22patriotic duty.%22 Shopping%2C he argues%2C like corporate tax cuts%2C helps with the %22War on Terrorism.%22 And what a great war it is. We can fulfill our patriot obligations in the aisles of Target%2C Sears and The Disney Store. Bin Laden Sucks. Buy a toaster. Buy a SUV. Your greed can save the world. Ain%27t it great to be an American%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI hate to throw a wrench into the works%2C but next Friday%2C November 23%2C is my third favorite holiday of the year%2C after Halloween and World Car Free Day. It%27s Buy Nothing Day%2C an annual revolt against consumer culture. What to do%3F What to do%3F %0D%0A%0D%0A...more...%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont c||2||37|DCForumID27
359|11/14/2001|08:40:17|texasleo|Food Stamp Program to be Expanded|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011114%2Fpl%2Ffood_stamps_1.html%0D%0A%0D%0A--snip--%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - Congress is considering restoring food stamps to thousands of legal immigrants who were cut off from benefits in the 1996 welfare overhaul. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Senate Agriculture Committee was expected Wednesday to approve an expansion of the food stamp program as part of a larger revision of farm and nutrition policy. The food-stamp provisions would cost %246.2 billion over 10 years. A more modest expansion included a House-passed farm bill cost %243.6 billion and didn%27t include a restoration of benefits to immigrants. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60Ten percent of U.S. households%2C many with children%2C still face the possibility that they will not have enough food to eat. This is simply unacceptable%2C%27%27 said Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin%2C D-Iowa. %0D||0||0|DCForumID27
358|11/14/2001|02:26:30|khephra|House G.O.P. Rejects Stimulus-Bill %27Summit%27|House G.O.P. Rejects Stimulus-Bill %27Summit%27%0D%0A%0D%0ASenate leaders and the Bush administration agreed today to bipartisan high-level negotiations by Congress and the White House on an economic stimulus package%2C but House Republicans blocked any talks%2C at least for the moment.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I don%27t understand the need for this summit%2C%22 said Representative Bill Thomas of California%2C chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. And John Feehery%2C spokesman for Speaker J. Dennis Hastert%2C said%3A %22Our leadership is pretty leery of some kind of a budget summit. The Senate needs to get a bill passed.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ABut unlike the House%2C which passed its own economic recovery bill last month%2C the Senate has no immediate prospect of passing any such package%2C and House leaders know it.%0D%0A%0D%0A...snip............%0D%0A%0D%0ASenate Democrats want a stimulus packag||0||2|DCForumID27
357|11/13/2001|23:57:45|khephra|White House Tries to Block More Money for New York|White House Tries to Block More Money for New York%0D%0A%0D%0ADespite a White House veto threat%2C key New York lawmakers said on Tuesday they would press ahead with their bid to get %2411 billion more to help their state recover from the Sept. 11 attacks as Vice President Dick Cheney made a final attempt to deter them.%0D%0A%0D%0ALeaders of a bipartisan group of New York U.S. House of Representatives members said they would push to get the extra money they said was needed for Bush to keep his pledge to provide %2420 billion to their state that bore the brunt of the attacks.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrying to fend off a potential veto showdown%2C Cheney was to meet with key New Yorkers on Wednesday%2C shortly before they planned to try to push their amendment through the House Appropriations Committee. With four or five votes on the committee undecided%2C the measure%27s outcome was uncertain.%0D%0A%0||0||4|DCForumID27
300|11/14/2001|14:51:58|khephra|Staving Off a Recession When Only Old Scripts Are at Hand in a New Age|Staving Off a Recession When Only Old Scripts Are at Hand in a New Age%0D%0A%0D%0AWith daily doses of bad economic news pointing to the first recession in more than a decade%2C government policy makers face increasing questions about whether they have the resolve and the proper tools to bring about a quick recovery.%0D%0A%0D%0AJust as the terrorist attacks required the United States to fight a new kind of war%2C economists said%2C the government faces an economic downturn that does not match previous scripts and that so far has not been particularly responsive to the combination of tax cuts and aggressive interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve Board.%0D%0A%0D%0AYet while the economy seemed to be crumbling from the delayed effects of a one-two punch %97 the bursting of the 1990%27s bubble followed by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 %97 Washington was dithering.%0D%0A%0D%0AEven as the||0||15|DCForumID27
354|11/13/2001|11:50:48|ImpeachBush|Meet Patriotic Pork |I saw this article today in the Washington Post ... interesting commentary on the big corporation pandering we hear so much about these days%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A--- begin snips ---%0D%0A%0D%0AMeet Patriotic Pork %0D%0A%0D%0ATuesday%2C November 13%2C 2001%3B Page A30 %0D%0A%0D%0AIN NORMAL times%2C pork-barrel spending is offensive. When the nation is at war%2C it%27s considerably worse. But the patriotism felt by most citizens since the terrorist attacks has done nothing to restrain lobbyists%27 habit of putting special interests ahead of national interests. Indeed%2C some apparently can%27t tell the difference. Kenneth Kies of PricewaterhouseCoopers%2C who has been pushing tax breaks that would profit clients such as GE and IBM Corp%2C told The Post it would have been %22irresponsible%22 and even unpatriotic for him to behave otherwise.%0D%0A%0D%0A--- snip ---%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s hard to see how||0||1|DCForumID27
352|11/14/2001|12:55:38|khephra|Divided Senate Takes Up Stimulus Bill Today|Divided Senate Takes Up Stimulus Bill Today%0D%0A%0D%0AWith prospects for a compromise clouded by politics%2C ideology and pressure from interest groups%2C the Senate plans to take up a Democratic economic recovery package on Tuesday that has left the two parties bitterly divided.%0D%0A%0D%0AContrary to the bipartisan tone that they pledged to cultivate after the terrorist attacks%2C the two sides have grown increasingly antagonistic%2C leaving unclear how or even whether they will find common ground as the nation confronts the prospect of the first recession in 11 years.%0D%0A%0D%0ATreasury Secretary Paul H. O%27Neill dismissed the Democratic plan on Friday as %22a pathetic spending bill.%22 Labor unions supportive of it have made targets of nine Republican senators and one Democrat with a %242 million advertising campaign this week that criticizes Republicans for supporting tax breaks ||0||9|DCForumID27
353|11/13/2001|13:39:18|Dabeddow|States worried stimulus plan with heavy tax cuts could hurt budgets|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEB20011113490000031.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0ACongressional proposals to revive the nation%27s ailing economy could force already cash-strapped state governments to cut billions of dollars from their budgets%2C some governors say. %0D%0A%0D%0AEconomic stimulus plans that offer new federal tax breaks for business would result in tax cuts in 44 states that link their corporate income tax codes to the federal one. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhile good news for taxpayers%2C some governors say it could force them to make immediate cuts to programs%2C services and personnel. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||6|DCForumID27
351|11/13/2001|20:58:50|Atlant|Reminder%3A Full Text Postings...|If I see a posting that looks like full text%2C %5Bstrong%5DI WILL DELETE IT%5B%2Fstrong%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AI will not mail it back to you.%0D%0A%0D%0AI can not edit it.%0D%0A%0D%0AI will simply delete it.%0D%0A%0D%0AAtlant%0D%0A%28as a moderator%29%0D%0A||0||0|
349|11/12/2001|20:27:57|WilliamPitt|Airline stocks getting crushed |CNNfn%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ACrash could hurt air travel  %0D%0ANovember 12%2C 2001%3A 1%3A32 p.m. ET%0D%0A          %0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2001%2F11%2F12%2Ftravel%2Fairlines%2F%0D%0A %0D%0ANEW YORK %28CNN%2FMoney%29 - Airline stocks were sharply lower in morning trading Monday%2C as the crash of an American Airlines jet shortly after takeoff in New York sparked investor fears of a further drop in demand for air travel.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere were 255 people on board American Flight 587%2C which crashed near New York%27s Kennedy Airport following its takeoff shortly after 9 a.m. ET Monday. While there was no immediate report on the cause of the crash%2C there have been reports of flames on the jet while it was still in the air.%0D%0A%0D%0AShares of AMR Corp. %28AMR%3A down %242.20 to %2415.93%2C Research%2C Estimates%29%2C the world%27s largest airline company and owner of American Airlines||0||14|DCForumID27
348|11/12/2001|15:59:02|reprobate|What effect will plane crash have on economy%3F|%0D%0ASeems to me that with the airline industry on really shakey legs after the 911 events%2C the crash of UAL this morning may have an effect that could be the final straw for the economy.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27d like your input on this%3A  How much will the crash this morning effect an economy that is already in intensive care.  Both the financial markets and the confidence of consumers is likely to be effected.  What are your thoughts on how badly this will effect the country%3F||0||9|DCForumID27
347|11/12/2001|09:53:45|JCMach1|This IS the Bush Economy-- How Democrats can WIN on the Economic Front|Democrats will win big in %2702 and %2704 if they can capitalize on the Economic Front.  For starters%2C let%27s review how we GOT the Bush economy.%0D%0A%0D%0A1.  In March%2FApril of 2000 the DOTCOM bubble burst.  This alone would have brought about slower growth-- my prediction about 1.3-2.0 GDP.%0D%0A%0D%0A2. The Election Controversy flares and leads to 6 weeks of uncertainty for the markets.  Continued concerns of over the perceived legitimacy of the President lead to further concern.%0D%0A%0D%0A3. Bush and his team %28even in the transition period%29 spin the idea of economic decline%2Frecession as raison d%27etre for the TAX CUTS.  This hastens the decline in %22real%22 terms as companies cut back on corporate spending and begin laying off workers to bolster the bottom-line.%0D%0A%0D%0A4. A SPIKE in energy prices hits corporations and consumers hard. Once again%2C the bottom-line i||0||2|DCForumID27
345|11/11/2001|15:38:23|DrGonzoLives|Congress might get involved with MLB|%5Blink%3Aespn.go.com%2Fmlb%2Fnews%2F2001%2F1107%2F1275056.html%7CFull article at ESPN.com%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0AIn Washington%2C Sens. Paul Wellstone and Mark Dayton%2C both Democrats from Minnesota%2C asked President Bush to support legislation that would rescind baseball%27s antitrust exemption.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AWellstone and Rep. John Conyers%2C the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee%2C said they will introduce legislation next week to revoke the exemption.%0D%0A%0D%0A....%0D%0A%0D%0ACongress traditionally has been reluctant to tamper with baseball%27s antitrust exemption%2C created by a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court decision.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Any time 30 of the wealthiest and most influential individuals get together behind closed doors and agree to reduce output%2C that cannot be a good thing for anyone but the monopolists%2C%22 Conyers said. %22I will do everyt||0||0|DCForumID27
344|11/11/2001|14:30:56|realFedUp|China in the WTO%3A Cheap organs and EP-3%27s|What other benefits of China in the WTO%3F||0||1|DCForumID27
342|11/11/2001|07:56:04|Thankfully_in_Britain|Bridging the global divide |Yet another great article calling for reform of both the anti-globalization movement and reform of the institutions it opposes. This article says what I%27ve been saying for ages. Globalization is inevitable and the only hope we have of tackling global injustice and poverty. Reform of the institutions is needed but all the same the focus of the anti-globalization movement is all too often misplaced. %0D%0A%0D%0AMake of this what you will. %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.observer.co.uk%2Fcomment%2Fstory%2F0%2C6903%2C591507%2C00.html%0D%0A%0D%0AGlobalisation has become the catchword of the age%3B but the debate about it has been sunk in confusion. Both intellectually and politically it needs recasting.%0D%0A%0D%0AIntellectually%2C we have first to escape from the misleading polarity betweeen globalisation and something called %27anti-globalisation%27. The processes by which formerly national ||0||0|DCForumID27
340|11/12/2001|19:56:48|bpilgrim|Profits and People|Profits and People%0D%0Aposted by admin on Saturday November 10%2C 2001 %4004%3A58 PM%0D%0Afrom the commondreams.org dept. %0D%0APublished on Saturday%2C November 10%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0Aby Seth Sandronsky%0D%0A%0D%0AAs the year lurches to an end%2C crises are shaking the capitalist system. Perhaps the major crisis is the end of America%92s economic expansion. The growth of the U.S. economy%2C driven in big part by private debt during the 1990s%2C allowed American consumers and corporations to buy products from around the world. Such lending and spending required a profitable return for investors%2C who aren%92t in the business of losing money. What is there to learn from the U.S. boom turning to gloom%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AHere%92s a key point. The system%92s fatal flaw is its drive to accumulate too much money %28capital%29 in too few hands%97the super rich and corporations that own society%92s ||0||1|DCForumID27
341|11/11/2001|18:30:23|CatWoman|Enron%27s Rival to Buy Company After Dizzying Financial Fall|November 10%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0ABUSINESS%0D%0ARival to Buy Energy Trader After Dizzying Financial Fall%0D%0ABy ALEX BERENSON and ANDREW ROSS %0D%0A%0D%0AWith its stock plunging and its finances in doubt%2C the world%27s largest energy trader%2C the Enron Corporation%2C agreed to be acquired yesterday by the rival Dynegy Inc. for about %249 billion in stock and the assumption of %2413 billion in debt.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe deal is an extraordinary turnabout for Enron%2C a Houston-based company that had been a driving force behind electricity deregulation nationwide.%0D%0A%0D%0AIts chairman%2C Kenneth L. Lay%2C a big contributor to the Republican Party%2C provided political influence%2C while its former chief executive%2C Jeffrey K. Skilling%2C helped create markets for the trading of electricity and natural gas. But last winter%2C when California%27s effort to deregulate the electricity market le||0||9|DCForumID27
336|11/12/2001|14:06:39|khephra|Doubts Grow Over House Trade Vote Next Week|Doubts Grow Over House Trade Vote Next Week%0D%0A%0D%0ARepublican hopes for a U.S. House of Representatives vote next week on a controversial trade bill are fading because some lawmakers are wavering%2C according to congressional and industry sources.%0D%0A%0D%0AKey players in the fight for trade promotion authority legislation met behind the scenes on Wednesday and Thursday in hopes of breaking the deadlock.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn Monday%2C Republican leaders set an end-of-next-week deadline for a House vote on the trade promotion bill that President Bush %28news - web sites%29 badly wants Congress to approve. The legislation would let the president negotiate new trade pacts which Congress would have to approve or reject%2C but not amend.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut several lobbyists who are fighting for passage of the trade bill%2C also known as %60%60fast-track%2C%27%27 acknowledged this week that a vote b||0||1|DCForumID27
339|11/10/2001|12:11:29|renodave|BO|Another reason why I am boycotting Christmas. Here is an advertisement that appeared in the Des Moines Register today. Very sad indeed..%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DHow The Consumer Stole Christmas%0D%0A%0D%0AAs Christmas appoached%2C a consumer named Stone%0D%0AOrdered his gifts by mail%2Cweb and phone.%0D%0ANot a dollar he spent in a community shop.%0D%0AWhen his neighbors did likewise%2Cbusiness came to a stop.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DBUYLOCAL%5B%2Fb%5D%5Bi%5D was not on their minds as before%0D%0AAnd employees lost jobs at the neighborhood store.%0D%0AThen december brewed up such ice and such snow%0D%0AThat planes never landed and trucks failed to roll.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Where are our presents%3F%22 asked kids through the town%0D%0Aas giftless trees turned barren and brown.%0D%0ATheir parents%2C ashamed by the lack of bounty%2C%0D%0Aseriously considered moving out of the county.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe||0||4|DCForumID27
338|11/11/2001|13:53:53|RoscoeNOBUSH|OPEC gluttons trying to increase oil prices.......|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nj.com%2Fnewsflash%2Finternational%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fnewsflash%2Fget_story.ssf%3F%2Fcgi-free%2Fgetstory_ssf.cgi%3Fa0701_BC_Venezuela-Oil%26%26news%26newsflash-international%0D%0A%0D%0AOPEC set to cut oil production by up to 1.5 million barrels a day to try to boost prices %0D%0A%0D%0A11%2F10%2F01 9%3A28 PM%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AUNITED NATIONS %28AP%29 -- OPEC is set to cut oil output by up to 1.5 million barrels a day next week in an effort to lift sagging world oil prices%2C Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday. Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly%27s annual meeting%2C Chavez said the oil cartel%27s 11 member countries%2C including Venezuela%2C have reached a %22definite%22 consensus to cut production because of falling oil demand and a global oil oversupply. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries%27 official daily ||0||5|DCForumID27
337|11/11/2001|13:04:04|Dabeddow|Repug pork barrel spending is quite excessive|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEC20011110330000043.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0APlease read entire article...you won%27t believe all the spending going on by the Repugs for %22treats%22 for their home states.%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0ACongress is showering billions of dollars on projects from a Kentucky coal mining museum to a NASA rocket testing center in Mississippi%2C and the Bush administration has all but abandoned its pledge to cut such home-district spending in half. %0D%0A%0D%0ALawmakers are finally starting to wrap up the 13 annual spending bills for 2002%2C which began Oct. 1. Over the past few months%2C President Bush%27s effort to restrain spending to help pay for his tax cut has evolved into a bipartisan push to increase spending dramatically to fight terrorism and a war in Afghanistan as well as prod the sleepy economy. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||1|DCForumID27
335|11/11/2001|09:31:08|khephra|With Sagging Econ as Ally%2C Demos in Congress Go on the Attack|With Sagging Economy as Ally%2C Democrats in Congress Go on the Attack%0D%0A%0D%0AThe halls of Congress will reverberate with shouts of %22big corporations%2C%22 %22class warfare%2C%22 and %22bioterrorism%22 next week%2C unless the phrase %22point of order%22 drowns them out.%0D%0A%0D%0AWith the bipartisanship of September in tatters%2C Democrats are on the attack in both houses%2C sensing that a sagging economy will help them in next year%27s elections and that they can paint Republicans as insensitive to distress.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the Senate they are pushing a %2466.4 billion economic stimulus bill tilted heavily toward direct help for the unemployed.%0D%0A%0D%0ARepublicans argue that tax cuts for people with high incomes and corporations will lead to investments that create more jobs. Some also contend that pushing a plan that President Bush opposes verges on the unpatriotic. And they re||0||9|DCForumID27
334|11/10/2001|19:23:03|RoscoeNOBUSH|Dynegy Seals Deal to Acquire Enron|Energy provider Dynegy Inc. %28NYSE%3ADYN - news%29 agreed on Friday to acquire fast-sinking rival Enron Corp. %28NYSE%3AENE - news%29 for about %249.5 billion%2C signaling the demise of a company that just months ago was one of Wall Street%27s highest fliers.%0D%0A%0D%0ATerms of the transaction call for Dynegy to swap 0.2685 shares of its own stock for each Enron share%2C the companies said. That would value Houston-based Enron at %2410.41 per share%2C including convertible stock%2C a premium of about 21 percent over Friday%27s closing price of %248.63.%0D%0A%0D%0AChevronTexaco %28NYSE%3ACVX - news%29%2C which owns a 27 percent stake in Dynegy%2C has agreed to infuse %241.5 billion immediately into Enron to support it until the deal closes. ChevronTexaco would inject another %241 billion into the merged company once the deal closes.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2||0||5|DCForumID27
333|11/10/2001|17:34:00|Dabeddow|Dem Weekly Radio Address%3A Pass the Democrat Economic Stimulus|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEB20011110640000022.html%3Fcb%3D0%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AHouse Democrats say the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 have increased the need for an economic stimulus package and accuse Republicans of backing a tax cut geared toward the rich. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn the Democrat%27s weekly radio address%2C aired Saturday%2C Rep. Shelly Berkley%2C D-Nev.%2C said the nation%27s unemployed need more protection. She called for support of Democratic proposals defeated in a recent economic recovery bill. The GOP-led House passed a Republican version instead. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60The proposal would offer tax rebates to the 29 million people who filed tax returns last year%2C but didn%27t get the full benefit of the tax refund%2C%27%27 Berkley said. %60%60The bill protects our displaced workers by providing a one year-expansion of unemployment||0||3|DCForumID27
332|11/10/2001|14:56:52|JCMach1|AMTRAK Faces Liquidation|  Latest Developments %0D%0AAmtrak Told to Plan Liquidation%0D%0A%28AP%29 - A federal oversight panel declared Friday that Amtrak will not meet a congressional deadline for achieving financial self-sufficiency%2C a finding that forces Amtrak to draw up a plan for its own liquidation.  %0D%0A %3C%3CSNIP%3E%3E%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Ffc%2FUS%2FPublic_Transportation%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22All governments suffer a recurring problem%3A Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. And corruption wears infinite disguises. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence%2C a conditi||0||13|DCForumID27
331|11/09/2001|23:01:34|neuvocat|Time for another fundraiser%3F|I personally wouldn%27t mind having an anti-Duhbya library thanks to DU.  %0D%0A%0D%0AAnyone else like to chime in their thoughts%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%0D%0AResident Evil%3A The apt description for George W. Bush.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||0|DCForumID27
330|11/09/2001|17:55:25|AlexanderHamilton|The right way to stimulate the economy|TomPaine.commentary%0D%0ASTIMULATING AN ECONOMY IN DIRE STRAITS%0D%0A by MW Guzy%0D%0A%0D%0AM. W. Guzy is a former police detective and school teacher who now writes a weekly column for the St. Louis Post Dispatch.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0ASharon Basco produced this commentary.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s encouraging to see that Congress has recovered sufficiently from its recent bout of bipartisanship to get back to business. The proposal for a multi-billion dollar economic stimulus package has sent both sides of the aisle scurrying back to their pre-9%2F11 trenches. We can unite in the face of human carnage%2C but the old divisions reappear when it comes time to slaughter a cash cow. %0D%0A%0D%0ARepublicans in the House have rammed through what might be called %22The Millionaires%27 Relief Act of %2701.%22 The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that this bill would allo||0||0|DCForumID27
324|11/11/2001|14:23:26|khephra|Workers Are Remaining Unemployed|Workers Are Remaining Unemployed%0D%0A%0D%0AU.S. workers left jobless in an economy battered after the September hijack attacks are staying that way%2C as companies put hiring on hold pending better economic times%2C the government%27s latest figures showed.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd with the fear of job losses high%2C consumers have shifted their spending -- albeit meager -- to discount store chains instead of the more expensive department stores%2C a trend analysts expect to continue for several months.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60This is a very typical reaction by consumers%2C%27%27 said Sung Won Sohn%2C chief economist at Wells Fargo Bank in Minneapolis%2C one of many economists who expect the labor picture to weaken further over the next few months.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn its latest report%2C the Labor Department %28news - web sites%29 said the number of Americans remaining on state unemployment benefits for the ||0||8|DCForumID27
329|11/09/2001|21:42:04|Dabeddow|DRUDGE%3A FRIENDS TOPPED BUSH LAST NIGHT%21%21%21%21%21%21%21|www.drudgereport.com LOL LOL LOL LOL%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||1||27|DCForumID27
328|11/09/2001|15:25:44|unblock|i finally got my tax rebate%21%21%21|don%27t worry about the economy%2C folks%2C i%27m gonna spend%2C spend%2C spend every penny of that %24300%21%0D%0A%0D%0Athe morons in austin sent it to my parents%27 address%21  i haven%27t used that as my address in 13 years%21%0D%0A%0D%0Aanyway%2C don%27t worry about deflation%2C %27cuz that %24300 is gonna bid up a whoooole lotta prices%21  better buy now before the check clears%21  inflation is just around the corner%21%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||0|DCForumID27
327|11/09/2001|19:05:43|hatrack|If you liked GATT%2C you%27ll love GATS%21|a.k.a. General Agreement on Trade in Services%0D%0A%0D%0A%22A couple of years ago%2C I explained to a prominent Conservative that the World Trade Agreement would force us to import hormone-treated beef from the United States.  She was outraged.  %27Who were the bloody idiots who let this happen%3F%2C%27 she fulminated.  %27Er%2C the Conservatives.%27%0D%0A%0D%0AThe party of national sovereignty has ceded its powers to an unelected body far more powerful and less accountable than the bogeyman of Europe%2C without a flicker of conern for the govenment%27s mandate.  If any of the Tory ministers who were in power at the time can demonstrate that they actually read the agreement they signed%2C I would be happy to surrender%2C as a modest reward%2C the money the Guardian will pay me for writing this article. But I don%27t anticipate a rush of claimants.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0AThe current c||0||0|DCForumID27
326|11/09/2001|17:56:08|ender|PPI Falls 1.6%25 %28Deflation is _really_ here%29|http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2001%2F11%2F09%2Feconomy%2Feconomy%2F%0D%0A%0D%0A---snip---%0D%0ANEW YORK %28CNNmoney%29 - Wholesale prices posted the biggest drop on record in the United States last month%2C the government said Friday%2C another indication of the severe weakness afflicting the world%27s largest economy.%0D%0A---end of snip---%0D%0A%0D%0Aadd this to the 3Q-GDP report%2C which said -%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bea.doc.gov%2Fbea%2Fnewsrel%2Fgdp301a.htm%0D%0A%0D%0A---snip---%0D%0AThe price index for gross domestic purchases%2C which measures prices paid by U.S. residents%2C%0D%0Adecreased 0.3 percent in the third quarter%0D%0A---end of snip---%0D%0A%0D%0Athe economy is in the shitter far further than anyone of the talking heads are saying.%0D%0A%0D%0ADeflation is an incredibly bad problem... %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DI have co||1||34|DCForumID27
321|11/10/2001|23:32:08|Dabeddow|Democratic version of Economic package passes committee|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FED20011108680000098.html%3Fcb%3D272%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Senate Finance Committee narrowly approved a %2466.4 billion economic stimulus package Thursday%2C widening the rift between Democrats and Republicans over government spending versus tax cuts and foreshadowing an all-out battle in the Senate. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe committee voted 11-10 along party lines for a %2466.4 billion Democratic bill that is vastly different from the tax relief proposals made by President Bush and the %24100 billion package passed last month by the GOP-led House. %0D%0A%0D%0ADemocrats said the measure was the right medicine for the economy because it would spur consumer spending and would do more for laid-off workers than Republican alternatives. But GOP senators called it a partisan exercise filled with unnecessary spending that has lit||0||2|DCForumID27
325|11/09/2001|16:08:50|danerdone|Consumer Sentiment Rises Unexpectedly in November|U.S. consumer sentiment rose unexpectedly in early November as a rebound in sickly U.S. stocks helped Americans shrug off mounting job cuts and deteriorating economic conditions since Sept. 11%2C market sources said on Friday.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe University of Michigan%27s preliminary November consumer sentiment index rose to 83.5 from 82.7 in October. That stood in sharp contrast to analysts%27 forecasts for a fall to 78.7 and a steep drop in the Conference Board%27s October consumer confidence index.%0D%0A%0D%0AEconomists and policymakers closely watch consumer confidence%2C mostly on a downward trend since late last year%2C for its link to consumer spending%2C which underpins about two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe current conditions index%2C which gauges Americans%27 views on their present financial situation%2C rose to 94.9 in November from 94.0 in October. And the exp||0||7|DCForumID27
310|11/10/2001|20:36:47|Not_over_it|MLB approves ELIMINATION of two teams|http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fwire%2FUS%2Fap20011106_1462.html%0D%0A%0D%0AROSEMONT%2C Ill. %28AP%29 Major league baseball owners voted Tuesday to eliminate two teams that are struggling financially before the start of next season but didn%27t say which ones they would be. %0D%0AMontreal%2C Minnesota and two teams in Florida%2C however%2C have been mentioned as the likeliest candidates. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22It makes no sense for major league baseball to be in markets that generate insufficient local revenues to justify the investment in the franchise%2C%22 commissioner Bud Selig said. %22The teams to be contracted have a long record of failing to generate enough revenues to operate a viable major league franchise.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D_____________________%0D%0A%0D%0A%22. . . then there is a moment of total darkness before you step||3||35|DCForumID27
323|11/10/2001|09:20:54|Atlant|Moderator reminder re%3A full-text postings|Folks%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ALately%2C there%27ve been a lot of articles posted %28not necessarily in this forum%29 that look like they might be %22full-text%22 postings posted in violation of the Copyright owner%27s rights.%0D%0AThis is %5Bfont color%3Dred%5D%5Bb%5DBAD%5B%2Fb%5D%5Bfont color%3Dblack%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere are two situations%3A%5Bol%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bli%5DAn article which you don%27t have the right to post in full. In this case%2C you %5Bstrong%5DMUST%5B%2Fstrong%5D make edits so that you only post a %22fair use%22 extract from the article. Save the most interesting points and edit out %28delete%29 the rest. %28And please don%27t try to slip by deleting just a paragraph or two from a 20 paragraph story%21%29 So%3A%5Bul%5D%0D%0A%5Bli%5DMake it clear that you%27ve edited the article. The usual method is to say %22%28snip%29%22 where you%27ve deleted text.%0D%0A%5Bli%5D%5Bstrong%5DMAKE||0||0|
322|11/08/2001|19:15:37|Mary Pat|How low can GOP SOBs stoop%3F|%22The Senate killed a Democratic-led effort Tuesday to let tens of thousands of firefighters%2C police and emergency workers across the country bargain collectively.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Republicans distributed a memo during the debate calling the proposal %27a clear and avoidable danger%27 that %27could lead to firefighter%2C police strikes during a terrorist attack.%27%22%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011106%2Fpl%2Fsenate_unions_2.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%0D%0A%22Our planes . . . are dropping food and medical supplies on Afghanistan. The U.S. not only prosecutes this war%2C it also caters it.%22  --Bill Tammeus%0D%0A%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||8|DCForumID27
312|11/10/2001|02:39:20|hatrack|G-8 to developing world%3A  %22F%2A%2Ak you%21%21%22|Thanks again to the Guardian Limited%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Trade Piracy Unmasked%22%0D%0ALeaked British documents show how we will stich up the developing world at the WTO%0D%0A%0D%0AGeorge Monbiot%0D%0ATuesday November 6%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0A%22In Seattle in 1999%2C the world trade talks failed because the weaker countries%2C excluded from the key negotiations%2C walked out.  Now%2C we have been promised%2C the rich world has learned from its mistakes.  At the new talks in Qatar on Friday%2C the nations of %27the quad%27 %28ed. note - US%2C EU%2C Canada%2C Japan%29 will%2C they insist%2C rescue the castaways of the new world order.  But the progress so far suggests that%2C instead of being allowed a share in the spoils of free trade%2C the world%27s poor will be walking the plank.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe draft declaration due to be discussed this weekend was mostly written during two||0||13|DCForumID27
320|11/08/2001|12:04:57|realFedUp|Postmaster  Gen. asking for billions|Well%2C ending mail service would definitely put a crimp in the economy...guess first class mail stamps will be going up to %24.40 soon. We always end up paying%2C don%27t we.||0||0|DCForumID27
319|11/09/2001|22:26:02|Not_over_it|Fay Vincent to team owners%3A  You%27re idiots.|Took awhile before I thought Vincent was fit for the job %28nobody can really follow the late%2C great Giamatti%2C after all%29.  This reminds me of why I finally grew to respect him.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2Fnews%2Fwire%2F2001%2F11%2F08%2Fbaseball_vincent%2Findex.html%0D%0A%0D%0AA day after baseball owners voted to get rid of two clubs%2C former commissioner Fay Vincent criticized owners for making their decision without consulting the players union. %0D%0A%0D%0ABaseball%27s labor contract expired at midnight Wednesday%2C and talks about shrinking the major leagues appear likely to get caught up in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. The union maintains owners need the permission of players to eliminate teams%3B management disagrees%2C saying it has to bargain only on the mechanics of contraction%2C such as dispersing players. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22The lawyer||0||6|DCForumID27
318|11/08/2001|08:27:18|khephra|Bush%27s Leadership on Economy Is Questioned %28LAT%29|Bush%27s Leadership on Economy Is Questioned%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile President Bush has rallied Congress behind his post-Sept. 11 foreign and military policies%2C his leadership on economic and fiscal matters closer to home has proved substantially less effective%2C analysts and lawmakers of both parties agree.%0D%0A%0D%0ASome Republicans and Democrats are angling to bust Bush%27s budget for defense and homeland security. A tax cut modeled on Bush%27s ideas%2C usually a wildly popular measure in the middle of a recession%2C barely passed the Republican-controlled House. The Democratic-controlled Senate%27s version of that bill is careening far from Bush%27s priorities. Conservative Republicans have grown so exercised over Bush%27s Treasury secretary that some are calling for his resignation.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22You%27d like to think some of his abilities as commander in chief would rub off%2C but tha||0||2|DCForumID27
317|11/08/2001|19:05:26|sierra_moon|Senate Finance Committee just reported out the economic bill|The Senate version of an economic stimulus package -- 180 degrees from the House version -- just passed along party lines 11-10 in the Finance Committee.  Now goes to the full Senate.||0||1|DCForumID27
316|11/08/2001|15:14:24|NYYFan|NPR%3A The Once Mighty Enron to be bought by crosstown rival|I belive the name of the company is Dynergy. They will buy it for 1%2F10 its value. More info as I get it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DHomer%3A %22. . . I%27m investing in something called Newscorp . .%22%0D%0ALisa%3A %22DAD%2C THAT%27S FOX %21%21%21%22%0D%0AHomer%3A %28screaming%29 %22Ah %21 UNDO %21 UNDO %21%21 ahhhhhh.%22%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||0|DCForumID27
464|12/02/2001|00:49:12|susu369|Quiz%3A who is from Missouri and his father was a minister%3F|Besides Jailing John Asscroft%3F Answer%3A Kenneth W. Lay%0D%0A%0D%0AHead of Enron handled everyone%27s risk but his own%0D%0ABy JOHN SCHWARTZ and RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. - The New York Times%0D%0ADate%3A 11%2F29%2F01 22%3A15%0D%0A%0D%0AWell before anyone could imagine that Enron might collapse%2C Kenneth L. Lay was stumped. In an interview in August%2C he dismissed questions about a vague clause in the energy company%27s annual report that hinted at problems if its stock price or credit rating fell below certain levels. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22I just can%27t help you on that%2C%22 he said. Pressed further on questions about a bewildering constellation of business partnerships that involved Enron%27s former chief financial officer%2C he said%2C %22You%27re getting way over my head.%22 %0D%0A--snip--%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom his youth%2C Lay%2C 59%2C put his faith in hard work and the markets%27 wisdom. %0D%0||0||6|DCForumID27
463|12/01/2001|06:21:04|texasleo|10 cent gas%3F|http%3A%2F%2Fap.tbo.com%2Fap%2Fbreaking%2FMGAGODWAPUC.html%0D%0A%0D%0A--snip--%0D%0A%0D%0ADAYTON%2C Ohio %28AP%29 - Two competing grocery stores have been creating traffic jams with an old fashioned gas war - and old fashioned prices%2C as low as a dime a gallon. %0D%0AKroger%2C the nation%27s largest grocery chain%2C opened a new store Thursday about a quarter mile from a Meijer%27s store. Both stores%2C as part of a growing trend toward one-stop shopping%2C have gas pumps outside. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe price war began heating up within a few hours of the Kroger store%27s opening. As soon as one station dropped its price%2C the other countered with a lower price. %0D%0A%0D%0ABy 3 p.m.%2C the price was 42 cents a gallon. By evening%2C gas was going for 10 cents a gallon. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%27ve never seen people lined up to buy gas like this%2C%22 said Sandra Ralph%2C 60%2C of Dayton%2C in line ||0||0|DCForumID27
460|12/03/2001|13:03:45|ZombyWoof|GOP Destroys GDP%21|The 3rd quarter GDP loss was measured at 1.1%25.  The biggest loss since the 1st quarter of 1991 %28hmmm%2C who was president back then%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%3A Tom Daschle came out BLAMING BUSH on this one%21%21%21 Woohoo%21%0D%0A%3Abounce%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AHowever%2C I only have a link for the GDP story%2C the Daschle story was just on TV%2C and no link available yet...stay tuned%21%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fwire%2FBusiness%2Fap20011130_791.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%3Ahangover%3A %3C--- The Zomby ponders the significance of the giant cup of coffee%2C shimmering with pedal-depressed panchromatic resonance and other highly ambient domains.  Woof%21 He said.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Some scientists claim that hydrogen%2C because it is so plentiful%2C is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there i||1||4|
462|12/03/2001|10:13:35|RoxanneJ|Ender%21%21%21  MSNBC talking about deflation|Saying US is close %28but not there yet%2C of course%29 Japan is in deflation%21%0D%0A%0D%0AI just caught the tail end of it%2C but they are now saying the %22D%22 word publicly.  This cannot be good.%0D%0A||0||3|DCForumID27
461|11/30/2001|16:07:40|Aleesha|Our Steel Mills are Closing|I live in Indiana and I am watching 10%2C000 people losing their jobs. Most have been at their jobs for over 25 years. Bush is not doing a thing to help these mills or the people that have lost their jobs. Our state representatives are trying and doing their best to come up with a plan to help them%2C and the republicans keep shooting them down. Glad I never got into politics%2C I have been known to go for the jugular%21%21 Vote out the republicans.||0||11|DCForumID27
459|11/30/2001|12:58:36|DemoTex|Enron%2C Ken Lay%2C and Insider Trading|I spent a little time researching Ken Lay%27s insider trades at Enron and found some very interesting information. Between November 27%2C 2000 and August 21%2C 2001 Ken Lay traded Enron %28ENE%29 or subsidiary stock %28almost all were %22sells%22%29 on virtually EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT THE STOCK MARKET WAS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. EVERY BUSINESS DAY for nine months Ken Lay%2C and many other Enron senior executives sold Enron stock for a king%27s ransom in cash.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhy did Ken Lay quit selling his Enron stock on 8%2F21%2F01%3F Maybe he sold all of his ENE stock by 8%2F21%2F01. Maybe not.  Don%27t forget%2C August was when Enron chief executive Jeffrey K. Skilling abruptly resigned.  The third week in August is about the point where ENE stock dips below %2440%2Fshare and continues down until a mild rally after 9%2F11. %0D%0A%0D%0AWas Ken Lay anticipating the inevitable collapse of his hous||2||35|DCForumID27
458|12/01/2001|03:52:59|ender|3Q GDP revised down to -1.1%25|keeping with recent trends in economic number fuding%2C the 3Q GDP was revised downward to -1.1%25.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2001%2F11%2F30%2Feconomy%2Feconomy%2F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DI have come to the conclusion%2C that one useless man is called a disgrace.%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo are called a law firm.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand that three or more become a congress.%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||14|DCForumID27
457|12/01/2001|03:48:08|Dabeddow|Worst performance in a decade%3A Economy shrinks by 1.1%25 in 3rd qtr.|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEB20011130560000010.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe U.S. economy%2C battered by the terrorist attacks%2C turned in its worst performance in a decade during the third quarter%2C shrinking at a rate of 1.1 percent. Many economists expect an even steeper drop in the current quarter but are hopeful for a turnaround next year. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||2|DCForumID27
456|12/01/2001|03:36:31|LibMod|If you%27re losing your high-speed Internet service tonight......|And your computer still has a modem%2C go %5Blink%3Awww.netzero.net%7CNetZero%5D and pick up their free service until another high-speed gets to your neck of the woods.  Juno also has free internet.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22You can be right-wing%2C or you can be right.  You can%27t be BOTH at the SAME time.%22%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||1|DCForumID27
454|11/30/2001|23:24:48|khephra|Democrats Blame Bush For Deficits|Democrats Blame Bush For Deficits%0D%0A%0D%0ACongressional Democrats blamed President Bush and his tax cut Thursday for the return of federal deficits%2C a day after the White House budget chief said he expects shortfalls for at least the next three years. %0D%0A%0D%0AMitchell Daniels%2C the administration%27s budget director%2C blamed his prediction on the recession and the war against terrorism. %0D%0A%0D%0ABut Democrats said the real culprit was the 10-year%2C %241.35 trillion tax cut Bush helped muscle through Congress last spring%2C over complaints by most Democrats that it would jeopardize federal surpluses. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%27d love to be able to say%2C %27I told you so%2C%27%22 Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle%2C S.D.%2C told reporters. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Senate Budget Committee chairman%2C Sen. Kent Conrad%2C D-N.D.%2C said that when Daniels blamed the recession and terrorism%2C ||1||29|DCForumID27
453|11/30/2001|00:03:52|Triana|How a Bush %27Stimulates%27 The Economy %28Deficits Predicted for the Rest of Bush%27s Term%29|%0D%0AThe White House budget director said yesterday that the federal government is likely to run budget deficits for the rest of President Bush%27s term%2C marking a sharp reversal in the nation%27s financial picture just four years after surpluses replaced chronic shortfalls.%0D%0A%0D%0AMitchell E. Daniels Jr.%2C director of the Office of Management and Budget%2C said the government probably will not produce a balanced budget before fiscal 2005%2C which begins just before the next presidential election. In fact%2C Daniels warned that deficits could extend even further and that spending decisions over the next year %22will determine whether we ever see another surplus.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A...More...%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA31270-2001Nov28.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D___________%0D%0A%||0||6|DCForumID27
452|11/30/2001|20:35:57|khephra|Bush Panel Outlines 3 Plans for Social Security Overhaul|Bush Panel Outlines 3 Plans for Social Security Overhaul%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush%27s Social Security Commission set out three options today for allowing workers to establish individual investment accounts and acknowledged that the proposals would have to be accompanied by benefit cuts or other painful steps if the retirement system was to avert a long-term financial crisis.%0D%0A%0D%0ACommission members said the proposals would be the centerpiece of the report they planned to submit to the White House next month. The commission had originally been expected to settle on a single private- account proposal that Mr. Bush would then try to persuade Congress to adopt as the basis for the most sweeping overhaul of Social Security in its 66-year history.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut Republicans in Congress%2C certain that Democrats are ready to attack them for cutting payments to future retirees%2C have gro||1||41|DCForumID27
451|11/29/2001|22:56:11|Rabideau|Enron%27s Many Victims %28and Bush as CEO Prez%29|Here are the CEOs that Bush models his presidency after%3A budget fudgers and thieves%2C destructive and full of greed. A little sample of the racket%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ALINK%3A http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fla-000094687nov28.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-headline%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe only shame in this is that 15%2C000 Enron employees have seen their retirement accounts tank right along with the company stock. We can only wish them luck in their lawsuit filed this week against the company%2C which urged them right up until the stock crashed to keep buying Enron%2C then froze the retirement fund so employees couldn%27t sell their stock while the price skidded. The freeze was billed as an administrative necessity while plan managers were being changed.%0D%0A%0D%0AConsidering that Enron Chairman Kenneth L. Lay made about %24145 million on his stock options in 2000 and the first f||0||7|DCForumID27
447|12/02/2001|00:19:02|mobuto|Boom of the 90%27s%97A Fraud%3F|This is a bizarre article if I ever saw one...%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D4%5DThe Good Old Days Were Not as Good as We Though%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0ANovember 30%2C 2001%0D%0AFLOYD NORRIS %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fgraphics.nytimes.com%2Fimages%2Fdropcap%2Ft.gif he late 1990%27s in America were a wondrous time%2C when the economic statistics heralded a new era and the stock market confirmed it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%7Bsnip%7D%0D%0A%0D%0ABut economic statistics are subject to revision%2C and a lot are being revised these days. The government previously decided that neither corporate profits nor productivity improvements were nearly as good as they appeared to be in 1999 and 2000. And now the industrial production numbers have been sharply revised downward.%0D%0A%0D%0A%7Bsnip%7D%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F11%2F30%2Fbusiness%2F30NORR.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3||0||12|DCForumID27
450|11/29/2001|22:05:39|DrGonzoLives|Tobacco Money in Michigan being misused|%5Blink%3Awww.kzoodems.com%2Fnews.htm%23Tobacci%7CKalamazoo County Democrats site%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A---snip---%0D%0A%0D%0AIn 1994%2C 46 states won a %24206 billion settlement from the tobacco industry to be paid out over 25 years. The money was earmarked for use in reimbursing the states for losses due to tobacco-related illness. Michigan has thus far received over %24625 million from its share of the tobacco settlement%2C yet less than 2 percent of that money has gone to smoking prevention programs. Instead%2C it has gone to scholarships%2C senior prescription programs%2C and state-funded campaign ads for the G.O.P. %0D%0A%0D%0A---snip---%0D%0A%0D%0AThat last part burns me up. %3Amad%3A  This money should be helping people avoid those health costs later in life.  Preventive care%2C what a concept%2C eh%3F  Save money down the line.  Nooooooooo%2C that%27s long-term thinking%2C and the GOP c||0||0|DCForumID27
449|11/30/2001|16:47:27|RoxanneJ|Bush on the economy%3A Lucky me. I hit the trifecta|Bush promised during the presidential campaign to avoid tapping Social Security except in cases of war%2C recession or a national emergency.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60Lucky me. I hit the trifecta%2C%27%27 Bush told Daniels shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks%2C according to the budget director.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.miami.com%2Fherald%2Fcontent%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fdigdocs%2F059707.htm%0D%0A%0D%0A----------%0D%0AWhat an unfeeling%2C uncaring jerk%21%21%21%21  He thinks it%27s a joke%21%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||14|DCForumID27
448|11/30/2001|16:08:42|susu369|Giner or %22It%22 to be revealed Monday|Kamen to Reveal What %27IT%27 Is Monday%0D%0AThe Associated Press %0D%0APublished%3A Nov 30%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0AMANCHESTER%2C N.H. %28AP%29 - Word that Dean Kamen finally will reveal his latest invention next week has sparked a flurry of activity on a Web site devoted to the secret project. %0D%0AKamen plans to introduce the invention%2C called %22Ginger%22 or %22IT%2C%22 on ABC%27s %22Good Morning America%22 on Monday. ABC%27s parent company%2C The Walt Disney Co.%2C has sponsored Kamen%27s science competitions. %0D%0A%0D%0AKamen%2C of Manchester%2C has refused to discuss the invention since announcing it last January%2C heightening the speculation over what it might be. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn an interview with The Associated Press in March%2C Kamen said his work is not about profit. %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fap.tbo.com%2Fap%2Fbreaking%2FMGAZVZGDOUC.html||1||8|DCForumID27
446|11/30/2001|11:27:03|Rabideau|Enron%27s Lenders Face Huge Losses|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA36275-2001Nov29.html%0D%0A%0D%0AAnticipating a bankruptcy filing by Enron Corp.%2C major lenders yesterday assessed potential losses on more than %2413 billion in Enron debt while competitors eagerly moved into the void left by the collapse of the nation%27s once-dominant energy trader.%0D%0A%0D%0A-snip-%0D%0A%0D%0ACitigroup and J.P. Morgan Chase %26 Co. may have as much as %241 billion each at risk%2C banking industry analysts and executives say%2C and at least six other U.S. banks are believed to have significant exposure as well.%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AJust for some perspective%2C the COUNTRY of Argentina%2C which is still in danger of default%2C had %24130 Billion in outstanding debts as of July. Enron has %2413 billion - or 10%25 of that. Incredible.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Ver||0||1|DCForumID27
445|11/30/2001|02:51:07|Dabeddow|Major budget cuts in programs for the poor in Illinois|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEA20011129080000037.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AGov. George Ryan announced an additional %24136 million in budget cuts Wednesday to programs for the poor%2C while key lawmakers said the state%27s budget deficit is much larger than the %24500 million cited by Ryan. %0D%0A%0D%0AOn Tuesday%2C Ryan slashed %24220 million from the %2453.4 billion budget%2C cutting social service agencies%27 operations%2C closing a state prison and proposing a one-day furlough for 60%2C000 state workers. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||14|DCForumID27
444|11/30/2001|01:45:00|NNN0LHI|SEC%2CCongress%2C%26 Senate call for investigations into Enron Collapse|Senate Leader Wants More Answers on Enron%5Bp%5D%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28Reuters%29 - Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said on Thursday that Congress should find out what brought one-time energy giant Enron Corp to the brink of bankruptcy%2C and see if it has broader ramifications for the industry.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60We certainly need to try to find answers to the questions involving the collapse of Enron%2C%27%27 Daschle%2C a South Dakota Democrat%2C told reporters.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60I think we need to find as much information as possible%2C and make some assessments of whether it%27s indicative of energy in the larger context and if it is%2C what we ought to do about it%2C%27%27 Daschle said. %60%60It raises some very serious questions.%27%27%3E%3E%28SNIP%29%5Bp%5D...more...%5Bp%5D%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20011129%2Fpl%2Futilities_enron_congress_dc_3.html%5Bp%5D%0D%0||0||6|DCForumID27
443|11/29/2001|13:40:30|look_behind_you|Russia%2C Oil and Conspiracy theories...|Down%2C down%2C down slide the oil prices. Last year they soared above %2430 a barrel. This year%2C thanks to the international economic slowdown%2C they%27ve dropped as low as %2411. At the moment%2C they%27re hovering around %2417-%2418 a barrel. OPEC is trying to raise prices by cutting production and is browbeating non-OPEC members around the world to go along. Norway has agreed. So has Mexico. So has Oman. %0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0ARussia has not agreed however%97making it the only major oil exporter not to have pledged a significant decrease in production. To date%2C Russia has offered a cut of 50%2C000 barrels%2C well below the half-million barrel-cut that OPEC wants. Without Russia%27s cooperation%2C OPEC won%27t go ahead with its own. Without Russia%27s cooperation%2C oil prices will stay low. Without Russia%27s cooperation%2C in fact%2C even Russia suffers%3A Crude-oil exports account||0||0|DCForumID27
442|11/30/2001|00:36:15|JCMach1|Grim Economic New Breaking on MSNBC|I will link once it is out.  Must be new figures from the Federal Reserve.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Deserves it%21 I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them%3F Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A-Gandalf%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||32|DCForumID27
441|11/29/2001|12:35:26|Tims|Micro%24oft Being Forced Extend Monopoly|Part of Micro%24oft%27s %22punishment%22 is that it must give %241 billion dollars worth of MS software and PCs to schools.  This serves only to extend Micro%24oft%27s monopoly into the education market%2C one of the few places it has not been able to dominate.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fnews%2Fantitrust%2F0%2C1551%2C48660%2C00.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bblockquote%5DCritics contend the proposal will only serve to enhance Microsoft%27s competitive advantage in schools while doing little to meet the poorest schools%27 extensive needs.%5B%2Fblockquote%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bblockquote%5DAnd Apple%2C long the leader in educational computers and software%2C filed a brief arguing that the settlement would only further Microsoft%27s monopoly power%2C the concern that prompted the lawsuits in the first place.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We%27re baffled that a settle||0||15|DCForumID27
440|11/29/2001|22:32:45|Dabeddow|House approves funding for insurance comps. on mainly party-line vote|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011129%2Fpl%2Fattacks_insurance_8.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe House passed legislation Thursday to help the insurance industry cover the cost of claims from any future terrorist attacks. Passage came amid a partisan dispute over restrictions on personal lawsuits seeking damages. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe vote was 227-193%2C mostly along party lines%2C as Democrats withdrew their earlier support after restrictions on terrorism-related litigation were added to the bill. The changes clouded prospects for agreement with the Senate on compromise legislation. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||2|DCForumID27
439|11/29/2001|10:59:37|NNN0LHI|Why did the pollsters quit asking the how do you rate the presidents|job of handling the economy question%3F Anyone seen that question lateley%3F Another one missing is how do you rate the presidents general job performance. Don%27t see that one no more either. I wonder why these questions have fallen of the radar screen%3F We only here results about war%2C and how its being handled. Nothing else. Odd%2C ain%27t it.%5Bp%5DDon||0||1|DCForumID27
438|11/29/2001|18:01:25|KoKo01|Mutual %26 Pension Funds Caught in Enron Web%21%21|Okay%2C guys%2C here it comes%21%21%21%21%21%21   The Whores will have to cover this%21%0D%0A%0D%0AMutual funds caught in Enron web%0D%0A    By Justin Wiser%2C CBS.MarketWatch.com%0D%0A    Last Update%3A 7%3A41 PM ET Nov. 28%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A   DENVER %28CBS.MW%29 -- The Enron debacle isn%27t likely to help lagging performance at a host of%0D%0A   fund firms that count themselves among Enron%27s largest shareholders.%0D%0A%0D%0A   Many well-known money managers and fund houses%0D%0A   ranked among Enron%27s 10 largest owners%2C according to%0D%0A   a review of SEC filings.%0D%0A%0D%0A   Holding company Alliance Capital %28AC%3A news%2C chart%2C%0D%0A   profile%29%2C Enron%27s largest institutional owner through%0D%0A   September 30%2C controlled 42%2C939%2C048 shares%2C or 5.7%0D%0A   percent of the float.%0D%0A%0D%0A   Other funds and their holdings%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A        Alliance Capi||0||10|DCForumID27
437|11/29/2001|14:01:13|khephra|Ford likely %27to cut thousands of jobs%27|Ford %27to cut thousands of jobs%27%0D%0A%0D%0ACar giant Ford is considering a shake-up of North American operations which could see thousands of jobs go%2C a report has said. %0D%0ADirectors at the carmaker are next month to be briefed on plans likely to spell the mothballing of plants%2C and loss of thousands of jobs%2C according to the Financial Times. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe revamp%2C which comes weeks after the removal of former chief executive Jac Nasser%2C is aimed at helping the firm trim losses which reached %241.53bn in North America in the first nine months of the year. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe report also came hours after the European unit of rival General Motors revealed it was axing a further 10%25 of staff after earlier cost-cutting measures failed to reach targets. %0D%0A%0D%0AMORE............%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fhi%2Fenglish%2Fbusiness%2Fnewsid_1681000%2F1681981.stm%||0||4|DCForumID27
436|11/29/2001|03:10:52|tom_paine|Budget Director Daniels says deficits until 2005|And if that sonovabitch is saying that%2C he means 2010 at least%21%0D%0A%0D%0ADo the math%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AWe owe %245.3%2B%2F-%240.2 trillion RIGHT NOW.  The per year interest RIGHT NOW %28with the economy in the toilet%2C etc. etc.%29 is hovering somewhere around %24335 billion%2Fyear.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow add%2C well%2C conservatively%2C given the hoggish%2C and mostly necessary spending %28now out of empty coffers due to Reverse Robin Hood%29 augmenting security etc. etc.%2C about %0D%0A%0D%0A%2450 billion X 5 years %28it could be much%2C much worse folks%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3D%245.6 trillion plus %24100 billions in extra interest payments%2C which in turn saps more cash from the yearly budgets...%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyone whose ever had credit card trouble or gone bankrupt understands this cycle fundamentally.  Only the US government doesn%27t have that option.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe did this ridiculous madness ||0||1|DCForumID27
435|11/29/2001|12:14:18|LynneSin|Budget Surplus not expected til 2005%2C can I ask the same for my bank account%3F|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20011128%2Fpl%2Fbush_budget_balance_dc_2.html%0D%0A%0D%0AWednesday November 28 3%3A30 PM ET %0D%0AWhite House Says Budget Balance Unlikely Before 2005%0D%0APhotos %0D%0A%0D%0AReuters Photo%0D%0A %0D%0AAudio%2FVideo %0D%0A  Bush Seeks to Break Economic Impasse %28AP%29  %0D%0A %0D%0A %0D%0A   %0D%0A %0D%0ABy Randall Mikkelsen%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28Reuters%29 - U.S. budget deficits%2C triggered by a slowed economy and war%2C are unlikely to end until 2005 at the earliest%2C White House budget director Mitch Daniels said on Wednesday.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60It is regrettably a conclusion that we are unlikely to return to balance in our federal accounts before possibly fiscal 2005%2C%27%27 Daniels%2C director of the White House Office of Management and Budget%2C said in a speech at the National Press Club.%0D%0A%0D%0AMany analysts expect the U.S. gove||0||2|DCForumID27
434|11/29/2001|11:10:51|susu369|Enron is falling.....|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20011128%2Fbs%2Futilities_enron_dc_24.html%0D%0A%0D%0AEnron Hovers on Brink of Collapse%0D%0ABy Carolyn Koo%0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK %28Reuters%29 - Enron Corp. hovered on the brink of one of the biggest corporate collapses in U.S. history on Wednesday%2C as its rescue by rival energy trader Dynegy Inc. appeared to be on the rocks.%0D%0A--snip--%0D%0A%60%60Rome is burning as we talk and these people better get off the pot%2C%27%27 said analyst John Olson of Sanders Morris Harris.%0D%0A||4||53|DCForumID27
433|11/28/2001|23:17:12|mobuto|Enron%97Friend of Democrats%3F|Ok%2C we know that the dying energy parasite that we all love to hate isn%27t exactly left-wing%2C and they have close ties to Shrub%2C Cheney and friends%2C but they%27re also an enormous Democratic contributor. Over the last two years%2C they%27ve given %24532%2C065 in soft money to the Democratic National Committee%2C the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Repug counterparts%2C while they have gotten more%2C have only received %24633%2C175.%0D%0A%0D%0ASource%3A Center for Responsive Politics www.opensecrets.org%0D%0A%0D%0AWe still need meaningful campaign finance reform.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22I didn%27t accept it. I received it.%22 %0D%0A%97Richard Allen%2C Ray Gun%27s National Security Adviser%2C explaining why a bribe wasn%27t a bribe.%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||4|DCForumID27
432|11/30/2001|09:40:15|sarah_kobarowski|Republicans help their corporate friends to exploit the third world poor.|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20011129%2Fpl%2Ffood_cuba_usa_dc_1.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The U.S. Agriculture Department on Thursday confirmed the first%0D%0Aexport sales of American wheat%2C corn%2C rice and soy products to Cuba in 41 years.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22In its weekly export sales report%2C USDA said Cuba purchased 50%2C000 tons of U.S. wheat%2C 43%2C000 tons of corn%2C 12%2C000 tons of soybeans%2C 20%2C000 tons of soymeal%2C 5%2C000 tons of soyoil and 12%2C500 tons of rice for the week ended Nov 22.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3CSNIP%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is clearly exploitation on the part of the evil%2C greedy corporate farmers in America. Don%27t be fooled by the Republaboobies attempts at calling this %22humanitarian.%22 After all they weren%27t %2Agiving%2A the food away. They were selling it. They were selling it for a profit. There%27s nothing more evil than that.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis i||0||0|
431|11/28/2001|20:19:29|LynneSin|Economy - Who%27s really to blame - Clinton or the Republican Controlled Congress|I was just thinking about something my friend tried to get me to believe about why our economy is tanking.  She said that we%27re in a slump because of what happened during the previous administration - hence%2C this is all Clinton%27s fault that the economy sucks and the job market stinks.%0D%0A%0D%0AOk%2C well after a marathon of watching C-Span and C-Span2 %28btw%2C I%27ve come to conclusion that Frank Murkowski of Alaska is a windbag%21%29 something dawned on me.  %0D%0A%0D%0APresidents created budgets and they put their final signatures on it.  And there is somewhat of a blackmail incentive to get it done because if the budget is not passed by a certain date%2C the whole government is shut down.  And no president wants to be responsible for the government shutting down because he%2Fshe didn%27t get the budget done on time.%0D%0A%0D%0AHowever...%0D%0A%0D%0AEverything in between is do||0||7|DCForumID27
430|11/28/2001|22:08:17|ender|White House Says Budget Balance Unlikely Before 2005|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bayarea.com%2Frc%2Fheadlines%2Fdocs%2F1687481l.htm%0D%0A%0D%0A---snip---%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28Reuters%29 - U.S. budget deficits%2C triggered by a slowed economy and war%2C are unlikely to end until 2005 at the earliest%2C White House budget director Mitch Daniels said on Wednesday.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60It is regrettably a conclusion that we are unlikely to return to balance in our federal accounts before possibly fiscal 2005%2C%27%27 Daniels%2C director of the White House Office of Management and Budget%2C said in a speech at the National Press Club.%0D%0A---end of snip---%0D%0A%0D%0Aoh yes%2C great time to cut revenue.%0D%0A%0D%0Ai GUARANTEE that every %22cut%22 will come from social programs.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DI have come to the conclusion%2C that one useless man is called a disgrace.%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo are called a ||0||10|DCForumID27
429|11/28/2001|17:55:34|revcarol|Want health coverage because of terrorism %26 job loss%3F%3A take it from POOR  CHILDREN%3ABush|from THE LOWDOWN by Jim Hightower%3A %0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0ABush health-care shell game ....%2411 billion program to provide health coverage for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have recently lost their jobs...terrorist attacks...economic bust.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0AThe money is not there...dipped into a fund called SCHIP  - THE STATE CHILDREN%27S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM and deftly lifted out %2411 billion for his new program.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0ABush lamely suggests that the states weren%27t spending all the SCHIP %28Remember the slime-ball tactics to discourage kids in Texas--My  aside.%29But he knows that the states are adding about a million children a year...funds essential to meet the growing need.%0D%0A%0D%0AFinis%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is one of the most disgusting things on the part of the administration I have see TO DATE. Pit the poor children against families||0||3|DCForumID27
428|11/29/2001|22:01:51|IrateCitizen|TELL YOUR REPS TO VOTE NO ON FAST TRACK - URGENT%21|The House is scheduled to vote on the Trade Promotion Authority Bill %28HR 3005%29 authored by Rep. Bill Thomas %28R-CA%29 next week.  For those of you who aren%27t familiar with Fast Track%2C here%27s a quick rundown.%0D%0A%0D%0A1.  Allows the President to sign any trade agreement with the preauthorization of Congress.%0D%0A%0D%0A2.  Allows Congress only 60 days to vote yea%2Fnay on a trade agreement%2C without the possibility of amendment.  Most of these agreements are hundreds%2C if not thousands%2C of pages long and incredibly complex.%0D%0A%0D%0A3.  Provides protection for commercial interests such as patenting protection and no labeling requirements for genetically modified food.  Gives only lip service to public sector interests such as labor rights and environmental protection.%0D%0A%0D%0A4.  Actively pushes for privatization of every service under the sun%3A  postal service%2C h||0||27|DCForumID27
427|11/28/2001|14:37:47|ccinamon|email your reps%3A  Economy Stimulus package|Searched%2C but didn%27t see if this was already posted -- if so%2C sorry for the double post.%0D%0A%0D%0AYou can email your reps and tell them to vote against the latest corporate give-away%21%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.workingforchange.com%2Factivism%2Faction.cfm%3FItemId%3D12281%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DGeorge W. Bush%3A%0D%0A%22A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier....%22 July 27%2C 2001%0D%0A%22....so long as I%27m the dictator.%22  Dec 19%2C 2000%0D%0A%22Who cares what you think%3F%22 July 4 2001%0D%0A%0D%0AAri Fleischer%3A %22...they need to watch what they say%2C watch what they do...%22 Sep 26%2C 2001%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||1|DCForumID27
426|11/28/2001|15:39:05|Not_over_it|Whoever pulled my Dynegy post--that was NEW news|The information about Dynegy formally killing the merger was NEW news%2C NOT something already in the %22Enron falling%22 post.%0D%0A%0D%0ASheesh%2C guys....don%27t be so handy on the trigger.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D_____________________%0D%0A%0D%0A%22. . . then there is a moment of total darkness before you step through on the other side. .%22 --Lewis Jenkins %5B%2Ffont%5D||0||9|DCForumID27
425|11/29/2001|16:13:18|w4rma|The Scratchware Manifesto|I read this declaration and realized that it covers many things that I see wrong with our capitalist system.  Don%27t get me wrong%2C I %2Alike%2A capitalism%2C but I think that this incarnation%2C our version%2C of capitalism can and needs to be tweeked.  U.S. Capitalism %28Corporatism%3F%29 is due for a major tune-up.%0D%0A%0D%0AFolks%2C this is pretty long%2C but I think that it is well worth the read for it%27s political outlook on the so-called %22new economy%22 and most specifically%3A the video game industry.  But%2C keep in mind that the problems mentioned in the Scratchware Manifesto are prolific in every industry%21  I especially like the analogy between vampires and big corporations. B-%29%0D%0A%0D%0AHere are a few snips that I found interesting.  %28I had a hard time picking just these out.%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DThe Scratchware Manifesto%0D%0APhase One%3A Prelude To Revolut||0||1|DCForumID27
423|11/29/2001|15:15:56|JCMach1|Depression Watch%3A  Consumer Confidence Crashes|%0D%0ANEW YORK %28Reuters%29 - U.S. consumer confidence fell for the fifth straight month in November as Americans worried about layoffs and job security%2C according to a report on Tuesday that suggested the holiday shopping season will be sluggish.%0D%0AADVERTISEMENT%0D%0A %0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Conference Board%2C a New York-based private business research group%2C said its index of consumer confidence fell to 82.2 in November%2C compared with a downwardly revised 85.3 in October. A separate index from the University of Michigan has edged higher over the past two months%2C but mostly because of the lowest consumer inflation expectations since the 1950s%0D%0A%3CSNIP%3E%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbiz.yahoo.com%2Frb%2F011127%2Fbusiness_economy_consumers_dc_1.html%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A||1||61|DCForumID27
424|11/28/2001|02:57:19|TrogL|Bush is trying to get us out of the recession%2Fdepression|Just before the elections%2C he announced that the United States was going into a recession%2C which did a pretty good job of triggering it.%0D%0A%0D%0AI was listening to the CBC in the way in to work and heard a sound-byte of Bush announcing that the United States was on the way out of the recession.%0D%0A%0D%0AWho does he think he is%2C God%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Actually%2C there%27s certain merit to the argument that he %5Bb%5Ddoes%5B%2Fb%5D think he%27s God%2C or at least Jesus Christ reincarnated%2C but that should argued elsewhere.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DO Brave New World that has such people in it.%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||11|DCForumID27
422|11/27/2001|12:01:57|Politicalman|Who was the Republician House representive who voted against Bush%27s business bailout plan%3F|I forgot his name%2C but I know that he was a Republican%2C and he might have been from Iowa.  ||0||1|DCForumID27
405|11/28/2001|17:31:46|sierra_moon|Anyone have info about Seattle WTO protest 11%2F30 next week%3F|I heard some noise weeks ago about a march or protest to mark the 2d anniversary of the 1999 Seattle protest but have heard nothing lately.  Anyone have info or links%3F  I live in Seattle but everything seems awfully quiet.  ||0||1|
421|11/27/2001|15:26:03|JCMach1|U.S. Officially in a Recession|%0D%0ANBER announced in breaking news-- CNN%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AThus%2C before our own time%2C the customs of our ancestors produced excellent men%2C and eminent men preserved our ancient customs and the institutions of their forefathers. But through the republic%2C when it came to us%2C was like a beautiful painting%2C whose colours%2C however%2C were already fading with age%2C our own time not only has neglected to freshen it by renewing the original colors%2C but has not even taken the trouble to preserve its configuration and%2C so to speak%2C its general outlines. For what is now left of the %27ancient customs%27... They have been%2C as we see%2C so completely buried in||5||49|DCForumID27
416|11/28/2001|13:10:48|khephra|Treasury Chief Sees an Economic Brightening|Treasury Chief Sees an Economic Brightening%0D%0A%0D%0AFaced with the likelihood that the United States is about to be declared officially in a recession%2C Treasury Secretary Paul H. O%27Neill said today that the economy was %22poised for recovery%22 and that the outlook for Wall Street remained bright.%0D%0A%0D%0AHis relatively upbeat comments reflected the Bush administration%27s public forecast that the slowdown was likely to be brief and mild. But with economists divided over the projected length and severity of the economy%27s troubles %97 and with much dependent on unknowable factors like the course of the war against terrorism %97 they also represented a gamble that reassuring words now would not come to be seen as out of touch if the downturn deepened or endured.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe National Bureau of Economic Research%2C the academic body that is widely accepted as the authority on ||0||5|DCForumID27
420|11/28/2001|13:05:46|coralsea|If you didn%27t think Republicans were craven%2C evil%2C %26 corrupt before...|you will likely feel that way after reading this%3A%0D%0A%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%0D%0A%0D%0A-snip-%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the late 1970%27s%2C President Jimmy Carter implemented CAFE standards to combat an oil shortage driven by policies of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The standards raised fuel efficiency in American cars by 7.6 miles a gallon over six years%2C causing oil imports from the Persian Gulf to fall by 87 percent. Our economy grew by 27 percent during that period. Detroit%2C predictably%2C figured out how to build more fuel-efficient cars largely without reductions in size%2C comfort or power.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe CAFE standards worked so well that they produced an oil glut by 1986. That%27s when the Reagan administration intervened to rescue America%27s domestic oil industry from gasoline price collapse. Ronald Reagan%27s rollback of CAFE stand||0||13|DCForumID27
419|11/26/2001|15:47:36|khephra|OMB Chief%27s Blunt Talk Could Point to Trouble %28Dick%27s Been Involved%29|OMB Chief%27s Blunt Talk Could Point to Trouble%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush%27s towering approval ratings as a wartime leader give him clout aplenty on Capitol Hill these days. But a corrosive battle between Bush%27s top budget advisor and powerful members of Congress could complicate the crucial year-end budget negotiations.%0D%0A%0D%0AMitchell E. Daniels Jr.%2C the White House budget director%2C is the outspoken%2C often acerbic point man for Bush%27s efforts to hold the line on government spending. But in the process%2C Daniels has been so withering in his criticism of Congress that even the easygoing Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has refused to return his phone calls. Vice President Dick Cheney had to be diverted from the war on terrorism recently to mediate.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe power struggle speaks volumes about the difficulties looming for Bush as he seeks to ||0||0|DCForumID27
418|11/26/2001|15:11:26|khephra|Lobbyists Tout Plans As Anti-Terror|Lobbyists Tout Plans As Anti-Terror%0D%0A%0D%0AWith the nation%27s fight against terrorism in full swing%2C lobbies as diverse as road-sign manufacturers%2C farmers%2C the high-tech industry%2C energy producers and other businesses are promoting pre-Sept. 11 proposals as key to national security. %0D%0A%0D%0ABefore the terrorist attacks%2C lawmakers were worried about federal deficits and Social Security. Now%2C the spending spigots are open as Congress tries to stimulate the economy and fight terrorism. That has lobbyists angling for an advantage. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce%2C Business Roundtable and TechNet%2C a network of high-tech executives%2C are among the groups that have refocused their arguments. They contend that two long-sought items -- corporate tax breaks and stronger presidential trade authority -- would help strengthen the nation%27s economy%2C and that is es||0||0|DCForumID27
417|11/26/2001|13:27:18|khephra|Bush Aides Criticize Dems on Economy|Bush Aides Criticize Dems on Economy%0D%0A%0D%0AWith Congress returning this week%2C top Bush administration officials prodded the Democrat-controlled Senate on Sunday to act on a stimulus proposal%2C and defended the president%27s emphasis on corporate tax cuts as a cure for the limping economy. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Senate%27s top Democrat said he was troubled by the idea of corporate tax cuts at a time when companies are laying off workers. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22They%27re letting people off in numbers that we%27ve got to be concerned about%2C%22 Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle%2C D-S.D.%2C said on %22Fox News Sunday.%22 %22I think it would be a tragedy if we left this session of Congress without helping the unemployed at all.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ABut White House economic adviser Larry Lindsey said%3A %22We have to start creating paychecks instead of unemployment checks.%22 He warned anew that Preside||0||20|DCForumID27
415|11/25/2001|10:53:23|khephra|An Alternate Reality by Krugman|An Alternate Reality%0D%0A%0D%0Aost Americans get their news from TV. And what they see is heartwarming %97 a picture of a nation behaving well in a time of crisis. Indeed%2C the vast majority of Americans have been both resolute and generous.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut that%27s not the whole story%2C and the images TV doesn%27t show are anything but heartwarming. A full picture would show politicians and businessmen behaving badly%2C with this bad behavior made possible %97 and made worse %97 by the fact that these days selfishness comes tightly wrapped in the flag. If you pay attention to the whole picture%2C you start to feel that you are living in a different reality from the one on TV.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe alternate reality isn%27t deeply hidden. It%27s available to anyone with a modem%2C and some of it makes it into quality newspapers. Often you can find the best reporting on what%27s really going o||0||2|DCForumID27
414|11/25/2001|09:59:22|Armstead|Great overview of globalization in plain language|Although many here seem to yawn at the mention of globalization%2C the Utne Reader website has a great package of articles about why the issue of globalization is crucial%2C and what the goals of the anti-corporate globalization movement are.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt gives a good overview of globalization in plain language%2C and hoiw it relates to real people AND REAL POLITICS. %0D%0A%0D%0AIf the Dems would wake up to the potential of this as a mainstream issue%2C it could be a powerful and inspiring part of their platform.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.utne.com%2FbCulture.tmpl%3Fcommand%3Dsearch%26db%3DdArticle.db%26eqheadlinedata%3DAnother%2520World%2520is%2520Possible%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt from introduction%0D%0A%0D%0AAnother World is Possible%0D%0AWho are the anti-globalization protesters%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThe world is filled with fear. Thoughts of further terrorism and ever-widening warfare unse||0||2|DCForumID27
413|11/27/2001|10:36:23|Dabeddow|Russia rebuffs OPEC%3A Oil prices could continue to fall|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Frecession%2Fstory%2F0%2C7369%2C604663%2C00.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AOil prices are set to slide further as Russia surprised the markets by announcing a much smaller cut in production than anticipated.%0D%0ARussia said that it would only cut its output by 50%2C000 barrels per day in the fourth quarter%2C well below expectations of up to at least 100%2C000. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe news sent already battered oil prices tumbling. That knocked down share price of oil companies%2C in turn pulling down financial markets.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||5|DCForumID27
370|11/26/2001|17:56:35|WilliamPitt|Piss me off%2C break my heart|I graduated college in 1995 and hit the ground running.  I gave good interviews and got jobs because the market was booming by 1996 and everyone needed people.  I made good money%2C had good places where I could pay the rent%2C and lived well.  Now I am settled in and probably won%27t get laid off unless the world literally comes to an end.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow I am watching the sibling of a friend get out of college and go looking for work.  She has as much or more experience than I did%2C and gives great interviews.%0D%0A%0D%0ANo work.%0D%0A%0D%0ANo work.%0D%0A%0D%0ANo work%2C unless she wants to go back waiting tables.%0D%0A%0D%0AI am pissed off and my heart is broken for young 20-somethings.  The world they have to carve a place in is different than my Clinton-era economic wonderland%2C where there was %2Aalways%2A work for me if I pushed hard enough to find it.%0D%0A%0D%0AHere%27s the dir||3||40|DCForumID27
406|11/25/2001|22:29:26|bpilgrim|CAPITALISM at all cost SUCKS%21 - Renowned U.S. Economists |In a nut shell%2C at least %3Aevilgrin%3A%0D%0AWhat you think J B%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-SNIP-%0D%0A%0D%0ARenowned U.S. Economists Denounce Corporate-Led Globalization%0D%0A%0D%0APublished on Wednesday%2C November 21%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DNobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz and internationally acclaimed economist Paul Krugman decry undemocratic%2C unsound%2C and unethical corporate agenda%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0Aby James L. Phelan%0D%0A%0D%0AIt seems critics of corporate-led globalization have some new allies.%0D%0A%0D%0ARecent Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz%2C along with well-known economist Paul Krugman%2C have of late made a flurry of public statements critical of the policies and processes of the World Trade Organization %28WTO%29%2C the World Bank %2F IMF%2C and the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas %28FTAA%29 %97 while leaving plenty of harsh words for the blatantly pro-corporate acti||0||13|DCForumID27
412|11/23/2001|20:56:12|mlawson|Programming consumerism%3A  It%27s going to be a LONG 5 weeks%21|Just after noon yesterday%2C Thursday 22nd%2C it began.  TV%2C radio%2C even public radio%2C between every song or program section%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A---  %22THIS holiday season....%22  %28The primary programming phrase%3B  implies that THIS year%2C %5Bb%5DYOU%5B%2Fb%5D will spend %24%24%24%24%24 on THIS%29%0D%0A%0D%0A---  %22It%27s the HOLIDAYS...%22  %28Like we didn%27t know that%3F%3F%3F Duhhhh%29%0D%0A%0D%0A---  %22Have even MORE HOLIDAY FUN with.....%22  %28If you are NOT having FUN over the holidays%2C there is something wrong with YOU%21  So you need to buy THIS%21%29%0D%0A%0D%0A---  Plus%2C on the local and national news shows%2C %5Bb%5Devery%5B%2Fb%5D story%2C regardless of its subject%2C is tied in with the holidays.  The newscasters mindlessly begin with %22On this Thanksgiving afternoon...%22  And of course EVERYone is %22enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with their %5Bb%5Dfamilies%5B%||0||2|DCForumID27
411|11/23/2001|19:44:08|SoCalDem|Iraq may be off the %22Hit List|%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%23008080%22 size%3D%222%22 face%3D%22verdana%22%5D%0D%0AOil and the war on terrorism %0D%0A%0D%0ABy Gwynne Dyer %0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jordantimes.com%2FFri%2Ffeatures%2Ffeatures2.htm%09%A0%09%0D%0A%A0%09%A0%09%0D%0A......snip.....%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%2C with the Taleban regime near collapse and the first phase of President George W. Bush%27s %93war on terrorism%94 seemingly close to success%2C speculation in Washington about a follow-on strike against Saddam Hussein%27s regime in Iraq is growing daily more heated. But if an %5Bb%5Dattack on Iraq means soaring oil prices%2C and that in turn means a longer and deeper recession in the US%2C then Saddam is probably safe.%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A %0D%0A......snip.....%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DIf there were any convincing evidence that Iraq was implicated in the ||0||8|DCForumID27
410|11/23/2001|09:12:08|renodave|Study Shows Corporate Tax Schemes |And I know some republicans that think this is OK..%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fapnews1.iwon.com%2Farticle%2F20011121%2FD7FU0DK00.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%28snip%29%0D%0A%0D%0AMultinational corporations avoided %2445 billion in U.S. taxes last year by artificially fixing prices for transactions with foreign affiliates%2C according to a study released Wednesday by Sen. Byron Dorgan.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe companies moved profits out of the United States in two ways%3A by overpricing goods sold to U.S. operations by foreign affiliates and by underpricing goods purchased by those foreign affiliates%2C the study found.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis practice%2C known as transfer pricing%2C moves income out of the United States and effectively puts company profits out of reach of the Internal Revenue Service%0D%0A||0||1|DCForumID27
409|11/23/2001|06:56:55|Dabeddow|Merchants bracing for what could be a tough holiday shopping season|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011122%2Fts%2Fholiday_shopping_3.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AMoran%2C of Somerset%2C N.J.%2C said%2C %60%60I%27ve paid off credit card debts last summer%2C so I want to be cautious. It%27s just not prudent during these times.%27%27 %0D%0A%0D%0AFaced with massive layoffs%2C volatility in the stock market%2C and heightened economic and political uncertainties following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks%2C many consumers are re-evaluating their priorities and paring back their holiday spending this season%2C which officially begins Friday. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||5|DCForumID27
408|11/23/2001|03:45:14|Dabeddow|2002 Budget year began in October with a 9.4 Billion dollar deficit|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011121%2Fbs%2Fbudget_deficit_1.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe government started off the 2002 budget year in the red%2C posting a deficit of %249.4 billion in October%2C the Treasury Department %28news - web sites%29 reported Wednesday. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe deficit%2C however%2C was smaller than the %2411.3 billion of the previous October and better than the %2411 billion many private economists were forecasting. %0D%0A%0D%0AOne of the reasons for a narrower deficit was a congressionally mandated shift in the due date for billions of dollars in corporate tax payments from the 2001 budget year to the new fiscal year%2C which began Oct. 1. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1||0||1|DCForumID27
407|11/23/2001|12:02:28|SoCalDem|Sob story from hotels just doesn%27t check out|%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%23008080%22 size%3D%222%22 face%3D%22verdana%22%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fstpetersburgtimes.com%2FNews%2F112301%2FColumns%2FSob_story_from_hotels.shtml%0D%0ASob story from hotels just doesn%27t check out%0D%0A%0D%0AOFF%2FBEAT%0D%0AGLIDEWELL E-mail%3A%0D%0AClick here%09%0D%0ABy JAN GLIDEWELL%A9 St. Petersburg Times%2C%0D%0Apublished November 23%2C 2001 %0D%0A%0D%0AI will tell some power broker What you did for Iacocca Will certainly be good enough for me -- from I%27m Changing My Name to Chrysler by Arlo Guthrie %0D%0A%2A %2A %2A%0D%0A......snip.....%0D%0A%0D%0AYears ago the government got into the failing passenger railroad business because failing businesses%2C apparently now like the U.S. Postal Service%2C are always attractive to government. Then along came Chrysler in 1980 with a philosop||0||0|DCForumID27
404|11/21/2001|20:44:17|WilliamPitt|Experts predict budget deficits will last for years|Experts predict deficits will last years %0D%0A%0D%0ABy William M. Welch%2C USA TODAY %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fwashdc%2F2001-11-20-deficit.htm%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %97 The war on terrorism and the slumping economy are likely to turn federal budget surpluses into deficits not only this year but for the next few years%2C congressional budget experts say.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe disappearance of projected surpluses means there will be far less money available%2C if any%2C for what were top priorities a few months ago%3A providing a prescription-drug benefit for seniors%2C paying down the national debt and shoring up Social Security.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen President Bush took office in January%2C analysts projected that the surplus for fiscal 2002%2C which began Oct. 1%2C would top %24300 billion. Budget analysts now expect a deficit of %2440 billion to %2450 billion this year. Th||0||17|DCForumID27
403|11/20/2001|19:00:57|IrateCitizen|WTO Protectionism from Doha%2C Qatar|WEISBROT%3A WTO Back on the Slow Track %0D%0A                                                     Mark Weisbrot%2C AlterNet%0D%0A                                                        November 16%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A                                   %22Free trade%22 ideologues scoffed at the Teamsters and turtles that converged%0D%0A                                   on Seattle two years ago%2C protesting the WTO%27s disregard for the environment%0D%0A                                   and labor. The WTO was the last best hope for the world%27s poor%2C they said. %0D%0A%0D%0A                                   But the rules of the WTO are%2C by any honest accounting%2C a net loss for the%0D%0A                                   developing countries of the world. In fact%2C that is one of the main reasons for%0D%0A                                   the lack of progress at the ministerial m||0||8|DCForumID27
402|11/20/2001|23:45:26|khephra|O%27Neill Sees Basis for Deal on Package %28we%27re about to get screwed%29|U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O%27Neill said on Tuesday he believed there was a basis for a deal to push through an economic stimulus package that has been stalled in Congress.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn an interview with ABC%27s %60%60Good Morning America%27%27 show%2C O%27Neill said he held a telephone conference call on Monday with leaders of the so-called Centrist Coalition of the Senate%2C made up of three Republicans and three Democrats.%0D%0A%0D%0AO%27Neill said the senators put forward a plan that had most of the elements proposed by the president but suggested less spending than the Democrats had demanded.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60I think there is a basis here for a deal and we are working quietly this week while they are all at home to see if when they come back next Monday and Tuesday we can get this thing rolling and get it done%2C%27%27 O%27Neill said.%0D%0A%0D%0AMORE................%0D%0A%0D%0Ah||0||9|DCForumID27
401|11/20/2001|14:02:33|Thankfully_in_Britain|Oh%2C What a Lovely War %28for profits%29|Yet another interesting article from the UK New Statesman%2C about the wonderful world of post 9%2F11 corporate lobbying. %3Aeyes%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.consider.net%2Fforum_new.php3%3FnewTemplate%3DOpenObject%26newTop%3D200111190006%26newDisplayURN%3D200111190006%0D%0A%0D%0ARapacious industrialists are preoccupied with making a quick buck out of 11 September. For example%2C a traumatised nation is being ripped off by pharmaceutical giants over smallpox vaccinations. The hapless Tommy Thompson - George Bush%27s secretary for health and human services%2C and a man known to have taken holidays in Europe%2C southern Africa and Australia at the expense of Philip Morris%2C the tobacco conglomerate - put out tenders for 250 million new doses of smallpox vaccine %28to ensure that the US stockpile would cover everyone in the country%29%2C budgeting %24509m for the purpose. But ten huge p||0||0|DCForumID27
400|11/20/2001|06:18:51|mobuto|Flight Attendants%3A First to Die%2C First to Get Laid Off %28thanks Repugs%29|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.villagevoice.com%2Fissues%2F0146%2Ffriedman.php%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D2%5DHer Boss at United Got %243.2 Million. She Got Shoved Out the Door.%5B%2Ffont%5D%5Bfont size%3D4%5D%0D%0AWhat Color Is Your Parachute%3F%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bb%5Dby Andrew Friedman%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo people recently lost their jobs at United Airlines. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe first was Sheila Adams%2C 48%2C a flight attendant making %2422%2C000 a year. In the days following the September 11 attacks%2C when no one would fly%2C she got on the planes to keep United in the air. When they furloughed her on October 31%2C the company gave her 90 days of health and travel benefits%2C %24744 in severance pay%2C and the promise that sometime in the next six years she might get her job back. %0D%0A%0D%0A%7Bsnip%7D%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is the kind of story that makes you proud to be served by a Republican House an||0||4|DCForumID27
399|11/19/2001|18:29:36|IrateCitizen|NY Fight Back%21  Spend money%21  WTF%3F%3F%3F|This was the message on a banner I saw in midtown Manhattan today.  Other ones nearby had similar messages like%2C %22NY Fight Back%21  See a show%21%22 or %22Dine Out%21%22 or %22Buy Something%21%22  %0D%0A%0D%0AI was suddenly struck by the extreme absurdity and crassness of it all.  Over 5%2C000 people were killed in the WTC attack.  The economy was headed for the crapper before 9%2F11%2C now the recession has only picked up speed.  Hundreds of thousands of workers have been laid off%2C many without hopes of sufficient unemployment insurance.  And the official line is %22NY Fight Back%21  Spend Money%21%22  %3Awtf%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AIf we ever needed an indication of how hollow our economy is%2C this is it.  Our economy is no longer based on production.  It is no longer sustainable.  It has become a twisted religion of consumerism%2C laying its golden calf at the great altar of Mammon.  It ||0||3|DCForumID27
398|11/20/2001|06:36:52|mobuto|%97Global Economy Shrinks%97|%5Bb%5DTuesday%2C 20 November%2C 2001%2C 11%3A00 GMT %0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D4%5DGlobal economy shrinks%5B%2Fb%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AThe US slowdown has sparked global recession fears%0D%0A%0D%0AThe world%27s biggest economies will shrink in the second half of this year for the first time in two decades%2C according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development %28OECD%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn its latest six-monthly review of the world economy%2C the OECD said full-year growth among its members would be no more than 1%25 this year and next.%0D%0A------------%0D%0AEverybody in the world%2C get together and thank Shrub for your pecuniray difficulties...%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fhi%2Fenglish%2Fbusiness%2Fnewsid_1666000%2F1666036.stm%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22I didn%27t accept it. I received it||0||0|DCForumID27
397|11/20/2001|02:43:23|Dabeddow|ABC%3A Jobs Prediction%3F Pain|http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fsections%2Fbusiness%2FDailyNews%2Femployment_outlook_011119.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AJob prospects for the coming year are not expected to pick up any time soon%2C and many industry experts say it could be well into the second half of next year until the tight job market starts seeing any relief. %0D%0AA survey of 16%2C000 firms from staffing provider Manpower shows that only 16 percent plan to increase employment in the first quarter of 2002%2C a dramatic drop from the 27 percent of employers who said they planned to hire during the same period last year. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||1|DCForumID27
396|11/19/2001|23:29:04|Dabeddow|United Airlines mechanics threaten to strike|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FED20011119800000010.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe nearly 2-year-old contract standoff between United Airlines and its mechanics union moved closer to a possible strike Monday when the mechanics rejected the government%27s offer of binding arbitration. %0D%0A%0D%0AFederal mediators%2C while announcing that a 30-day countdown to a strike will begin later this week%2C took steps to assure there will be no work stoppage over the heavily traveled Christmas and New Year holidays. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||1|DCForumID27
395|11/19/2001|22:59:40|Lydia Leftcoast|Doesn%27t this make you feel good about privatizing Social Security%3F|The 401%28k%29%27s of Enron employees %28invested mostly in company stock%29 have lost up to 70%25 of their value since the stockmarket began falling%2C and since in October%2C the company froze employees%27 accounts so that they couldn%27t roll their assets out of Enron stock.%0D%0A%0D%0ARead all about it at%3A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregonlive.com%2Fnews%2Foregonian%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fxml%2Fstory.ssf%2Fhtml_standard.xsl%3F%2Fbase%2Ffront_page%2F10059153252446886.xml%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22Be ye therefore wise as serpents and %0D%0Aharmless as doves.%22--- Matthew 10%3A16%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Biblical tax plan%3A %22For unto %0D%0Awhomsoever much is given%2C of him shall %0D%0Abe much required%22 ---Luke 12%3A48%5B%2Ffont%5D||1||40|DCForumID27
394|11/19/2001|22:56:40|texasleo|Bonds becomes first four-time MVP|http%3A%2F%2Fespn.go.com%2Fmlb%2Fnews%2F2001%2F1119%2F1280603.html%0D%0A%0D%0A--snip--%0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK -- Barry Bonds became the first player to win four Most Valuable Player Awards%2C capping a record-breaking season in which his 73 home runs set the biggest mark of all.%0D%0A%0D%0A Voting results  %0D%0A Top 10 finishers in the NL MVP voting%2C on a 14-9-8-7%2C etc. basis%3A %0D%0A Players  1st  2nd  3rd  Total  %0D%0A Bonds%2C S.F.  30  2  --  438  %0D%0A Sosa%2C Chi.  2  17  8  278  %0D%0A Gonzalez%2C Ari.  --  8  21  261  %0D%0A Pujols%2C Stl.  --  5  3  222  %0D%0A Berkman%2C Hou.  --  --  --  125  %0D%0A Green%2C L.A.  --  --  --  112  %0D%0A Bagwell%2C Hou.  --  --  --  109  %0D%0A C. Jones%2C Atl.  --  --  --  100  %0D%0A Helton%2C Col.  --  --  --  90  %0D%0A Schilling%2C Ari.  --  --  --  24  %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe 37-year-old outfielder%2C who hit .328 with 137 RBI for the||0||1|DCForumID27
393|11/19/2001|13:14:08|DemoTex|AA 587 Airbus Crash Setting Up As Wake-Turbulence Induced|%22Newly released data on the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 raise the possibility that the crew%2C responding to turbulence%2C hit the rudder unusually hard%2C creating excessive stress on the tail fin that may have contributed to its cracking off.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%28More%29%0D%0A%0D%0Awww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA36577-2001Nov15.html %0D%0A%0D%0AIf you read the article you will understand they are setting this up as %93wake turbulence%94 induced. As Tim O%92Brien would say%3A %93 Maybe it was%3B maybe is wasn%92t.%94%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22Turning and turning in the widening gyre%0D%0AThe falcon cannot hear the falconer%3B%0D%0AThings fall apart%3B the center cannot hold%3B%0D%0AMere anarchy is loosed upon the world...%22  Yeats%5B%2Ffont%5D||6||114|DCForumID27
392|11/19/2001|02:33:43|ObsessedByItAll|Push for stimulus bill leaves Congress in quagmire|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.knoxstudio.com%2Fshns%2Fstory.cfm%3Fpk%3DSTIMULUS-11-19-01%26cat%3DWW%0D%0A%0D%0A-snip-%0D%0A%0D%0ASenate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota said low-income workers should get the same rebate enjoyed by those with higher incomes. %5Bb%5DRepublicans ridiculed that as an appeal for votes%2C not as serious step to revitalize the economy.%5B%2Fb%5D GOP leaders said Daschle was %22playing payback%22 for the GOP%27s claim for credit for the %24600 rebate checks mailed to millions of Americans this past summer.%0D%0A%0D%0A-snip%0D%0A%0D%0ANot as serious as the huge taxpayer-rip-off-payoff-to-corporations that they proposed...||0||1|DCForumID27
391|11/19/2001|01:54:58|texasleo|Harry Potter conjures up box office records|http%3A%2F%2Fmovies.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fva%2F20011118%2F100611148800.html%0D%0A%0D%0A--snip--%0D%0A%0D%0ALOS ANGELES%28Reuters%29 - The Harry Potter film%2C a hugely hyped fantasy about a young English wizard%2C weaved magic at the North American box office%2C whipping up a record %2493.5 million in the first three days after its release%2C according to studio estimates issued Sunday. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60Harry Potter and the Sorcerer%27s Stone%2C%27%27 which reportedly cost Warner Bros. Pictures %24125 million to produce and an additional %2440 million to market in North America alone%2C surpassed the three-day record of %2472.1 million held by 1997%27s %27%27The Lost World%3A Jurassic Park.%27%27 %0D%0A%0D%0ABased on the bestselling children%27s books by English author J.K. Rowling%2C %60%60Harry Potter%27%27 opened Friday in 3%2C672 theaters across the United States and Canada%2C and also||0||2|DCForumID27
390|11/18/2001|19:56:54|ZenLefty|Gas prices take holiday dive|%2Asnip%2A%0D%0A%0D%0ALast year about 6.3 million Americans flew home for Thanksgiving%2C she said%2C compared with about 4.7 million who plan to fly this Thanksgiving. %0D%0A%0D%0A%2Asnip%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22But now OPEC is playing hardball with non-OPEC producers to get them to make production cuts%2C%22 Fan said. %22It%27s a dangerous game%2C especially if %28non-OPEC%29 countries say they%27re not going to play.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%2Asnip%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AHmmm.  I%27ve been wondering what those low prices were all about...%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Bfont color %3D gray%5D-Zen Lefty had no signature line%2C and all the boys and girls made fun of him.%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||25|DCForumID27
386|11/19/2001|21:16:12|khephra|IMF Predicts %27Mild Recession%27|IMF Predicts %27Mild Recession%27%0D%0A%0D%0AThe International Monetary Fund said Saturday the U.S. economy would experience a %22mild recession%22 in the second half of 2001%2C the first official forecast of two straight quarters of contraction in the current economic slowdown.%0D%0A%0D%0AHowever%2C the IMF also predicted Saturday that the economy would recover and strengthen next year.%0D%0A%0D%0AHorst Koehler%2C the IMF managing director%2C issued a statement with further details of last week%27s revised estimates that predicted sharply lower growth in 2002 for the world%27s largest economy.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe revised estimates took into account the impact of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon%2C exacerbating an existing economic downturn by devastating the travel industry.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The United States is now expected to experi||0||7|DCForumID27
389|11/19/2001|21:13:47|mobuto|New World Bank Report%3A How to build Afghanistan|Article%3A http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurasianet.org%2Fdepartments%2Fbusiness%2Farticles%2Feav111601.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0AFull Report%3A http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldbank.org%2Faf%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bcenter%5D%5Bb%5DWORLD BANK REPORT SKETCHES RECONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES FOR AFGHANISTAN%0D%0ASuzanne Miller%3A 11%2F16%2F01%5B%2Fcenter%5D%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AA World Bank report says the cost of stabilizing Afghanistan will run into the billions of dollars and test the international community%27s commitment to economic development. The report calls for the establishment of an international trust fund for Afghanistan%2C managed by a %22credible institution.%22 It also urges the creation of a reconstruction agency to build and manage development projects. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe World Bank %22Approach Paper%22 said Afghanistan required a comprehensive modernization program if the country was to break a two-decade long vici||0||1|DCForumID27
388|11/18/2001|00:11:49|khephra|So%2C Friend%2C It%27s Time for That Tax Cut|So%2C Friend%2C It%27s Time for That Tax Cut%0D%0A%0D%0An recent weeks%2C a steady parade of executives from industries like airlines and insurance companies%2C hotels and pharmaceutical companies%2C has trooped to Washington for handouts. Some have walked away with billions in aid. But those pleas pale when compared with the all-out lobbying push now under way %97 a fight for broad and deep corporate tax cuts that are being measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars.%0D%0A%0D%0ALining up in the corridors of the Capitol and the White House are the chief executives of some of the biggest corporations%3A Philip M. Condit of Boeing %28news%2Fquote%29%2C Rick Wagoner of General Motors %28news%2Fquote%29%2C Charles O. Holliday Jr. of DuPont%2C Glen A. Barton of Caterpillar%2C William T. Esrey of Sprint and John T. Dillon of International Paper %28news%2Fquote%29%2C among others.%0D%0A%0D||0||1|DCForumID27
387|11/18/2001|11:16:13|IndianaGreen|Tear gas%2C water%2C bean bags keep protesters at bay at G-20 standoff|Demonstrators fit Dubya%27s description of a %22terrorist%22%3A anyone against globalization.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bh4%5DTear gas%2C water%2C bean bags keep protesters at bay at G-20 standoff%5B%2Fh4%5D%0D%0ALISA SCHMIDT AND STEPHEN THORNE  %0D%0ACanadian Press %0D%0A%0D%0ASaturday%2C November 17%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0AOTTAWA %28CP%29 - Police used tear gas%2C pepper spray%2C rubber bullets%2C water and even bean bags to push back about 2%2C000 protesters outside international financial meetings Saturday. %0D%0A%0D%0AFourteen people were arrested and there were some minor injuries. By early evening%2C after two separate confrontations with police at the site%2C protesters retreated from the barricades protecting the meetings of the Group of 20 and the International Monetary Fund at the Government Conference Centre near Parliament%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AMany accused the police of brutality ||0||3|DCForumID27
377|11/19/2001|16:17:16|khephra|Business As Usual  -- by John McCain|Business As Usual %0D%0A%0D%0AAmerica is at war%2C which should mean that parochial agendas are set aside for the national goal of destroying terrorism. The American people recognize that reality%2C and so does Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels%2C who has taken a beating lately for his straight talk about the spending nonsense on Capitol Hill. Unfortunately%2C the congressional appropriators and tax bill writers -- Democratic and Republican -- and armies of Washington lobbyists are carrying on as if it%27s business as usual.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe face recession at home and a war abroad. This means that the resources of our country should be carefully used to fully fund our war effort and jump-start our economy. With a dwindling surplus%2C Washington is no longer awash in money%2C so the obvious thing to do is carefully target government revenues and spending for maximum impa||0||2|DCForumID27
343|11/19/2001|16:05:02|Jim Beard|Here is how to keep them down on the farm|Farm Subsidies%2C Republican style.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s family corporations that are getting all the money. I passed out a list of receiptants in the area to people who sell to these farmers and many of those listed are doubled up%2C having two or more corporate names. Many of the local retailers are angry since this information has become available%2C large farmers getting over a million dollars in the last five years and not paying a very small businessman a bill for %245%2C000. %0D%0A%0D%0AI can tell you it is not setting well with the people living in the area not getting the subsidies. The farmers are driving the newest vehicles and the wives wear the best clothes. I can tell you that crap is %22afix%27in%22 to hit the fan. %0D%0A%0D%0ACheck out the search engine at www.ewg.org%0D%0A%0D%0AA few more examples %0D%0A%0D%0ANorth Dakota %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ewg.org%2Ffarm%2Ftop_re||0||6|
373|11/19/2001|16:02:58|Dabeddow|Laid off  workers drawing jobless benefits hits 18 year high|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEB20011115520000035.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0AAmericans filed fewer new claims for state unemployment insurance last week but the number of laid-off workers drawing jobless benefits hit an 18-year high%2C reflecting the sour economy. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Labor Department reported Thursday that for the work week ending Nov. 11%2C new jobless claims fell by a seasonally adjusted 8%2C000 to 444%2C000. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||25|DCForumID27
378|11/19/2001|14:53:22|revcarol|Walmart%27s stock down %241.14   Is NO ONE  shopping%3F %28rant%29|IS NO ONE EXCEPT THE BUSH DAUGHTER SHOPPING%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWhere%27s your patriotism%3F Toe the line. Watch what you do. Shop until you drop.Keep those big conglomerates and multi-nationals that sell cheap foreign goods in business.||0||23|DCForumID27
382|11/19/2001|14:08:24|DemoTex|Philip-Morris Seeks Name Change. May DemoTex suggest one%3F|%93Philip Morris will try to clear the air with a fresh%2C new name. The tobacco%2C food and beer conglomerate%2C which has labored to convince the public it is about much more than cigarettes%2C said late Thursday it will shed a corporate name long associated with the Marlboro Man and the women of Virginia Slims ads%85%94  %28more%29%0D%0A%0D%0Awww.abcnews.go.com%2Fwire%2FBusiness%2Fap20011116_27.html%0D%0A%0D%0AI suggest that Richmond%2C Va. based tobacco company Philip-Morris change its name to%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ASTARR-DEATH%0D%0A%0D%0ASTARR%3A in honor of P-M%27s former outside counsel Ken Starr. Never knowing a conflict of interest %28or not caring%29 Ken Starr continued to accept rides on P-M%27s Gulfstream aircraft even as he pursued Clinton%27s cock %28and while Pres. Clinton was pursuing the tobacco companies%29. P-M was even kind enough to lend their Gulfstream to Paula Jones%27 att||0||20|DCForumID27
385|11/18/2001|03:16:39|Dabeddow|Longest decline in manufacturing activity  since GREAT DEPRESSION|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011116%2Fts%2Feconomy_507.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AIndustrial productivity plunged in October for the 13th month in a row%2C the longest string of declines in manufacturing activity since the Great Depression. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||15|DCForumID27
384|11/17/2001|14:01:56|TrogL|So what%27s so bad about Keynes%3F %28economics lecture%29|I%27m no economist.  I can%27t balance my own chequebook.  Nevertheless%2C I%27ve been watching what%27s been happening with the United States economy with abject horror.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe problem is%2C noboody seems to know what to do about it.%0D%0A%0D%0ARonald Reagan%3A Trickle-down economics %28dud%29%0D%0A%0D%0AGeorge Bush%3A  tax cut for the rich  %28gee%2C it didn%27t work%2C wonder why%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAlan Greenspan%3A drop interest rates %28gee%2C it used to work%2C what changed%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThere is another solution%2C the one proposed by John Maynard Keynes %28http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Ftime100%2Fscientist%2Fprofile%2Fkeynes.html%29.  %0D%0A%5Bi%5DBefore Keynes%2C economists were gloomy naysayers. %22Nothing can be done%2C%22 %22Don%27t interfere%2C%22 %22It will never work%2C%22 they intoned with Eeyore-like pessimism. But Keynes was an unswerving optimist. Of cours||0||19|DCForumID27
383|11/19/2001|11:44:04|ObsessedByItAll|Revenue sharing%2C anyone%3F|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fdailyglobe2%2F323%2Foped%2FRevenue_sharing_anyone_%2B.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0A-snip%0D%0A%0D%0AThere is an obvious solution to this problem - emergency federal revenue sharing - but hardly anyone is talking about it. %28An exception is Senator Edward Kennedy%2C whose proposed antirecession package of targeted aid goes beyond what the Senate Democratic leadership has proposed.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-snip||0||0|
361|11/19/2001|11:30:23|hatrack|The Joy Of Economics|From %22Everything For Sale%22 by Robert Kuttner%2C Alfred A. Knopf%2C New York%2FToronto%2C 1997.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Economists enamored of pure markets begin with the theory%2C and hang models on assumptions that cannot themselves be challenged.  The characteristic grammatical usage is an unusual subjunctive -- the verb form %27must be.%27  For example%2C if wages for manual workers are declining%2C it must be that their economic value is declining.  If a corporate raider walks away from a deal with half a billion dollars%2C it must be that he added that much value to the economy.  If Japan can produce better autos than Detroit%2C there must be some inherent locational logic%2C else the market would not dicatat that result.  If commercial advertising leads consumers to buy shoddy or harmful products%2C they must be %27maximizing their utility%27 -- because we know by assumption that consume||0||12|
381|11/17/2001|14:12:25|w4rma|AP%3A Democrats Seek Quick Economic Action|Updated%3A Sat%2C Nov 17 11%3A16 AM EST %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - Sen. Jean Carnahan%2C D-Mo.%2C urged President Bush on Saturday to help break the congressional logjam over legislation to stimulate the nation%27s economy. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ACarnahan accused House Republicans of passing a %22bloated%22 bill that would return the country to deficits and high interest rates%2C and contended it would be a %22windfall for the wealthiest among us%2C but offers almost nothing to working families.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ADemocrats%27 top priorities include extending unemployment benefits and increasing the amount of health insurance available to the jobless. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22This season is supposed to be a time when Americans come together and give thanks. But for many families this year%2C Thanksgiving will be a time of uncertainty and fear about the future%2C%22 Carnahan said. %22||0||2|DCForumID27
380|11/17/2001|11:49:02|khephra|Bush Pushes for More Trade Authority|Bush Pushes for More Trade Authority%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush%2C buoyed with a big trade victory where President Clinton suffered a major failure%2C hopes to score an even bigger legislative triumph in an upcoming showdown vote in the House.%0D%0A%0D%0ARepublican leaders%2C after delaying for months%2C on Friday set Dec. 6 for a House vote on the legislation that Bush will need to pursue his ambitious trade agenda.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat agenda includes two holdovers from the Clinton administration -- creation of the world%27s largest free trade zone in the Western Hemisphere and successful completion of a new round of trade liberalization talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe administration got good news this week on the WTO negotiations when 142 countries reached a deal in Arab emirate of Qatar to launch the new round of talks.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat success stood||0||2|DCForumID27
379|11/17/2001|11:44:18|DemoTex|Emergency Airworthiness Directive Issued on Airbus A-300 Vertical Stabilizers|%93The vertical tail section of American Airlines Flight 587 cracked off when its modern reinforced plastic %22composite%22 fittings failed%2C investigators said today%2C and the National Transportation Safety Board announced that American will inspect the tail section of all its similar Airbus A300-600 widebody planes.%94%0D%0A%0D%0A%28More%29%0D%0A%0D%0Awww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA31476-2001Nov14.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22Turning and turning in the widening gyre%0D%0AThe falcon cannot hear the falconer%3B%0D%0AThings fall apart%3B the center cannot hold%3B%0D%0AMere anarchy is loosed upon the world...%22  Yeats%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||51|DCForumID27
376|11/16/2001|11:04:10|CatWoman|Gas Prices Could Go Below  %24.80|Gas prices could skid below 80 cents %0D%0A%0D%0ABy James R. Healey%2C USA TODAY %0D%0A%0D%0AGasoline prices are falling so far so fast that motorists could pay less than 80 cents a gallon some places when a record 87%25 of Thanksgiving travelers set out in their cars and trucks next week.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe big gift to drivers will continue because retail prices don%27t yet reflect Thursday%27s plunge in wholesale prices. That was largely because the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said it would cut production to shore up prices %97 but only if non-OPEC producers did%2C too. They didn%27t%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fnphoto.htm%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Bb%5DNo one can make you feel inferior without your permission -- Eleanor Roosevelt%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DRestore Gore in 2004%5B%2Fb%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||6|DCForumID27
369|11/17/2001|15:21:36|vision|Give Tax Cuts a chance|So the Republicans generally want tax cuts but not extension of benifits of for those laid off. Ok fine but link those tax cuts to results. %0D%0A%0D%0AGive Ford %241 billion in tax cuts than they should have to supply jobs for at least 20%2C000 employees %28roughly %2450%2C000 yearly each%29 and make sure that the tax cuts could not be used for benifits for those making above this imaginary line. If Ford doesn%27t provde and fill these jobs in a reasonable amount of time the contract should be seen as being broken and they will have to %22buy out%22 the contract and pay the tax break. %0D%0A%0D%0AIf the Coporations are the %22job making engines%22 that Republicans claim%2C make them prove it. %0D%0A%0D%0ALogically it would be better %28tax revenue wise and consumer spending%29 to have 20%2C000%2B new workers than fat paychecks for the upper class.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23||0||7|DCForumID27
375|11/16/2001|09:50:12|RoxanneJ|Unemployment in MY county up 433%25 this year|Yes%2C I typed that right - FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY THREE percent%21%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0ANeighboring counties 297%25 and higher.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is metro counties of Atlanta.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28was on local news just now%2C no link%29%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||5|DCForumID27
374|11/15/2001|19:54:03|absynthe|Dismal Scientist Layoff Calculator|The layoff calculator estimates the probability that you will lose your job by year end 2002. The probability of losing your job is determined by where you live%2C your occupation%2C the industry you work in%2C and if you work for a public company%2C then how well your company is doing as judged by stock investors. Your performance rating is also considered. The median probability of losing your job by the end of next year is 5%25.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.dismal.com%2Fdismal%2Fdsp%2Ftools%2Fcalculator%2Flayoff.asp%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself. That%2C in its essence%2C is Fascism %97 ownership of government by an individual%2C by a group or by any controlling private pow||0||2|DCForumID27
372|11/16/2001|02:47:34|khephra|Stimulus Bill Prompts Insults but No Action|Stimulus Bill Prompts Insults but No Action%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter swapping insults%2C Congressional leaders announced today that they would leave for a Thanksgiving vacation without action%2C or even talks%2C on economic stimulus legislation.%0D%0A%0D%0ARepresentative Dick Armey of Texas%2C the House majority leader%2C told a Republican rally that the failure of Senate Democrats to pass a bill showed they were %22in open defiance of the president%2C of the people of the United States%2C of the House of Representatives and of the very concept of bipartisanship and cooperation.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAbout the same time%2C Tom Daschle%2C the Senate majority leader%2C was telling a Democratic event%3A %22For too long%2C Republicans have stopped our efforts to help the economy and help the people who have been hardest-hit. And yesterday%2C they did so again.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AJohn Feehery%2C a spokesman for S||0||1|DCForumID27
371|11/15/2001|18:59:09|DemoTex|FAA to Require New Rudder Controls On More Than 2%2C000 Boeing 737s |This is good news. I have just been informed by my union that the FAA%2C under intense pressure from the NTSB and pilots%92 unions%2C will now require new rudder control systems on the U.S. fleet of 2%2C000 Boeing 737s within five years. Estimated cost for the retofit of the US fleet is %24364 million. There are about 4%2C500 737s in the worldwide fleet. %0D%0AThe FAA action follows years of NTSB investigations into rudder control problems involving fatal crashes by United %28Colorado Springs%29 and US Airways %28Pittsburgh%2C 9%2F94%29 Boeing 737 aircraft.  FAA and the Air Transport Association %96 principal lobby group for the airlines -- had long resisted requiring completely new systems. It took an alarming body count and the tireless efforts of some dedicated accident investigators to finally shame the FAA into action. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22||0||2|DCForumID27
368|11/14/2001|20:45:51|Danmack|Is anybody else listening to the Senate today%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F|The repubs are clueless. Same ol shit%2C give to rich%2C trickle down to the rest of us. One dem senator said the repub plan was trickle down economics without the trickle down.%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo and a half months of unemployment left%2C some bills already not being paid%2C 200 resumes out and not a job in sight and these stupid fukrs can%27t see for extension of unemployment for 13 weeks.%0D%0A%0D%0AI know it must not be healthy to stay this pissed off all the time%2C but its hard not to be when you listen to these assholes%21%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0A----------------------------%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DTom Delay on why Bush lost the popular vote %22A majority of Americans clearly favored Bush%2C but because people are fundamentally wicked%2C millions of them sinned by not voting%22. %0D%0A%0D%0AWashington Post Magazine%3B May 11%2C2001%5B%2||0||25|DCForumID27
350|11/16/2001|03:00:26|realFedUp|Amtrak|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fhtx%2Fap%2F20011109%2Fts%2Famtrak_future_2.html%0D%0A%0D%0AAmtrak Told to Plan Liquidation%0D%0ABy LAURENCE ARNOLD%2C Associated Press Writer %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - A federal oversight panel declared Friday that Amtrak will not meet a congressional deadline for achieving financial self-sufficiency%2C a finding that forces Amtrak to draw up a plan for its own liquidation. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe 6-5 vote by the Amtrak Reform Council does not mean Amtrak will close. Congress will review Amtrak%27s liquidation plan and a proposal to be drawn up by the council for a restructured national passenger rail system. Congress then will make a final decision about the future of Amtrak and rail service. %0D%0A%0D%0A%28Any suggestions for keeping Amtrak on the straight%0D%0Aand narrow%3F%29||0||22|DCForumID27
279|11/16/2001|00:08:22|khephra|CSPAN2 Grahm introducing Union Busting %22right to work%22 amend. for Cops and Fire|On now.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DPrincipal Snyder --  %22It%27s fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%5B%2Ffont%5D||2||32|DCForumID27
552|12/10/2001|15:01:46|khephra|Daschle Obstructing Recovery%2C Cheney Says|Daschle Obstructing Recovery%2C Cheney Says%0D%0A%0D%0AVice President Cheney%2C who also is president of the Senate%2C accused Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle %28D-S.D.%29 yesterday of having %22obstructionist%22 tendencies for his handling of a fiscal stimulus bill.%0D%0A%0D%0ACross-aisle bickering on Capitol Hill has steadily been supplanting the bipartisan truce that followed the shock of Sept. 11%2C but the administration has mostly tried to stay above the fray and let the lawmakers go at each other.%0D%0A%0D%0ACheney%2C speaking on NBC%27s %22Meet the Press%2C%22 said he believes that if Senate Democrats%2C led by Daschle%2C would allow passage of a stimulus package %22before the end of the year%2C I think we can expect recovery next year.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Tom Daschle%2C unfortunately%2C has decided%2C I think in this case%2C to be more of an obstructionist%2C%22 Cheney sai||0||10|DCForumID27
551|12/10/2001|21:12:09|dmtsd|ENRON QUOTE%3A  %22This orginization believes in creative destruction%22|June 20%2C 2001  %22Worth%22 magazine ranked Jeffrey Skilling %28Enron%27s CEO at the time%29 %232 on the 50 Best CEO%27s.  %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.worth.com%2Fceos%2F66.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ATheir employees and stockholders will attest to  the effectiveness of Enron%27s %22creative destruction%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Congress will be very interested in examining Enron%27s %22creative%22 deals and their %22creative%22 accounting practices.%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||8|DCForumID27
550|12/10/2001|09:55:07|khephra|Recession Tests Welfare-to-Work Law|Recession Tests Welfare-to-Work Law%0D%0A%0D%0ADecember 9%2C 2001%2C 2%3A01 PM EST%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0APHILADELPHIA -- Last spring%2C Deidra Gosha got a job%2C a regular paycheck%2C and a glimpse of what life could be like living without welfare. %0D%0A%0D%0ABy summer%2C the cash register Gosha ran at a department store sat silent too often%2C and the flow of customers slowed to a trickle. The store cut her hours in half%2C so Gosha -- needing a bigger paycheck -- quit and began to look for one. Fall brought despairing days%2C waiting at social service offices with no offers. %0D%0A%0D%0AFor Gosha%2C a 30-year-old mother of three who has lived much of the last decade on public money%2C her journey from welfare to work ran smack into the recession of 2001. %0D%0A%0D%0AConcerns that her troubles%2C and the problems of others like her%2C may undo the successes of the five-year-old welfare refo||0||8|DCForumID27
549|12/10/2001|08:47:21|khephra|Tax Return Snafu Bigger Than Thought|Tax Return Snafu Bigger Than Thought%0D%0A%0D%0AEmployees at an IRS processing center run by Mellon Bank may have hidden or destroyed more tax returns and payments than originally thought%2C according to recent figures received by the Senate Finance Committee. %0D%0A%0D%0ASen. Max Baucus %28news - bio - voting record%29%2C D-Mont.%2C the finance chairman%2C said the center may have mishandled as many as 71%2C257 returns worth %241.2 billion%2C about 31%2C000 more than first believed. %0D%0A%0D%0AMellon Bank%2C which operated the facility until August%2C earlier disclosed that employees there hid or destroyed about 40%2C000 tax returns and checks worth at least %24810 million because they were unable to keep up with the workload. Authorities said that amount could grow as the investigation continues. %0D%0A%0D%0AA grand jury began investigating after IRS officials received calls in May fr||0||11|DCForumID27
548|12/10/2001|13:17:17|KoKo01|DU%27ers Please Check the Enron Posts%21%21 Alert%21 Alert%21|It%27s the Economy which has gotten Bush II%2C just like Poppy.  Please do your research on Enron.  Like a broken record%2C I just keep hoping all of us will get it.  It%27s ENRON%2FWATERGATE.  Those of us who are old enough will see it.  You younger folks%2C do your research.  There are lots of posts in early archives which follow the breaking new about it.  Go to %22CBS Market Watch%2C%22 %22Yahoo Finance%2C%22 %22Common Dreams Website%2C%22  %22Make them Accountable%22 website%2C the British newspapers and type in Enron.  This is an INTERNATIONAL financial story.  It will get them in the end.%0D%0AI know%2C I sound like %22crusader rabbit%22 here%2C but I believe this is it%2C plus it%27s all a good read.  We all have to look out for our financial future%2C young and old.  This is such an important story%2C not just in the %22Get Bush Out%22 mode that we have been in%2C but this is th||3||47|DCForumID27
547|12/10/2001|11:05:08|khephra|Save Us From Executives -- When Bosses Turn Good Things Into Rubbish|Save us from executives%0D%0AWhen bosses turn good things into rubbish%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter they led Enron Corp. into financial disaster%2C 500 of the company%27s executives are in line for an extra %2455 million to--get this--ensure the company%27s survival. Banditry. Brass. I don%27t quite know how to describe this%2C except to admit that maybe there%27s some magic to this whole story that the likes of small businessmen%2C such as me%2C are not ordained to understand.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe simple facts of the Enron story are mind-blowing enough. After declaring%2C with all due conceit%2C that it would become the world%27s largest company%2C it has become the largest company to fail. Its shares not long ago peaked at %2485%2C now they%27re worth dimes%2C nickels and pennies. Leveraging energy %22deregulation%2C%22 it turned itself from your basic pipeline company into a flashy energy trader%2C win||0||0|DCForumID27
546|12/09/2001|15:27:54|carrowsboy|Clinton to blame for Enron%3F%3F%3F|I saw this posted on Lucianne.com. Looks liek they are trying to blame Enron on Clinton now...is anyone surprised%3F%3F%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.pittsburghlive.com%2Fx%2Ftribune-review%2Fopinion%2Fdatelinedc%2Fs_7142.html%0D%0A%0D%0AClinton-Gore sales team eased Enron%27s path to success%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The so-called %22popular press%2C%22 in its usual searches for the clay feet with which they invest every well-known person%2C will now try to link Enron%27s present woes to the White House. Too bad%2C guys%2C you should have started investigating Enron%27s ties %28ties not links%29 in 1993 and onward to the sales team of Bill Clinton%2C Al Gore and Ron Brown.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22In what seems to be eons ago%2C before Gov. Bill Clinton became president%2C the late%2C much loved and little lamented Ron Brown was Clinton%27s good friend and a power broker in the National Democratic P||0||11|DCForumID27
543|12/11/2001|12:10:10|JCMach1|Construction%2FHousing Market Crashing Soon|Oversupply of building materials has caused a local board mill to shut down for the next two weeks.%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fpalatkadailynews.com%2Fpages%2F12072001%2Fgp.html%0D%0A%0D%0AAdditionally%2C permits for new houses continue to head south...%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is probably going to be the next economic shoe to drop.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyone work in this industry here%3F  Insight%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Deserves it%21 I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them%3F Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A-Gandalf%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||3|DCForumID27
545|12/09/2001|14:36:44|KoKo01|Bank Attorneys Seek Freeze on Enron Executives Assets%21|This is a quote from %22Yahoo Finance Section%2C today%2CSaturday.  A  Shocker%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3CBegin Quote%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Freeze Sought on Enron Executives%27 Assets%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Jeff Franks%0D%0A%0D%0AHOUSTON %28Reuters%29 - Attorneys for a bank suing bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp.%0D%0A%28NYSE%3AENE - news%29 asked a federal judge to freeze %241.1 billion in assets belonging to%0D%0AEnron executives on grounds they could flee the country with the money.%0D%0A%0D%0A                                        U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal put off ruling on the matter until later%0D%0A                                        this month%2C saying she wanted more written arguments from both sides.%0D%0A%0D%0A                                        Amalgamated Bank%2C which manages worker retirement funds%2C has%0D%0A                                        charged that 29 Enron exe||1||25|DCForumID27
544|12/09/2001|03:58:33|gasperc|Unemployment jumps to 5.7%25%2C biggest in 6 years%21%21%21%21|This story contradicts yesterday%27s bombardment that unemployment benefits took the biggest drop in 18 years.  So let us see which story gets more play.  More people are losing their jobs or less people are getting benefits.  I think alot of people were right on the mark yesterday%2C a bunch of people have lost their unemployment benefits and haven%27t found a new job.  %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011207%2Fts%2Feconomy_576.html||0||17|DCForumID27
542|12/09/2001|16:33:42|KoKo01|More Bad Stuff about Enron%27s Kenneth Lay %28Bushey%27s moneybag%29%21 |I also saw an article that a big New York charity which provides services to families in need and donates all of their profits to the helping these people is suing Enron. They have filed a law suit and the name is not listed or witheld. I lost the site%2C but will post when I locate it again.  They lost money because the Charitable Fund their money comes from went down with Enron.%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%22Enron%27s Kenneth Lay totally culpable says employee%22%0D%0AEnron ex-workers stunned by collapse%0D%0A                      By Lisa Sanders%2C CBS.MarketWatch.com%0D%0A                      Last Update%3A 12%3A25 PM ET Dec. 8%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A          HOUSTON %28CBS.MW%29 -- Jose Lazo got a strange feeling last month when Enron removed the%0D%0A                     rented copiers employees used every day.%0D%0A%0D%0A                     %22Those were big%2C heavy pieces ||0||3|DCForumID27
541|12/09/2001|15:22:17|coralsea|SF Bay Area voices SLAM Enron...|%22You caused California billions in debt with your faked energy shortage. You laid off nearly all your rank-and-file employees while your ex-CEO and probably most of your current execs land nicely with golden parachutes%3B like your partners-in-crime at PG%26E%2C bankruptcy or the threat of it will never prevent executive bonuses. You%27re now suing a company that tried to %22save%22 you%3B Dynegy%2C of course%2C is suing you right back. Last words%3F Business as usual . . .%22%0D%0A%0D%0Amore%3A http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fc%2Fa%2F2001%2F12%2F09%2FIN186704.DTL%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D----------------------------------------%0D%0A%3Ahippie%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AToday%27s GOP%3A Busy building that Bridge to the 16th Century. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Liberals are fearless%2C confident of humanity%2C outgoing and||0||0|DCForumID27
540|12/08/2001|21:29:34|revcarol|Fast track trade promotion authority for prz just WON- YUKKO.|Just now %2C by vote of 215 to 214%2C in the House- fast track trade authority just won.ONE VOTE.%0D%0A%0D%0ABrave 23 repugs voted against it.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe need to count on the Senate AGAIN to save our bacon.||0||32|DCForumID27
539|12/08/2001|20:37:44|playahata1|While %22official%22 D.C. wraps itself in the flag%2C the REAL D.C. suffers|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA11505-2001Dec7.html%0D%0A%0D%0ABare Shelves %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ASaturday%2C December 8%2C 2001%3B Page A24 %0D%0A%0D%0AGREATER WASHINGTON%27S food banks -- like the people they serve daily throughout this region -- are hurting. Contributions%0D%0Ahave plummeted while requests for help have quadrupled in many places. The needs are serious%2C and the ability of area%0D%0Aorganizations to answer them is severely taxed. Unless more area residents and businesses rally to the rescue%2C officials fear that%0D%0Athe food shortages may mean outright denials of requests for help. A good part of this emergency stems from the events of Sept. 11%2C but needs had been increasing before that as the economy slowed. Now residents whose livelihoods depended on the region%27s tourist industry are among those straining to make ends meet.%0D%0A%0D%0A%2||0||1|DCForumID27
538|12/09/2001|14:09:57|Dabeddow|NY Times trashes the repug stimulus plan|I have not seen this posted and was mildly surprised...if it has been...my apologies in advance.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F12%2F09%2Fopinion%2F09SUN1.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0Af President Bush truly wants an %22economic stimulus%22 package on his desk this year%2C he needs to do more than exhort Congress to get moving. He and the Republican leaders in the House and Senate should drop the pretense that tax-break giveaways to corporations and the wealthiest Americans are the key to reviving the economy.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn Friday%2C Republicans broke off bipartisan negotiations on stimulus legislation%2C raising doubts about whether any measure to help the economy can be enacted this year. But in a slump like the one right now%2C an ineffective and lopsided bill is worse than no bill at all. Congress has to decide this week whether it wants to provide a real stimulus||0||3|DCForumID27
537|12/09/2001|14:01:20|IndianaGreen|An important message about Fast Track from local Indy opponent|%5Bi%5DI just received this E-mail from the leading Fast-Track opponent in Indianapolis%2C Robert Pedersen.  We need to consider how to be part of the %22numbers the media can%27t ignore or slight.%22 IG%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A-----Original Message-----%0D%0AFrom%3A Robert Pedersen %0D%0ASent%3A Sunday%2C December 09%2C 2001 1%3A47 AM%0D%0ASubject%3A Fwd%3A FASTRACT post-vote media%0D%0A%0D%0ADear Participants in Progress%2C%0D%0A         %0D%0AI promised to correct any error in reporting the outcome of the Fast-Track vote. The following articles%2C the first from Wall Street Journal%2C and the second from %22NJ%22 %28%3F%29 give a good blow-by-blow on the last minutes of the over-time vote switching and dirty dealings by oxymoronic free-trade protectionists.%0D%0A         %0D%0AAs I noted in my briefing at the Citizens Action Convention today%2C anti-Fast Track observers must have felt li||0||1|DCForumID27
536|12/08/2001|19:50:43|khephra|Patience Wears Thin as Recession Wears On|Patience Wears Thin as Recession Wears On%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is the weirdest recession ever to hit the stock market. Consumers are spending thanks to an avalanche of interest-rate cuts%2C but companies can%27t plow their way out because bankers are so tight-fisted.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Federal Reserve %28news - web sites%29 chopped interest rates 10 times and flooded the system with a trillion dollars since January but the soft money policy has failed to have an electrifying effect on the economy and corporate earnings.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe betting is that the Fed will take another stab at jump-starting the %2410 trillion economy by lowering again at next Tuesday%27s policy-setting meeting%2C possibly pushing the key interest rate to 1.75 percent from 2 percent%2C which was already a 40-year low.%0D%0A%0D%0AWith the economy skidding into a recession%2C snapping a record 10-year-long expansion%2C stock ||0||8|DCForumID27
535|12/08/2001|17:25:28|Dabeddow|Bush%2CDems Spar on Domestic Issues|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEB20011208620000018.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush pressured Congress on Saturday to take up his domestic agenda%2C saying Americans are worried not only about terrorism%2C but a host of other issues too. %0D%0A%0D%0ABush complained in his weekly radio address that his proposals on energy%2C patients%27 rights%2C education and federal funding for religious charities are %60%60stuck in Congress.%27%27 He said he discovered at a town hall meeting in Florida this week that the public fears their elected officials will be slow to act on those issues because they lack a direct tie to the anti-terrorism effort. %0D%0A%0D%0Aanother snip%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60While the Republican approach is fiscally reckless for the federal budget%2C it is potentially devastating to state budgets%2C%27%27 Glendening said. ||0||2|DCForumID27
534|12/09/2001|12:08:30|khephra|Why Should Tax Cuts Be Untouchable%3F -  Broder|Why Should Tax Cuts Be Untouchable%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AWhen the Bush brothers got together in Florida the other day%2C aides to Gov. Jeb Bush say he gave the president only a general description of what he was going through%2C trying to close a yawning deficit in the state budget. That%27s too bad. He had a lesson to teach his older brother -- and the rest of Washington.%0D%0A%0D%0AFlorida%2C like most other states%2C has been hammered by the recession and by the aftershocks of Sept. 11%2C which damaged the travel industry and the tourism so important to its economy. Bush had to call the Republican-dominated legislature into two special sessions in order to fill a hole of more than %241 billion in the budget.%0D%0A%0D%0ALast week he persuaded the state Senate and the House of Representatives%2C on successive days%2C to take a step he found particularly painful. They voted to postpone a big ta||0||3|DCForumID27
533|12/08/2001|14:32:55|mobuto|G%F6tterd%E4mmerung%21 Halliburton Is Dying%21%21%21 Shares fell 40%25 today%21|%5Bb%5D%5Bfont size%3D3%5DHalliburton Shares Plunge on Verdict%5B%2Fb%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D5%5DShares of Halliburton Co. Plunge More Than 40 Percent on Asbestos Verdict%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D3%5DBy DAVID KOENIG %0D%0AAP Business Writer%0D%0A%0D%0ADALLAS %28AP%29 -- Shares of Halliburton Co. plunged more than 40 percent Friday after the oilfield-services company revealed that a jury ruled against it in an asbestos-related lawsuit.%0D%0A%0D%0AA six-member state court jury in Baltimore found a former subsidiary of Halliburton%27s Dresser Industries unit and other companies responsible for the asbestos exposure of five people and awarded them %2440 million.%0D%0A%0D%0A%7Bsnip%7D%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbiz.yahoo.com%2Fapf%2F011207%2Fhalliburton_2.html%0D%0A_______________________%0D%0ACheney must be sitting in his bunker%2C his %22undisclosed location%2C%22 li||2||44|DCForumID27
532|12/08/2001|14:16:45|beware_of_god|Clinton no longer to blame for the Economy%21|%0D%0AThey have now given up on blaming Clinton%21 Now it%27s the %27Bin Laden Economy%27%21%0D%0A%0D%0AU.S. Bleeds Jobs in November %27Bin Laden Economy%27%0D%0ABy Glenn Somerville%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20011207%2Fts%2Feconomy_dc_1.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DHe%27s not MY dictator%21%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||17|DCForumID27
531|12/08/2001|13:36:55|Nancy Waterman|Enron chiefs charged with Insider Trading|%5Bi%5DEMBATTLED Enron executives face allegations that they engaged in insider trading in the months leading up to the collapse of the energy giant.%0D%0A%0D%0AA lawsuit filed in a Houston court claims Enron directors artificially inflated the share price while netting %241.1 billion %28%A3800m%29 from offloading some of their own stakes in the business.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe lawsuit is filed on behalf of the Amalgamated Bank%2C which manages %244 billion worth of retirement funds%2C and accuses 29 executives including former chief executive Jeff Skilling and chairman Kenneth Lay of insider selling. Auditors Andersen are also cited a co-defendant in the proceedings.%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D...more%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AFor the story%2C scroll down and look under %22Money%22%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fportal.telegraph.co.uk%2Fportal%2Fmain.jhtml%3Fview%3DHOME%26grid%3DP13%26menuId%3D-1%26menuItemId%3D-1%26_r||2||24|DCForumID27
529|12/10/2001|11:59:13|KoKo01|Prominent New York family loses billions on Enron%21|Quote from 12%2F8 issue of London%27s %22Guardian.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Enron crash shocks New York%27s finest %0D%0A                   By Simon English in New York  %28Filed%3A 06%2F12%2F2001%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A                   ONE of New York%27s most wealthy and socially prominent%0D%0A                   families faces losses of %242 billion %28%A31.4 billion%29 it was%0D%0A                   revealed yesterday in the latest strife to emerge from the%0D%0A                   calamitous Enron affair.%0D%0A%0D%0A                   The Belfers are a fixture of Manhattan high society%2C%0D%0A                   best-known for donations to art galleries and political%0D%0A                   groups.%0D%0A%0D%0A                   The family fortune is founded on the work of Polish%0D%0A                   immigrant Arthur Belfer%2C who built an oil dynasty in the%0D%0A                   best American||0||7|DCForumID27
530|12/10/2001|11:42:43|IndianaGreen|Remember the G-8 Meeting in Genoa%2C and the police shooting%3F|Genoa%3A The truth on the murder of Carlo Giuliani%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.lahaine.f2s.com%2FInternacional%2Fsecgenova_eng.htm%0D%0A%0D%0AFire Extinguisher Thrown by Police in Genoa Shooting %0D%0A%0D%0A%28YellowTimes.ORG%29 -- By looking at new pictures of the Genoa shooting scene that left Carlo Guiliani dead%2C evidence shows the fire extinguisher in the hands of Carlo Guiliani at the time of his death was supplied to him by the police. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt appears that an officer in the rear of the police vehicle%2C perhaps also the shooter%2C threw a fire extinguisher from inside the vehicle at the protesters. This would mean that protesters %0D%0Adid not carry an extinguisher with them during the protests to use against police. In the picture%2C it also becomes clear that it was a fire extinguisher and not a %22propane tank%2C%22 as some media outlets reported. This incident can be s||0||3|DCForumID27
528|12/08/2001|03:32:06|dmtsd|ENRON EMPLOYEES EMAIL HOUSTON POST|A must read.  If gives some insight into this good Christian%2C %22on the side of angels%22 %28more like assholes%29 corporation. %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2Fcs%2FCDA%2Fprintstory.hts%2Fside%2F1160419||2||22|DCForumID27
527|12/08/2001|00:09:35|ender|...interesting... unemployment figures today.|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fnews%2Farchive%2F2001%2F12%2F06%2Fnational0837EST0520.DTL%0D%0A%3Csnipa-roon-y%3E%0D%0AThe number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment checks dropped slightly last week while the total number getting benefits took the biggest plunge in 18 years. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Labor Department said Thursday that new claims for jobless benefits fell by 18%2C000 last week%2C the fifth weekly decline in the past six weeks. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe total number of laid-off workers getting unemployment benefits plunged by 349%2C000%2C the biggest one-week drop since Jan. 1%2C 1983%2C when the country was pulling out of its worst recession since the Great Depression.%0D%0A%3C%2Fsnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AAP also goes on to say that this may be the signs of recovery.%0D%0A%0D%0AI hope it is.%0D%0A%0D%0AHowever%2C this huge drop in people receivin benefits ||0||34|DCForumID27
526|12/07/2001|23:25:54|mobuto|Judge Breaks Back of NJ Teacher%27s Union%97After 230 Arrested%21|The bastards are winning. Again. Solidarity forever. This %27mediation%27 is a farce%97it always is. The bosses end the strike%2C then clamp down.%0D%0A _________________________________%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.excite.com%2Fnews%2Fap%2F011207%2F15%2Fteachers-strike%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DN.J. Teachers Agree to Return to Work%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFREEHOLD%2C N.J.- Nearly 230 teachers were freed from jail Friday after they and their colleagues agreed to end a bitter%2C nine-day strike. It was the nation%27s biggest mass jailing of striking teachers in 23 years. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Middletown Township teachers decided to return to class next week while the dispute between the union and the Board of Education is submitted to mediation. %0D%0A%7Bsnip%7D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DIn regione caecorum rex est luscus.%0D%0A%5Bi%5DIn the Land of the Bli||0||12|DCForumID27
525|12/07/2001|21:45:33|Dabeddow|Retailers report weakest Nov. since 1990...WHO was pres. then%3F|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA5940-2001Dec6.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe outlook for the holiday season grew dimmer yesterday as major retailers%2C bruised by unseasonable weather and a sluggish job market%2C reported the weakest November results since 1990.%0D%0A%0D%0ADiscounters and other %22value%22 stores%2C particularly Wal-Mart Stores Inc.%2C Kohl%27s Corp. and TJX Cos.%2C had the strongest sales. Meanwhile%2C mall-based merchants%2C especially apparel and department stores%2C suffered amid piles of marked-down coats and sweaters.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||15|DCForumID27
524|12/08/2001|16:16:34|Nancy Waterman|Molly Ivins on Enron|%5Bi%5DHail and farewell%2C o Enron%21 What a flameout. The Establishment media%2C sucking its collective thumb with unwonted solemnity%2C is treating us to meditations on two themes%3A %22How the mighty have fallen%2C%22 and%2C %22Who would have thunk it%3F%22 Pardon me while I snort%2C in lieu of ruder noises%2C and offer two themes of my own%3A %22What took so long%3F%22 and%2C %22Anyone with an ounce of common sense.%22 %0D%0AIf you want to know what this story is about%2C pretend Bill Clinton is still president. Pretend Clinton%27s long-time%2C all-time biggest campaign contributor%2C a guy for whom Clinton has carried water for over the years%2C a guy with unparalleled %22access%2C%22 a shaper of policy%2C a man with a veto on regulatory appointments affecting his business%2C with connections at every level of the administration%2C a political fixer beyond the wildest dreams of Jam||0||14|DCForumID27
523|12/07/2001|21:06:16|leave_no_millionaire_behind|%22Fast Track%22 Trade Legislation Tommorow|The vote on %22fast track%22 trade legislation %28to allow Bush to export jobs to ALL countries in the Americas%29 is tommorow. It appears it will not pass%2C even the Foxies admitted that tonight. ||0||25|DCForumID27
522|12/08/2001|12:46:02|khephra|Rangel Likens Secret Letter to a %22Deal With the Devil%22 %28Fast Track Vote%29|Rangel Likens Last Minute Secret Letter to a %22Deal With the Devil%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AAccording to press reports%2C the final votes to pass the Thomas Fast Track trade authority bill came only because the Republican leadership of the House - Speaker Dennis Hastert%2C Majority Leader Richard Armey%2C and Majority Whip Tom DeLay - signed a letter promising to %22use whatever means necessary%22 to undo major provisions of the bipartisan Trade and Development Act enacted last year to open up trade with the nations of the Caribbean Basin and sub-Saharan Africa. %0D%0A%0D%0AI hope these reports are mistaken. How could people like Hastert%2C Armey and Delay who claim to be free-traders sacrifice a vital provision of U.S. trade policy in order to gain a one-vote victory on a partisan Fast Track bill that still must pass the Senate%3F If this is true%2C it is wrong-headed and borders on being immora||0||1|DCForumID27
521|12/07/2001|21:42:17|ecampbel|We must pick our battles wisely|Matthew Miller%2C Syndicated columnist%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ATest your understanding of the liberal mind%3A What%27s the connection between the vanishing surplus%2C the Enron collapse and the fight over military tribunals%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AIf you%27re a modern liberal%2C you see no connection. The lost surplus and the Enron meltdown may implicate the interests of millions of workers%2C but first and foremost we need to make sure Osama %26 Co. are read their Miranda rights near Kabul. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m exaggerating slightly%2C but here%27s the point%3A The left needs to get its head screwed on straight regarding priorities. %0D%0A%0D%0ANo serious problem has yet occurred under the expanded wartime powers the president has sought. The harms are almost entirely theoretical at this point. Yet%2C fighting these potential risks has become %22job one%22 for many on the left%2C in ways that could kill the ||0||1|DCForumID27
520|12/07/2001|16:55:06|IrateCitizen|One more death peal for Democracy...  %28rant%29|This is going to be my last post on DU for a while.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe House of Representatives just passed Fast Track by a vote of 215-214.  I have seen an issue into which I have poured my sweat and dedication be hijacked by special interests.  I am FUCKING PISSED to say the least....  %3Aargh%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AI met this past weekend with my Rep%2C Sue Kelly.  At the end of the meeting%2C she assured us %28Sierra Club%29 that she would ensure that our concerns were met before she voted for a fast track bill.  Our concerns centered around the Investor-State provisions %28which we found unacceptable%29 and the lack of an intermediate role for Congress during trade negotiations.  She told us of her committment to the environment and that she wanted to work with us on this issue.%0D%0A%0D%0AShe voted for it anyway.  Did I mention that the vote was 215-214%3F  In essence%2C her vote tipped the sca||1||29|DCForumID27
519|12/07/2001|16:38:56|dmtsd|ENRON EXECS PAID 55 MILLION IN BONUSES 2 DAYS PRIOR TO FILING BANKRUPTCY|snip%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22In order to protect and maintain the value of the estate%2C we wanted to retain key employees in critical business%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The so called %22stay-on%22 payments were made Nov. 29 in exchange for select employees%27 agreeing to remain at Enron for 90 days.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ASenate Democrats better get on the stick and investigate.  %0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t expect to hear anything on CNN about this.  There%27s a messy little Joint Venture involving Enron%2C AOL%2FTime Warner and IBM that needs investigating. %0D%0A%0D%0ANo wonder Bush%27s cousin is on CNN%3B they want to make damn sure this info doesn%27t see the light of day.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2F2001%2F12%2F05%2F1205enron.html%3Fpartner%3Dyahoo%26referrer%3D||2||45|DCForumID27
518|12/07/2001|16:32:48|ender|Bush ties give Enron sympathetic ear in Washington|http%3A%2F%2Fbiz.yahoo.com%2Frf%2F011106%2Fn06261486_1.html%0D%0A%0D%0A---snip---%0D%0AHOUSTON%2C Nov 6 %28Reuters%29 - Enron Corp. %28NYSE%3AENE - news%29 has few friends on Wall Street these days%2C but should it ever need a sympathetic ear it can always turn%0D%0Ato Washington where it has a long list of pals%2C including President George W. Bush.%0D%0A%0D%0ADue to a generous campaign of political giving%2C Enron and its Chief Executive Ken Lay have close%0D%0Aties to Bush%3B Vice President Dick Cheney%3B and%2C in general%2C the Republican power structure now running the show in%0D%0Athe nation%27s capital.%0D%0A---end of snip---%0D%0A%0D%0Agrrr....%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DI have come to the conclusion%2C that one useless man is called a disgrace.%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo are called a law firm.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand that three or more become a ||0||6|DCForumID27
517|12/07/2001|19:50:35|Avalon Sparks|Omit Your Degrees on Your Resume to get a Job these Days|HIGHER DEGREE OF FRUSTRATION%3A Too much education a problem for some%0D%0AMike Tierney - Staff  The Atlantic Journal-Constitution%0D%0AWednesday%2C December 5%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ALonnette Alford is button-popping proud of her master%27s degree. Deep into her 40s%2C bankrolling a college-bound daughter%2C the single mom in Los Angeles dragged herself to evening courses after a full day%27s work. %0D%0A%0D%0AAlford embraced the degree%2C dated 1998%2C as a passport to improved salary and status in her field%2C human resources. It hangs%2C framed%2C on her apartment wall. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22For years%2C I was able to get a good job without that paper%2C%22 says the Decatur resident. %22I figured I can get a really good job with it.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ASo did her father%2C who had long prodded her toward graduate school. He died on the eve of her first class. %0D%0A%0D%0AAlford sighs and forces||0||5|DCForumID27
516|12/07/2001|13:13:42|dweeb|GOP Postpones Stimulus Talks|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uniontrib.com%2Fnews%2Fap%2FD7G8DPI00.html%0D%0A%0D%0AGOP Postpones Stimulus Talks %0D%0A %0D%0A %0D%0ABy CURT ANDERSON %0D%0AAP Tax Writer%0D%0ADecember 7%2C 2001 %0D%0A%0D%0AHouse Republicans Friday postponed negotiations on legislation to boost the economy amid GOP grumbling that Senate Democrats are setting impossibly high thresholds for compromise.%0D%0A%0D%0A-snip-%0D%0A%0D%0AThe delay followed Republican unhappiness with a decision by Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle%2C D-S.D.%2C to require that any deal be acceptable to a solid majority of the 50-member Senate Democratic caucus. Independent Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont also caucuses with the Democrats.%0D%0A%0D%0ARepublicans said that was an unrealistic hurdle for any stimulus bill that includes significant tax relief%2C given opposition among many Democrats to more tax reductions on top of the 10-year%2C %24||0||9|DCForumID27
515|12/07/2001|12:38:58|Dabeddow|Shrub calls the new jobless figures %22troubling%22...his new word for the economy|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20011207%2Fpl%2Feconomy_jobs_bush_dc_1.html%0D%0A%0D%0ADidn%27t he use this same word when he found out the nation was officially in recession%3F %3Aeyes%3A As long as his poll numbers are high he could care LESS what the economy does.%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush %28news - web sites%29 on Friday called a sharp increase in the unemployment rate %60%60troubling%27%27 and evidence of the urgent need for the Senate to approve an economic stimulus package.%0D%0A%0D%0ACongress is divided over what to put into a stimulus package%2C with Bush and his Republicans preferring a plan built heavily on tax breaks and Democrats looking for government spending and increased unemployment benefits.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause m||0||2|DCForumID27
514|12/07/2001|12:25:19|gasperc|Paul Krugman tears into Bush Inc.%27s phony fuzzy math|Our President jokes about hitting the trifecta%2C Mr. Bush is the joke.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0AHorse racing is a zero-sum game%3B so%2C it seems%2C is budget politics. Mr. Bush hit the trifecta%3B the great majority of Americans lost%2C big time. %0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0ASince the administration%27s phony budget math %28%22fuzzy%22 just doesn%27t cut it at this point%29 gets phonier the further you go into the future%2C this means that we have effectively returned to a state of permanent deficit. %0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0AWhenever they were asked%2C voters said that the %22compassionate%22 parts of Mr. Bush%27s campaign promises %97 securing Social Security%2C providing more money for prescription drugs and education %97 were more important to them than tax cuts. But they were assured that there was enough money for everything. Those assurances were false %97 but the tax cut is sacrosanct%2||0||4|DCForumID27
513|12/07/2001|10:31:37|Rabideau|Krugman%3A Bush hit the Trifecta|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F12%2F07%2Fopinion%2F07KRUG.html%0D%0A%0D%0AMr. Bush could try to undo some of the damage%2C by canceling future tax cuts for the top income bracket. Instead%2C he wants to accelerate those cuts. That%27s the moral equivalent of the big bonuses Enron gave to executives just days before it went bankrupt.%0D%0A%0D%0AHorse racing is a zero-sum game%3B so%2C it seems%2C is budget politics. Mr. Bush hit the trifecta%3B the great majority of Americans lost%2C big time. %0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AYeeee-ikes%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DWe%27re told businesses have souls%2C which is surely the most terrifying news in the world. - Gilles Deleuze%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||4|DCForumID27
512|12/07/2001|08:11:17|mobuto|Krugman%3A Hitting the Trifecta %28Lying W. compared w%2FEnron%21%29|%5Bfont size%3D5%5DHitting the Trifecta%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D3%5D%0D%0Aby Paul Krugman %28aka Da Bomb%29%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fgraphics4.nytimes.com%2Fimages%2Fdropcap%2Fs.gif hortly after Sept. 11%2C George W. Bush interrupted his inveighing against evildoers to crack a joke. Mr. Bush had repeatedly promised to run an overall budget surplus at least as large as the Social Security surplus%2C except in the event of recession%2C war or national emergency. %22Lucky me%2C%22 he remarked to Mitch Daniels%2C his budget director. %22I hit the trifecta.%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%7Bsnip%7D%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F12%2F07%2Fopinion%2F07KRUG.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22I didn%27t accept it. I received it.%22 %0D%0A%97Richard Allen%2C Ray Gun%27s National Security Adviser%2C explaining why a bribe wasn%27t a b|on|0||1|DCForumID27
511|12/07/2001|09:38:36|Zech Marquis|SWEET JESUS-UNEMPLOYMENT NOW AT 5.7%25%3F%21|www.money.cnn.com%2F2001%2F12%2F07%2Feconomy%2Feconomy%2Findex.htm%0D%0A%0D%0AI see those big ass tax cuts to the rich have made the economy alot stronger--NOT%21%21%21 5.7%25...that%27s not far from japan%27s umeployment rate...depressing how Bunker Boy hiding in his new bird cage has screwed us over so much in such a short amount of time...|on|0||1|DCForumID27
510|12/07/2001|01:59:40|FormerOstrich|Advice if the company is struggling|I made some recommendations in a thread regarding Enron%2C that I thought might be worthy of it%27s own General Discussion Thread.%0D%0A%0D%0AWith the economy not as healthy and since there is never a shortage of crooks%2C I wanted to pass along some tips I have learned the hard way.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf your employer is struggling%2C you see warning signs%2C or you suspect financial difficulties.  Here is some things to consider%3A  %0D%0A%0D%0AThe employer may only be meeting the net payroll.  That means they only have enough cash to cover the payroll checks to the employees. They might not have the money to cover payroll deduction payments such as taxes%2C 401K%2C Insurance%2C ESOP%2C and etc.  %0D%0A%0D%0A401K money is only secure if it makes it to the fund. Plan trustees have a fiduciary duty to deposit your money in the fund.  In cases of bankruptcy%2C it will be a priority payment%2C the||0||3|DCForumID27
499|12/08/2001|12:37:46|Dabeddow|Insurers accused of rate inflation|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FED20011205290000033.html%3Fcb%3D272%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AMany insurance companies are raising prices far beyond what is warranted by the impact of the Sept. 11 attacks%2C a consumer group said Wednesday as Congress considers legislation to provide government help for the industry. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Consumer Federation of America also urged state insurance regulators to tighten their oversight of rates and coverage. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||5|DCForumID27
509|12/07/2001|00:26:37|IrateCitizen|MARCY KAPTUR %28D-OH%29 RIPS BUSH A NEW ONE ON TRADE|Did anyone catch Marcy on CSPAN Tuesday night%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AShe was giving a speech on Fast Track that night%2C and she told a little story about our President%27s committment to the American People...%0D%0A%0D%0ASeems that Ms. Kaptur was given an opportunity to ride on AF1 with Bush and Mexican President Fox during Fox%27s visit in early Sept.  Over a week prior to the trip%2C she sent a letter to Bush and Fox detailing some of the problems with NAFTA %28she%27s one of the most outspoken critics in Congress%29.  Basically%2C she proposed that both heads of state go to the areas in the US and Mexico which have been adversely affected by NAFTA%2C and then they move to come up with solutions to the problems.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen she showed up at AF1%2C she asked Bush if he had read it.  %22Nope%2C didn%27t get a chance to%2C%22 the President replied.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22That%27s OK%2C I just happen t||0||8|DCForumID27
508|12/06/2001|23:10:41|IrateCitizen|Another death peal for democracy...  %28rant%29|       This is going to be my last post on DU for a while.%0D%0A%0D%0A       The House of Representatives just passed Fast Track by a vote of 215-214. I have seen an issue%0D%0A       into which I have poured my sweat and dedication be hijacked by special interests. I am FUCKING%0D%0A       PISSED to say the least.... %3Aargh%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A       I met this past weekend with my Rep%2C Sue Kelly. At the end of the meeting%2C she assured us %28Sierra%0D%0A       Club%29 that she would ensure that our concerns were met before she voted for a fast track bill. Our%0D%0A       concerns centered around the Investor-State provisions %28which we found unacceptable%29 and the%0D%0A       lack of an intermediate role for Congress during trade negotiations. She told us of her committment%0D%0A       to the environment and that she wanted to work with us on this issue.%0D%0A%0D%0A       She voted for||0||4|DCForumID27
507|12/06/2001|21:07:52|realFedUp|Boycott Sav-On Drugstores|or just don%27t have your film developed there. Local Southern CA. news story tonight. Terminally ill man living in trailor took photos of his marijuana garden plot for his doctor to write him a prescription %28%3F%29. Person at Sav-On photo developing counter saw finished photos%2C called police%2C who detained him. He is out on %245%2C000 bail with lawyers. Sorry%2C I don%27t have a news link right now. Can we grow up about medical marijuana please%3F||0||0|DCForumID27
294|12/08/2001|07:35:41|Thankfully_in_Britain|We need MORE globalization%2C not less|Another great article about Globalization%2C an inevitable proccess that we must %5Bb%5DUSE%5B%2Fb%5D in order to further global social justice%2C not blindly decry. %0D%0A%0D%0AMake of this what you will.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fargument.independent.co.uk%2Fregular_columnists%2Fhamish_mcrae%2Fstory.jsp%3Fstory%3D102699%0D%0A%0D%0AHow can the world be persuaded to accept that%2C on balance%2C the force that we call %22globalisation%22 is of great benefit to the world and if we retreat from it%2C the poorest will be the hardest hit%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThere will be an opportunity in nine days%27 time at the World Trade Organisation summit meeting in Doha %96 assuming that the meeting does indeed go ahead%2C for there are serious security concerns. Sadly%2C that opportunity will probably be missed. Instead of coming out with a convincing%2C determined defence of the economic forces that have giv||1||29|
506|12/07/2001|22:35:30|Dabeddow|Polaroid%2C IN CHAPTER 11%2C seeks %2419 Million for Exec. bonuses|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20011206%2Fbs%2Fmanufacturing_polaroid_dc_1.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0APolaroid Corp. %28PRDCQ.OB%29%2C which slashed jobs and retiree benefits before filing for bankruptcy protection in October%2C wants to reward top executives with up to %2419 million in bonuses and incentives as it dismantles the instant camera and film maker to pay off creditors.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||7|DCForumID27
505|12/06/2001|16:21:11|xray s|Wall Street mania%2C what the hell is going on%3F|One possible explaination is that all the money sitting in CD%27s and money market accounts earning 2%25 is getting itchy for some action and people are getting back in with their fingers crossed%2C hoping the war against terra will continue to be a video game war and some good news is just over the horizon%2C while ignoring the corporate losses and job cuts%2C etc. in the news. %0D%0A%0D%0AStock PE ratios are still insane. Tech CEO%27s make wild claims about future earnings and it is all reported by the talking bobble heads on the corporate media orifices with absolutely NO critical commentary. Big Brother sez %22Don%27t think unpatiotic thoughts Winston. War is peace%2C losses make profits%22 etc. Ignore the bad news%2C dream up some good news.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe scary part %28for me at least%29 is that it is evident corporate accounting practices are out of control%2C as witnessed by the ||0||13|DCForumID27
504|12/06/2001|14:49:37|beware_of_god|Picture%3A Bush is going to turn this economy around|Look at him - Glasses on%2C face buried in the computer... Yep%2C he%27s going to turn this economy right around%21 %28again%29 Just grab it with both hands%2C lift it up and give it a spin%21%0D%0A%0D%0ARegarding Brian Jones%2C how can a guy who is unemployed be working%3F %0D%0A%0D%0A%22President Bush%2C left%2C watches as unemployed computer software installer Brian Jones works through testing modules Tuesday%2C Dec. 4%2C 2001%2C Orlando%2C Fla. %28AP Photo%2FJohn Raoux%2C Pool%29%22%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fp%2Fap%2F20011204%2Fus%2F1007505665bush_florl105.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DHe%27s not MY dictator%21%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||7|DCForumID27
503|12/06/2001|18:47:12|Dabeddow|Recent irregularities in accounting at corporations has SEC issuing warning|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FED20011206520000035.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AWith the accounting industry in the hot seat over Enron Corp.%27s collapse%2C the chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission warned Thursday that a recent spate of reporting irregularities at big companies could undermine investor confidence. %0D%0A%0D%0AEnron%27s swift and stunning demise %60%60gives pause to all of us who care about financial reporting and about its customers -- the investors%2C%27%27 Robert Herdman said in a speech to accountants. Companies%27 financial reporting practices must be improved quickly%2C he said%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||1|DCForumID27
502|12/06/2001|10:40:06|CatWoman|Clinton skips Trade Debate|Clinton Skips Trade Debate %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Susan Crabtree %0D%0A%0D%0AIn the hopes of securing enough Democratic votes to win a victory on trade-promotion authority%2C the White House and House Republicans sought the assistance of one of the most powerful Democratic advocates for the measure%3A former President Bill Clinton.%0D%0A%0D%0AAccording to several GOPaides and both Republican and Democratic proponents of the negotiating authority%2C Clinton at first agreed to participate in the drive for votes but later distanced himself from the bill%2C leaving Republicans scrambling to persuade other leading Democratic supporters to join the lobbying campaign%2C which will culminate in a vote scheduled to take place today.%0D%0A%0D%0ARep. Jim Moran %28Va.%29%2C a leader of the centrist New Democrats and one of the few members of his party aggressively pushing for the bill%2C said Clinton ||0||0|DCForumID27
501|12/06/2001|10:37:31|RoxanneJ|Democrats Eager to Tackle on Bush on Domestic Agenda %28They GET it%21%29|Yes%2C yes%2C yes%21%21%21  The DEMS get it%21%21%21  And so do Americans%21  It%27s the economy%2C Stupid%21%0D%0A----------------------%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip....%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I call it the Bush Bifurcation%2C%22 said Marshall Wittmann of the conservative Hudson Institute. %22It%27s perhaps the subtext of him urging the country to return to normalcy. They did%3A There%27s no indication there%27s any collateral benefit for him on the domestic side.%22 Wittmann said the support for Bush is limited to the war in part because %22most Americans are truly untouched by the war effort.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocrats have calculated they can afford to attack the president on questions such as tax cuts and aviation safety without paying a heavy political price. New York Rep. Nita M. Lowey%2C who chairs the Democrats%27 House campaign committee%2C told USA Today last week the economic slump amounted to a %22B||0||16|DCForumID27
491|12/07/2001|13:06:54|JM|U.S. Economy%3A Services Index Rises%2C Suggests Recovery|U.S. Economy%3A Services Index Rises%2C Suggests Recovery %28Update1%29 %0D%0ABy Siobhan Hughes%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Washington%2C Dec. 5 %28Bloomberg%29 -- Business at U.S. service companies unexpectedly expanded in November%2C reversing a slump that followed the September terrorist attacks and suggesting the economy may recover sooner than many economists forecast. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60A corner seems to have been turned%2C%27%27 said Ian Shepherdson%2C chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics Ltd. in Valhalla%2C New York.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fquote.bloomberg.com%2Ffgcgi.cgi%3Fptitle%3DEconomies%26s1%3Dblk%26T%3Dmarkets_bfgcgi_content99.ht%26s%3DAPA5kRRXvVS5TLiBF%26ao%3D18824961%0D%0A%0D%0AIn short%2C %0D%0A%0D%0ANAPM up to 51.3 indicating expansion%0D%0ADOW over 1000%0D%0ANASDAQ over 2000%0D%0AConsumer Spending up 2.9%25%0D%0ADurable Goods up 12.8%25%0D%0A%0D%||0||8|DCForumID27
500|12/06/2001|09:51:13|Dabeddow|Utah officials accused of fleecing fed. taxpayers 1.5 billion dollars for Olympics|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEE20011205310000013.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AUtah officials were smarting Wednesday from charges they used the Winter Olympics to fleece federal taxpayers of %241.5 billion. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60Balderdash%2C%27%27 said Salt Lake Olympic chief Mitt Romney%2C who insisted the federal contribution for the games was no more than %24350 million for things like security and temporary parking lots. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||6|DCForumID27
498|12/06/2001|07:24:30|mobuto|Insurance Industry Steals From Consumers%97While Begging for Help%21|These guys have balls%97begging for a federal bailout while bilking consumers out of billions%3F Jeeze... How much you want to bet the bastards get your tax dollars anyway%3F%0D%0A___________________________________________________%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D4%5DInsurers Accused of Rate Inflation%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ABy MARCY GORDON%2C AP Business Writer %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - Many insurance companies are raising prices far beyond what is warranted by the impact of the Sept. 11 attacks%2C a consumer group said Wednesday as Congress considers legislation to provide government help for the industry. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Consumer Federation of America also urged state insurance regulators to tighten their oversight of rates and coverage. %0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22I didn%27t accept it. I received it.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%7Bsnip%7D%0D%0A%0D%0A|on|0||4|DCForumID27
494|12/07/2001|10:55:20|NNN0LHI|85 New Jersey teachers now behind bars|FREEHOLD%2C New Jersey %28AP%29 -- A judge jailed 38 more striking teachers on Wednesday as he worked his way through their ranks alphabetically%2C bringing the total placed behind bars to 85.%5Bp%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AJudge Clarkson S. Fisher Jr. called in teachers whose last names begin with D%2C E and F on Wednesday. A second judge was brought in to speed up processing on the fifth day of the strike.%3Csnip%3E%5Bp%5D...more...%5Bp%5D%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffyi.cnn.com%2F2001%2Ffyi%2Fteachers.ednews%2F12%2F05%2Fteachers.strike.ap%2Findex.html||0||7|DCForumID27
497|12/06/2001|06:51:07|mobuto|Strike Earns New Jersey Teachers JAIL TIME%97Go Repugs%21|Its always nice seeing all the teachers in a district sentenced to jail. Lovely. Really.%0D%0A______________________________________________________%0D%0A%5Bfont sixe%3D4%5DStrike Earns N.J. Teachers Some Jail Time%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0ABy JANET WILSON%2C Times Staff Writer%0D%0A%0D%0AMIDDLETOWN%2C N.J. -- On Saturday%2C the Middletown High School South Tigers won the state football championship. On Monday%2C their head coach went to jail. %0D%0A%0D%0ACoach Steve Antonucci was among 135 striking schoolteachers and secretaries behind bars by day%27s end Wednesday%2C and the number is expected to swell as nearly 900 continue to defy a judge%27s order to get off the picket line and into the classroom. %0D%0A%0D%0A%7Bsnip%7D%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%27m a soccer mom%2C I drive a van and I have a dog%2C%22 science teacher Katie Connelly said with a rueful laugh as she sat waiting to go to jail. %22%5Bb%5D||0||6|DCForumID27
496|12/06/2001|02:26:50|Dabeddow|Repugs offering favors on other bills to entice Dems to vote for Fast Track|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hillnews.com%2F120501%2Ftpa.shtm%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AOn the eve of the long-awaited vote on Trade Promotion Authority %28TPA%29%2C House Republican leaders and administration officials are still hashing out deals with undecided members in a last-ditch effort to collect the necessary 218 votes.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||1|DCForumID27
495|12/06/2001|02:06:33|Nancy Waterman|Business lobbyists choose what regulations to dump|%5Bi%5DRepublican congressional aide Barbara Kahlow sent the e-mail to a dozen business lobbyists on Sept. 26%3A %22Here%27s our non-public chart%2C%22 it said. She underlined %22non-public%22 and put it in boldface.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This was hush-hush%2C behind-closed-doors stuff%2C%22 one of the lobbyists recalled.%0D%0A%0D%0AKahlow explained in her e-mail that President Bush%27s new regulatory czar%2C John D. Graham%2C had %22asked me to convene key lobbyists to identify and rank%22 regulations that business groups found overly burdensome.%0D%0A%0D%0AHer chart listed 57 of the most paperwork-intensive rules the business community wants to target. The rules%2C which deal with health%2C safety and the environment%2C govern everything from pesticide use to coal-mine ventilation%2C to standards for blood-borne pathogens. They cover such areas as air and water quality%2C food labeling%2C lead||0||2|DCForumID27
492|12/07/2001|08:52:52|mobuto|Congress to Play Stock Market With %2415billion in Railroad Pensions%21|Great that they%27re bailing out the Railroad Pensions. Terrible that they%27re using them to play the stock market. What happens if the market crashes just before someone retires%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWednesday December 5 12%3A33 PM ET %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D4%5DSenate Passes Railroad Pension Bill%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ABy CURT ANDERSON%2C AP Tax Writer - %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - A %2415 billion railroad retirement fund would be invested in stocks and bonds for the first time under legislation passed Wednesday by the Senate. Critics said the measure will increase the federal deficit and unduly put taxpayer dollars at risk. %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011205%2Fpl%2Frailroad_retirement_2.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%22I didn%27t accept it. I received it.%22 %0D%0A%97Richard Allen%2C Ray Gun%27s N||0||3|DCForumID27
493|12/05/2001|12:35:56|beware_of_god|Enron Bankruptcy is trivial...|The Enron Bankruptcy is NOT an important story and I can prove it. Just look at the business and political headlines on yahoo%2C there%27s not a word about it. So therefore it is a trivial and unimportant issue. Any patriotic American knows that.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DHe%27s not MY dictator%21%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||2|DCForumID27
486|12/06/2001|20:27:53|IrateCitizen|THE END OF PAX AMERICANA IS NEAR|Get ready folks.  It%27s a comin%27.%0D%0A%0D%0AMuch like the end of the Roman Empire%2C when Europe plunged into the Dark Ages%2C we stand on the precipice of collapse.  The beast called corporate capitalism is on the verge of dragging the rest of the world down in ruin.  The kindling was already laid out and the match had been struck on 9%2F10.  The events of 9%2F11 were a big jug of gasoline thrown on the mix.%0D%0A%0D%0AI believe that one of two things is going to happen within the next 25-35 years.  Either control of the world economy is going to be wrested from MNC%27s and the ruling elite%2C or those very interests are going to drag us down into an abyss which will make the original Dark Ages look like an age of enlightenment.  Feudal kingdoms with nuclear capabilities -- there%27s a nice thought.%0D%0A%0D%0ABefore you all go condemning me to the tin-foil scrap heap %3Atinfoilhat%||0||30|DCForumID27
490|12/05/2001|14:48:26|Dabeddow|AFL-CIO considers dues hike to shore up political campaign funds|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEB20011205090000035.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe AFL-CIO is considering a dues increase and other measures to shore up a political campaign fund as it prepares for next year%27s congressional elections. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe federation wants about %2435 million in the bank to spend on politics next year%2C but so far is about %2428 million short%2C said Andy Stern%2C president of the Service Employees International Union. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||4|DCForumID27
489|12/05/2001|14:07:26|Gussie|Nearly one million people risk losing health insurance|This is from the %5Bi%5DBritish Medical Journal%5B%2Fi%5D%2C 24 November 2001 issue.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22US recession threatens health insurance. Nearly a million people in the United States risk losing their health insurance as a result of the economic downturn%2C a new report by the Commonwealth Fund says.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI took a look at the report and it is quite depressing. All the people being laid off lose health insurance and only 20%25 can afford to purchase coverage under COBRA. %0D%0A%0D%0Alink to http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmwf.org%0D%0A%0D%0AOnce again%2C we have to thank Great Britain for news about the U.S.%21%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||0|DCForumID27
488|12/05/2001|12:51:48|Torgo|Mega-Merger in the Works for Big Steel|Tom Usher%2C USX CEO%2C along with the CEO%27s of Bethlehem Steel%2C National Steel%2C Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel%2C and others are in the planning stages of an industry mega-merger%2C according to today%27s Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The deal will require the Federal Government to pick up the health care and other insurance costs for about 168%2C000 retirees. Another contingency is a substantial giveback by the USW.%0D%0A%0D%0AArticle link%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.post-gazette.com%2Fbusinessnews%2F20011205steel1205p2.asp%0D%0A%0D%0AIt amazes me that an industry that spent its profits on oil company mergers%2C real estate%2C and heaven-knows-what else instead of R%26D%2C new technologies%2C and plant modernization now wants taxpayer relief%21||0||10|DCForumID27
484|12/06/2001|09:45:39|khephra|Bush Considers Raising Debt Limit|Bush Considers Raising Debt Limit%0D%0A%0D%0A Bush administration officials have told Congress they want to raise the limit on government borrowing as early as this month%2C in a fresh indication of the federal budget%27s declining health. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe officials have made no formal request but have said that without action%2C the current %245.95 trillion debt limit could be breached by March%2C congressional aides said Monday on condition of anonymity. The officials say that if the economy continues to weaken%2C the ceiling could be hit by mid-February. %0D%0A%0D%0APushing the new debt ceiling through Congress in this year%27s final hectic weeks could lessen attention given the politically embarrassing move. The limit was last raised in August 1997 - just as a string of four consecutive annual federal surpluses was beginning under President Clinton %28news - web sites%29. %0D%0A%0D%0A||1||29|DCForumID27
487|12/04/2001|23:47:21|proud patriot|My husband needs to Rant|So on this thread will be proud patriots%27 hubby .%0D%0AHelp him out he%27s really pissed .Thanks pp %0D%0A%0D%0APEACE....LOVE....AND ACTIVISM%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||11|DCForumID27
485|12/05/2001|00:31:14|Dabeddow|Bradband users%3A Excite%40home to fold on Feb. 28|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEE20011204450000021.html%3Fcb%3D0%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AHigh-speed Internet service provider ExciteAtHome will cease operations Feb. 28%2C a humble end for a company that once was one of Silicon Valley%27s highest flyers. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe bankrupt company made the announcement late Tuesday after AT%26T Corp. withdrew a %24307 million offer for its assets and accused ExciteAtHome of violating their contract by cutting off service to 850%2C000 AT%26T customers. A federal judge had authorized the move%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||0|DCForumID27
483|12/04/2001|15:07:02|IndianaGreen|Argentine financial crisis having spill-over effect in Europe|Argentina has frozen bank accounts for 90 days%2C depositors are limited to cash withdrawals of %24250 per week. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DSpanish fears over Argentine crisis%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AMADRID%2C Spain %28CNN%29 -- With Spain%27s economy intimately linked to Argentina%27s%2C companies in Madrid are worried about the looming financial disaster across the Atlantic. %0D%0A%0D%0ASmall businesses have already begun to suffer.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ASpain%27s biggest companies doing business in Argentina hope it won%27t be so drastic for them. But heavy investments there have left them exposed in this latest financial crisis. %0D%0A%0D%0ASpain%27s Telefonica is the largest phone company in Argentina. Spain%27s two biggest banks%2C Santander and BBVA%2C own the second- and third-largest private banks in Argentina and have about %249 billion in loans there. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat exposure||0||2|DCForumID27
482|12/05/2001|18:32:59|Nederland|DOW up 220%2C Nasdaq up 83|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F534548.asp%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AStocks surged Wednesday%2C hoisting the Dow industrials above the 10%2C000 level and the Nasdaq index over 2%2C000 for the first time in months%2C as upbeat forecasts from the tech sector and some encouraging economic data raised hopes for an economic recovery in 2002.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AEarly Wednesday%2C the National Association of Purchasing Management said its non-manufacturing index%2C a measure of business activity in the services sector%2C jumped to a better-than-expected 51.3 in November from 40.6 in October %28a reading below 50 indicates a contraction%29. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile signs of an economic recovery is a good thing for all the people out there who have lost their jobs%2C why do I find myself hoping that the recovery happens %5Bi%5Dafter%5B%2Fi%5D the 2002 elections%3F  Perhaps||0||1|
481|12/04/2001|12:25:21|zizka|Anyone know where I can get Enron stock certificates%3F|Great gag Xmas presents.  Now at .005 on the dollar.   A %24100 certificate would be fifty cents now%2C but it will go down. %0D%0A%0D%0AMaybe usable in political theatre too%3F||0||6|DCForumID27
480|12/04/2001|11:58:11|realFedUp|Enron%3A Cooking the Books by Arianna|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ariannaonline.com%2Fcolumns%2Ffiles%2F120301.html%0D%0A%0D%0AEnron%3A Cooking The Books And Buying Protection%0D%0A%0D%0AFiled December 3%2C 2001%0D%0A %0D%0A%22The opponents of campaign finance reform keep trying to convince us that it%27s a non-issue%3A a matter of inside-the-Beltway baseball that no one cares about except a few money-hating policy wonks.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Rep. Dick Armey derided it as %22the lowest thing on the American radar screen%22 while Sen. Mitch %22Money Is Free Speech%22 McConnell took time out from his busy fund-raising schedule to chastise the editors of The New York Times for %22continuing to obsess%22 about an issue that has completely %22dropped off the list%22 of the public%27s priorities. In other words%2C %22No one cares%2C why should we%3F%27%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%22The answer is simple. So simple%2C in fact%2C it can be summed up in one wo||0||2|DCForumID27
479|12/04/2001|18:04:09|RoxanneJ|Foreclosures Hit Record Yet New Car Sales Soar|Here we go.......and who didn%27t know this was coming%3F%0D%0A-----------------%0D%0AAs layoffs spread across the country%2C the portion of U.S. homeowners falling into foreclosure reached its%0D%0Ahighest recorded level in the third quarter%2C and the percentage slipping behind in their mortgage payments%0D%0Awas the highest in 10 years%2C the Mortgage Bankers Association said yesterday.%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip...........%0D%0A%0D%0ALenders began foreclosure proceedings against 0.38 percent of homeowners in the third quarter%2C the highest%0D%0Alevel since they began tracking the figure in 1972%2C although not much higher than it was during several%0D%0Aquarters in the mid-1990s%2C the bankers association said. Meanwhile 4.87 percent of homeowners had fallen%0D%0Aat least 30 days behind in their payment.%0D%0A%0D%0AMortgage experts predicted the numbers will get worse before they get better if||0||29|DCForumID27
478|12/04/2001|17:10:20|khephra|Stalled Stimulus Bill Talks to Begin|Stalled Stimulus Bill Talks to Begin%0D%0A%0D%0ASerious negotiations are expected to begin on an economic stimulus bill now that Republicans and Democrats have settled a feud over procedure that had delayed the talks for a week. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22We can do it quickly if we%27re reasonable%2C%22 said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus%2C D-Mont. %0D%0A%0D%0AA bipartisan group of six House and Senate members planned to meet Tuesday afternoon to begin discussing how to jump-start the economy with individual and business tax cuts and additional aid to the unemployed. A separate group are to negotiate specific health issues%2C particularly Medicaid assistance. %0D%0A%0D%0AHouse negotiators on the stimulus bill will be Rep. Bill Thomas%2C R-Calif.%2C chairman of the Ways and Means Committee%3B Majority Leader Dick Armey%2C R-Texas%3B and Rep. Charles Rangel of New York%2C ranking Democr||1||5|DCForumID27
471|12/05/2001|13:56:14|khephra|DOW down 110 pts%2F NASDAQ 24|They%27re expecting it to be %22in the lows%22 today.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd they%27re trying to push how great the economic news was today. They%27re worried but trying to spin it with a happy face.%0D%0A%0D%0AArgentena %28sp%3F%29 could also further effect the market.%0D%0A%0D%0ACNBC%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||2|DCForumID27
477|12/04/2001|16:40:34|Nancy Waterman|Corporate greed takes a new form|%5Bi%5DIt will take time%2C and many legal proceedings%2C before the full story of Enron%27s collapse becomes known. But one thing is already clear%3A The case shows how adept corporate executives have become at shifting risk away from themselves and onto others%2C in particular onto their employees. Enron%27s leaders have walked away from the debacle chastened but very%2C very rich. Many of Enron%27s employees %97 no doubt including the loyalists who sent irate letters every time I criticized the company %97 have lost their life savings. %0D%0A%0D%0ABehind this disaster for ordinary workers lies a little-remarked sea change in America%27s retirement system. Twenty years ago most workers were in %22defined benefit%22 plans %97 that is%2C their employers promised them a fixed pension. Today most workers have %22defined contribution%22 plans%3A they invest money for their retirement%2C and||0||8|DCForumID27
455|12/05/2001|12:16:38|khephra|Shrub  %22understands this recession doesn%27t belong to any politician%22|Aide Defends Bush-Congress Relations%0D%0A%0D%0AThe White House insisted Friday that President Bush%27s relations with Congress remain smooth%2C despite some finger-pointing over who is to blame for the recession. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22The president understands this recession doesn%27t belong to any politician%2C%22 said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. %22And this president has no interest in placing blame or pointing fingers at anybody for economic circumstances.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AMORE.............%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsday.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fwire%2Fsns-ap-bush-blame-game1130nov30.story%3Fcoll%3Dsns%252Dap%252Dpolitics%252Dheadlines%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DAs his clone%2C may I recomend that you visit%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.willpitt.com%2F%0D%0ALiberal thought at its best%21 Now on-line%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%5B%2Ffont%5||0||20|DCForumID27
476|12/03/2001|21:06:02|NNN0LHI|Does the Fed manipulate the market%3F Could be.|Richard Russell%2C who has been writing Dow Theory Letters since 1958%2C touches on the subject. %22I continue to receive questions as to whether there%27s manipulation going on in the stock market. I%27ve resisted this idea a long time%2C but slowly and surely I%27ve come to the conclusion that yes%2C the Fed does step in at various times and manipulate the market%2C%22 he says. %0D%0A%0D%0ARussell%2C who has been following markets for more than 50 years%2C has one of the most highly respected investment newsletters in this country. Based in La Jolla%2C Calif.%2C Russell has been looking at the stock market%27s behavior this autumn and wondering just what keeps prices so robust.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22How do they do it%3F%22 he asks in his newsletter%2C which is available only by subscription for %24250 a year. %22My guess is that the Fed does it through one or more large brokerage houses%2C and||0||1|DCForumID27
475|12/04/2001|06:06:20|khephra|Bush Czar Asks Lobbyists For Regulations They Find %22Burdensome%22|Business Lobbyists Asked To Discuss Onerous Rules%0D%0A%0D%0AGOP Aide Identifies 57 Regulations to Target %0D%0A%0D%0ARepublican congressional aide Barbara Kahlow sent the e-mail to a dozen business lobbyists on Sept. 26%3A %22Here%27s our non-public chart%2C%22 it said. She underlined %22non-public%22 and put it in boldface.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This was hush-hush%2C behind-closed-doors stuff%2C%22 one of the lobbyists recalled.%0D%0A%0D%0AKahlow explained in her e-mail that President Bush%27s new regulatory czar%2C John D. Graham%2C had %22asked me to convene key lobbyists to identify and rank%22 regulations that business groups found overly burdensome.%0D%0A%0D%0AHer chart listed 57 of the most paperwork-intensive rules the business community wants to target. The rules%2C which deal with health%2C safety and the environment%2C govern everything from pesticide use to coal-mine ventilation%2C ||0||0|DCForumID27
474|12/04/2001|03:40:06|Dabeddow|Hillary talks economics to the AFL-CIO....Great Comments%21|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FED20011203780000022.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0ASen. Hillary Rodham Clinton%2C D-N.Y.%2C addressing the convention via satellite%2C also took a shot at Republicans who she said stand in the way of legislation to help laid-off workers while promoting %60%60big tax giveaways.%27%27 %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60In my view we have no higher duty than to keep people working%2C%27%27 she said. %60%60I come from the Clinton school of economics where you keep building jobs and investing in people. We have an obligation to help workers now.%27%27 %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||2|DCForumID27
473|12/03/2001|17:10:59|ender|Argentina close to collapse after run on banks|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.independent.co.uk%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Fstory.jsp%3Fstory%3D108003%0D%0A---snip---%0D%0AArgentina edged close to bankruptcy yesterday as people queued at cashpoint machines and bank tellers%27 windows to withdraw money after a government decree restricting bank withdrawals and overseas transfers.%0D%0A---end of snip---%0D%0A%0D%0Athis is going to add pressure to an already fragile global economy.  the %22pfficial%22 position is that it will be isolated%2C but it wont.  something this big is bound to have a negative effect on everyone%27s economy.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DI have come to the conclusion%2C that one useless man is called a disgrace.%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo are called a law firm.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand that three or more become a congress.%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||4|DCForumID27
472|12/03/2001|16:27:17|Dabeddow|Tax structure would allow GOP lobbyists to write off donations|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollcall.com%2Fpages%2Fnews%2F00%2F2001%2F12%2Fnews1203a.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0ARep. Jerry Weller%2C an Illinois Republican with ambitions to become the House GOP%27s top political strategist%2C has created a new group that offers corporate lobbyists access to Republican Members of Congress in a manner that would also allow companies to claim a tax deduction for contributions to the organization.%0D%0AThe unusual structure of New Economy Republicans Inc.%2C a tax-exempt industry trade association formed by Weller and technology- industry lobbyists earlier this year%2C has alarmed some GOP leaders and lawmakers%2C as well as the House ethics committee and tax-law experts. These sources suggest that the organization could represent a troubling new breed of nonprofit group that couples politicians with financial supporters while operating under the benefits offered||0||1|DCForumID27
470|12/03/2001|11:47:56|Dabeddow|Personal incomes give worst showing in 7 years%2C but spending is up|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011203%2Fts%2Feconomy_561.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AEven with the economy in a recession%2C Americans attracted by free auto financing deals pushed their spending up by a record amount in October while their incomes were stagnant. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Commerce Department %28news - web sites%29 reported Monday that personal spending rose by an all-time high of 2.9 percent in October%2C led by a record increase in purchases of autos and other durable goods. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||7|DCForumID27
469|12/02/2001|19:31:16|khephra|House Republicans Lash Out at Democratic Ad Plan %28Demos w%2F spine%3F%29|House Republicans Lash Out at Democratic Ad Plan%0D%0A%0D%0AHouse Republican leaders lashed out at Democrats on Friday over a planned political advertisement criticizing Republican members for their votes on economic issues.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe House Democratic campaign committee is preparing an advertisement for use in targeted House districts spotlighting Republican support for repeal of the alternative minimum tax on corporations%2C which Democratic lawmakers criticized as a boon for big business.%0D%0A%0D%0ARep. Nita Lowey of New York%2C who heads the Democratic campaign committee%2C said in an interview with USA Today published on Friday that last month%27s vote to repeal the tax was %60%60unpatriotic%2C inappropriate and wrong%27%27 given rising unemployment.%0D%0A%0D%0ALowey said the ad would run in at least three House districts and labeled the recent economic downturn %60%60George Bu||0||22|DCForumID27
468|12/02/2001|12:41:19|hackwriter|What Texas legislators got how much from Enron|From the Houston Chronicle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AKay Bailey Hutchison %28R - Senate%29%3A %24100%2C000 since 1989%0D%0APhil Gramm %28R - Senate%29%3A  %2497%2C000%0D%0ASheila Jackson Lee %28D-Houston%29%3A  %2438%2C000%0D%0ATom DeLay %28R-Sugarland%29%3A  %2429%2C000%0D%0AJoe Barton %28R-Ennis%29%3A  %2429%2C000%0D%0AMartin Frost %28D-Dallas%29%3A  %2424%2C000%0D%0ACharles Stenholm %28R-Abilene%29%3A  %2414%2C500%0D%0A%0D%0AFull story%3A  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2Fcs%2FCDA%2Fstory.hts%2Fbusiness%2F1152023||0||0|DCForumID27
467|12/02/2001|12:01:30|w4rma|AP%3A ExciteAtHome Turns Off Service to AT%26T Broadband customers|SAN FRANCISCO %28AP%29 _ After a bankruptcy judge cleared the way%2C the ExciteAtHome high-speed Internet network cut service to 850%2C000 AT%26T Broadband customers early Saturday%2C but said subscribers to other cable companies were not immediately affected.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AThe ruling affected many of the nation%27s largest cable companies%2C including AT%26T%2C Cox and Rogers%2C that sold Internet access through ExciteAtHome%27s network.%0D%0A%0D%0AExciteAtHome wanted the cable companies to pay substantially higher fees to connect to its network. Until ExciteAtHome%27s bankruptcy%2C the cable companies had been paying a monthly fee of %2412 per subscriber.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AThe judge gave ExciteAtHome the leeway to end the contracts after concluding they had become %22clearly burdensome%22 to the company. ExciteAtHome executives said they were costing t||0||1|DCForumID27
466|12/02/2001|11:29:21|NNN0LHI|Run on banks in Argentina - Not a good sign folks|Argentines step up run on banks %0D%0AFinancial Post - Saturday December 1%2C 2001 %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Thomas Catan%0D%0A%0D%0A%3CDebt fears threaten to explode into a full-blown banking crisis%0D%0A%0D%0ABUENOS AIRES - Domingo Cavallo%2C Argentina%27s economy minister%2C yesterday appealed for calm as nervous Argentines began to step up their withdrawals from banks.%0D%0A%0D%0AInterbank interest rates soared above 500%25 early in the day as banks faced difficulties meeting increased withdrawals. Talk that the government would be forced to impose capital controls next week to prevent a collapse of the banking system further spurred jitters among Argentines.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Deposits are being withdrawn and there are expectations of a devaluation%2C and that is terrible%2C%22 Mr. Cavallo said. He blamed %22irresponsible people talking about devaluation%22 for the fresh wave of worries engul||0||5|DCForumID27
465|12/02/2001|10:26:05|JCMach1|Japan Back in Recession|Record Jobless Rate Adds to Japan%27s Economic Blues%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0ABy Yoko Nishikawa%0D%0ATOKYO %28Reuters%29 - Japan was hit by another blast of dismal data on Friday%2C with its jobless rate rising to a record 5.4 percent in October -- yet more bad news for policymakers desperate to keep the giant economy afloat.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe key index for consumer prices slid for a 25th straight month%2C reflecting weak consumption and an appetite for cheaper imported goods%2C while housing starts and construction orders also dipped in October%2C government data showed.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The employment situation is severe%2C%22 Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said. %22The 5.4 percent jobless rate is harsh.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AData showed spending by wage-earning households rose a real 1.6 percent in October from a year earlier%2C the first rise in seven months%2C but the government sa||0||20|DCForumID27
577|12/13/2001|09:32:09|khephra|Bush Asks CongressTo Increase Borrowing Limit To 6.7 Trillion|Bush Wants Borrowing Limit Higher%0D%0A%0D%0ASetting the stage for a huge legislative battle next year%2C the Bush administration has formally asked Congress to increase the government%27s borrowing limit to %246.7 trillion. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn a letter sent Tuesday to congressional leaders%2C Treasury Secretary Paul O%27Neill said the current debt limit of %245.95 billion could be reached as soon as February of next year. %0D%0A%0D%0AAs recently as August%2C the administration projected that the current borrowing limit would not be reached until September 2003. O%27Neill blamed the worsening debt picture on the terrorist attacks. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22In the wake of the tragic terrorist attacks on Sept. 11%2C related disaster recovery and assistance efforts%2C the ongoing war on terrorism and resulting negative effects on the economy%2C the administration now projects the statutory debt ceiling ...||1||24|DCForumID27
576|12/13/2001|08:20:24|khephra|Two Issues Blocking Stimulus Agreement|Two Issues Blocking Stimulus Agreement%0D%0A%0D%0AThe battle over the %24100 billion economic stimulus package has come down to two critical issues%3A the administration%27s demand that part of President Bush%27s tax cut be speeded up and the Democrats%27 insistence on providing substantial benefits to the unemployed. As of last night%2C it was unclear who would blink first.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere were signs%2C however%2C that a stimulus deal could be reached in a classic Washington tradition -- splitting the difference.%0D%0A%0D%0AAdministration officials%2C having recruited the support of three Democratic centrists for immediately reducing the 27 percent tax rate to 25 percent%2C asserted yesterday that they would not accept a stimulus bill without a reduction in rates.%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip......%0D%0A%0D%0ABut Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle %28D-S.D.%29 dismissed the latest White House||0||1|DCForumID27
575|12/13/2001|10:50:34|chromotone|Enron is%2Fwas Number Seven on Fortune 500 List.|We must remember that as Enron falls and more and more criminal activity is exposed%2C that they were once number seven on the Fortune 500 list.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.fortune.com%2Findexw.jhtml%3Fchannel%3Dlist.jhtml%26list_frag%3Dlist_3column_fortune500_list.jhtml%26list%3D15%26_requestid%3D72555%0D%0A%0D%0AWith this status%2C we should always keep in mind how much influence this corporation%2C steeped in fraud and corruption%2C could have bought in the Bush administration.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo use an old cliche%3A %22We are seeing only the tip of the iceberg.%22||0||0|DCForumID27
574|12/13/2001|01:48:21|DemoTex|Gore Florida Recount Lawyer David Boies On Enron ex-CFO%27s Team%3F|Sounds like Boies is going to be Enron former-CFO Andrew Fastow%27s mouthpiece. Who will James Baker represent%3F%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbiz.yahoo.com%2Fapf%2F011212%2Fenron_congress_10.html||0||9|DCForumID27
573|12/12/2001|23:44:14|Jackpine Radical|Are any of the major networks covering Enron|in the evening news%3F  I can only get about 2 channels on our little portable set out here smong the tall pines %26 short intellects.||0||11|DCForumID27
572|12/12/2001|21:40:01|Rabideau|David Boies Representing Enron Crook Andrew Fastow|Saw him on CBS Evening News. Fastow had to have a press conference to %22squelch rumors that he%27d fled the country.%22 No%2C he didn%27t flee the country%2C he simply refused to respond to Congressional inquiries. You see%2C he%27s Andrew Fastow%2C former CFO of Enron%2C and he doesn%27t have to do THAT.%0D%0A%0D%0ALet%27s hope Boies is as successful representing this crook as he was representing Al Gore...%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DWe%27re told businesses have souls%2C which is surely the most terrifying news in the world. - Gilles Deleuze%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||8|DCForumID27
571|12/12/2001|20:55:52|Rabideau|Catherine Crier Going off on Enron - Court TV|Lawyer calls for special prosecutor.%0D%0A%0D%0ARight now.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DWe%27re told businesses have souls%2C which is surely the most terrifying news in the world. - Gilles Deleuze%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||6|DCForumID27
570|12/12/2001|18:42:44|Jackpine Radical|More on the Enron debacle|Enron was apparently running all kinds of scams to pump the bottom line.  Here are details on the biggest one%2C from ZDNet%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.co.uk%2F%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ABankrupt Enron%27s entry into the broadband trading business may have been a fatally expensive decision that secretly crushed its finances%2C and is certain to garner more scrutiny as lawyers pore over the company%27s business methods. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe unit%2C once touted as Enron%27s future%2C was the first major division to fail this year%2C well before the Houston energy trader spiraled into the largest US bankruptcy filing ever last week. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AThere were only 20 legitimate broadband trades. Everything else was just a %27dark swap%27%2C%22 attorney Bill Lerach said during a federal court hearing on Friday. He said Enron made meaningless trades with Reliant Energy%2C El Paso||0||2|DCForumID27
569|12/12/2001|00:07:38|arctiksounds|The Abolition of Work| Here is the thread I started the other day in LBN%2C and got it deleted %28let this be a lesson%21 %3A%29%29.  So now that I%27ve calmed down %3Asmoke%3A I%27ll copy and paste this up.%0D%0A%0D%0A %5B This is a typed-in version of Bob Black%27s 1985 essay%2C %22The Abolition of Work%22%2C which appeared in his anthology of essays%2C %22The Abolition of Work and Other Essays%22%2C published by Loompanics Unlimited%2C Port Townsend WA 98368 %5BISBN 0-915179-41-5%5D. The following disclaimer is reproduced from the verso of the title page%3A %22Not Copyrighted. Any of the material in this book may be freely reproduced%2C translated or adapted%2C even without mentioning the source.%22 Italicised material appears between asterisks. Typos are my own. Typed in by Kurt Cockrum%2C noted armchair theorist%2C anarcho-hedonist dilettante%2C curmudgeon-philosopher-king of himself and bon vivant%2C in||0||2|DCForumID27
568|12/11/2001|19:43:35|JCMach1|U.S. weekly retail sales slump in 1st week of December|BAD NEWS ON THE DEPRESSION WATCH%0D%0A-------------------------------------------------%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AU.S. weekly retail sales slump in 1st week of Dec%0D%0ABy Pedro Nicolaci da Costa%0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK%2C Dec 11 %28Reuters%29 - Retail sales at U.S. chain stores fell last week as Americans spent cautiously despite the upcoming holidays%2C dimming hopes that consumer spending could quickly lift the economy out of recession%2C two reports showed on Tuesday.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3CSNIP%3E%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbiz.yahoo.com%2Frf%2F011211%2Fn11426553_2.html%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Deserves it%21 I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give ||0||13|DCForumID27
567|12/11/2001|18:48:41|LibDem|Even MSNBC%27s business report concedes the GOP plan is a big giveaway|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F670382.asp%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C%3COne proposal to boost consumer spending calls for speeding up tax cuts that have already been spelled out in the %241.35 billion tax cut package enacted earlier this year. The House bill%2C for example%2C cuts the 27 percent rate to 25 percent next year%2C four years ahead of the original plan. Capital gains taxes would also be trimmed.%0D%0A       Democrats want to balance those cuts%2C which they say are skewed toward middle- and upper-income taxpayers%2C with increased unemployment and health benefits for laid-off workers. Those benefits would have a more immediate impact on consumers spending%2C according to Merrill Lynch senior economist Gerald D. Cohen.  %0D%0A%0D%0A        %94%28Raising%29 unemployment benefits gives you the biggest bang for your buck%2C%94 said Cohen. %93Those people are the most cash||0||10|DCForumID27
566|12/11/2001|15:14:52|dmtsd|ENRON EXECS SKIPPING THE COUNTRY%3F|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.excite.com%2Fnews%2Fap%2F011208%2F13%2Fenron%0D%0A%0D%0AGood stuff%0D%0A%0D%0AFastow buys ticket to Israel%3F  Good vacation spot right now.||2||21|DCForumID27
565|12/11/2001|15:41:22|playahata1|SEGREGATED BATHROOMS AT HALIBURTON|Got this off BuzzFlash. Xenophobia at its highest.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnow%2Fstory%2F0%2C1597%2C231940-412%2C00.shtml%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||3|DCForumID27
563|12/11/2001|13:22:51|rmpalmer|Hyatt Heirs screw taxpayers on S%26L failure|Yep%2C we poor hardworking taxpayers will get back far less than 50 cents on the dollar and these jerks get 15 years to pay it back. Another taxpayer outrage. %0D%0A%0D%0AQuestion - did we ever get anything back from Neil Bush and Silverado%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C here%27s the story and link on another bend over for we taxpayers%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Pritzkers%2C one of the nation%27s wealthiest families and heirs to the fortune created by the Hyatt hotels%2C agreed today to pay a record %24460 million to the federal government to avoid being punished for the failure of Superior Bank F.S.B.%2C the big savings and loan institution that regulators seized last summer.%0D%0A%0D%0AFederal officials said the payment%2C which will be spread out over 15 years%2C is the largest settlement ever in the failure of a banking institution. The failure itself is one of the largest in the last decade%2C one ||0||0|DCForumID27
562|12/11/2001|12:19:54|khephra|Laissez Not Fair by Krugman %28Enron and Argentina%29|Laissez Not Fair%0D%0A%0D%0Aast week the Web site SatireWire.com ran a mock news story%3A %22Enron Admits It%27s Really Argentina.%22 It was pretty funny%2C though quite unfair %97 unfair%2C that is%2C to Argentina. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd yet the satire was more on point than its authors realized. Not long ago Argentina%2C like Enron%2C was a darling of the financial community. And like Enron%2C Argentina was held up as a role model%2C to a large extent by the same people %97 Argentina%27s monetary system%2C in particular%2C was lauded in the pages of Forbes and The Wall Street Journal%2C and feted at libertarian think tanks.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhy did the same people tend to admire Enron and Argentina%3F Because in their different ways%2C both the company and the country tried to turn back the clock to 1913. Both were experiments testing the libertarian credo%3A that the great expansion in government%||0||3|DCForumID27
561|12/11/2001|08:44:14|spinbaby|600 Enron Employees Got Bonuses|Tuesday December 11%2C 8%3A16 am Eastern Time%0D%0A%0D%0A600 Enron Employees Got Bonuses%0D%0A%0D%0ANearly 600 Enron Employees Got More Than %24100 Million in Bonuses Last Month As Company Went Bankrupt%0D%0ABy KRISTEN HAYS %0D%0AAssociated Press Writer%0D%0A%0D%0AHOUSTON %28AP%29 -- Nearly 600 Enron Corp. %28NYSE%3AENE - news%29 employees deemed critical to running its prized energy trading business received more than %24100 million in bonuses last month as the company faced a merger and then bankruptcy.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile those payments may appear unseemly%2C they%27re legal and common%2C said Todd Zywicki%2C a law professor and bankruptcy expert at George Mason University.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28snip%29%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbiz.yahoo.com%2Fapf%2F011211%2Fenron_3.html||0||0|DCForumID27
560|12/11/2001|01:44:12|NNN0LHI|Job Losses Are Worst in 20 Years. Must be Clintons fault. Yea sure|WASHINGTON -- The nation%27s unemployment rate shot up to 5.7%25 in November as the job loss total for the last two months hit 800%2C000%2C the worst performance in more than two decades.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Labor Department report Friday showed just how devastating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were on the labor market%2C prompting huge layoffs across a wide swath of the U.S. economy%2C with airlines and other travel-related industries particularly hard-hit.%28snip%29%5Bp%5D...more...%5Bp%5D%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Fprintedition%2Ffront%2Fla-000097768dec09.story%3Fcoll%3Dla%252Dheadlines%252Dfrontpage||0||22|DCForumID27
559|12/10/2001|22:10:01|khephra|China joins the WTO - at last|China joins the WTO - at last%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter 15 years of struggle%2C China will finally become a fully-fledged member of the international trading system on 11 December. %0D%0A%0D%0AChina%27s formal membership comes exactly one month after the 142 members of the World Trade Organisation ratified its application at the world trade talks in Doha in the Gulf state of Qatar%2C and the Chinese government formally approved the deal. %0D%0A%0D%0ABut it comes after a long set of negotiations in which China has had to satisfy its trading partners%2C notably the United States and the European Union%2C that it was doing enough to open its economy to international competition. %0D%0A%0D%0AMORE.............%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fhi%2Fenglish%2Fbusiness%2Fnewsid_1702000%2F1702241.stm%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fkhep||0||0|DCForumID27
558|12/11/2001|00:54:18|TrogL|It must be getting really desperate down there|I was watching %5Bb%5DCanadian%5B%2Fb%5D TV last night and they repeated ran an add for what I have to assume is the US Airline industry.  They showed the front of a 747 with an aircrew standing in front of it.  They did %22quotes%22 from Dubya with voiceovers %28that didn%27t sound like him%29 of his begging for people to fly somewhere%2C anywhere.%0D%0A%0D%0AIs it really getting that bad that they have to beg Canadians to fly US carriers%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWe%27ve had our own problems.  Canada 3000%2C a charter airline trying to remake itself as a common carrier went noisily belly up about two weeks ago.  The Canadian government is dragging its heals on bailout packages to Air Canada because they want proof the low numbers are specifically caused by 9-11 and not a natural downturn in the economy with the burst of the tech bubble.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 fac||0||11|DCForumID27
557|12/11/2001|00:26:43|Sagan|Robert Reich on MSNBC last night..|%0D%0ASorry for the lateness of this%2C but I just remembered.%0D%0A%0D%0AI saw Robert Reich on some show on MSNBC last night.  It was a financial show with%2C mostly about stocks and stuff I think%2C with two very loud and aggressive hosts.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe interesting thing was that they both treated Reich with a lot of respect. They had him matched up against some eyepatch-wearing whacko from the Cato Institute who didn%27t make a lick of sense.%0D%0A%0D%0AReich dismantled him with simple logic.  One of the smartest things Reich said was that a tax cut slanted towards the wealthy was really silly if you want to pump money into the economy because wealthy people are already spending as much money as they want to%2C really.  There has to be an incentive to spend.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe pirate guy tried to argue with that logic%2C but the hosts pretty much just laughed at him.  All in all%2C a fun||0||2|DCForumID27
556|12/11/2001|00:14:08|Lithos|Unemployment estimated to average 6.7%25 next year.|For those out in the job market or those watching the market.%0D%0A%0D%0AOne of the VP%27s at the Dallas Reserve Bank gave a talk not too long ago and discussed the economic forecast for 2002.  Wish I had a link to share%2C but wanted to give the highlights.%0D%0A%0D%0A - Unemployment is to average 6.7%25 for next year.  Realize that we are at 5.7%25 at this time.  This implies that unemployment will probably exceed 7%25 at some point next year.  I am note sure if this includes people who fall off the unemployment benefits roll.  Part of the reason it is expected to rise is that many companies are now starting to see the benefit in productivity from all of the ERP and infrastructure projects they%27ve implemented and don%27t need the workers.  %0D%0A%0D%0ASomeone please jump in and comment about the 6.7%25 figure. I understand it is supposed to be the %22prime%22 target for a healthy eco||0||4|DCForumID27
555|12/11/2001|00:03:59|northzax|Of Course- ENRON is the Clinton%27s fault%21  %28op-ed%29|Richard Mellon Sciafe is at it again%21  This time his lapdogs in the %5Blink%3Awww.pittsburghlive.com%2Fx%2Fsearch%2Fs_7142.html%7CPittsburgh Tribune-Review.%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DClinton-Gore sales team eased Enron%27s path to success %5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ABy%3A Dateline D.C.%0D%0ASunday%2C December 9%2C 2001.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E  The so-called %22popular press%2C%22 in its usual searches for the clay feet with which they invest every well-known person%2C will now try to link Enron%27s present woes to the White House. Too bad%2C guys%2C you should have started investigating Enron%27s ties %28ties not links%29 in 1993 and onward to the sales team of Bill Clinton%2C Al Gore and Ron Brown... %0D%0A%0D%0A...In what seems to be eons ago%2C before Gov. Bill Clinton became president%2C the late%2C much loved and little lamented Ron Brown%0D%0Awas Clinton%27s good friend and a power bro||0||8|DCForumID27
554|12/10/2001|15:42:02|RoxanneJ|300%2C000 on bond having bail rescinded%21%21%21|2 insurance companies who issue bail bonds have been judged to be insolvent and all bonds issued by these two have been cancelled.%0D%0A%0D%0Aon CNN just now%2C looking for link%21%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||9|DCForumID27
553|12/10/2001|15:14:30|RoxanneJ|AJC%3A Deflation threatens to rear it%27s ugly head|Deflation is %27%27a creeping infection that moves from sector to sector in the economy%2C%27%27 said Donald Luskin%2C chief investment officer for Trend Macrolytics%2C a California consulting firm. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe %27%27infection%27%27 already has sickened many industries%2C sending prices to painfully low levels and squeezing profits. %27%27Deflation has been very cruel to farmers and very bad for the steel%2C copper and other commodity businesses%2C%27%27 Luskin said. %0D%0A%0D%0AMost mainstream economists say they do not see a deflationary cycle taking hold outside a relatively small number of industries --- yet. %0D%0A%0D%0A%27%27We don%27t have deflation. We%27re not there now%2C%27%27 said Janet Yellen%2C economics professor at the University of California at Berkeley and former chair of President Clinton%27s Council of Economic Advisers. %27%27But we shouldn%27t be too complacent||0||10|DCForumID27
584|12/13/2001|18:08:53|LibDem|The New Healthcare Crisis|snip%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C%3CIt took Washington a while to realize what was happening. Although policy wonks had been discussing the affordability of health insurance for years%2C politicians hadn%27t made a big deal out of it until late 1991. That%27s when an unheralded Pennsylvania Democrat%2C Harris Wofford%2C used the issue to defeat a heavily favored Republican in his bid for the U.S. Senate. Wofford%27s win catapulted health care to the top of the domestic political agenda. Soon both parties were promising ambitious government programs%3B even George Bush Sr. unveiled a proposal to give insurance to another 30 million or so people. By late 1993%2C when Bill Clinton formally introduced his own health care plan to Congress%2C few disputed one Republican senator%27s assessment that%2C %22We will pass a law next year.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AIt didn%27t happen%2C of course. And in part because the Cli||0||6|DCForumID27
583|12/13/2001|18:02:07|lucystone|Now Qwest%3A 7000 layoffs announced|How long before every new job created under Clinton%2FGore is gone%3F%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F672053.asp%3F0cm%3Dc31||0||8|DCForumID27
581|12/13/2001|16:38:27|KoKo01|New Head of Securities %26 Exchange%2C sees Gentler Aproach in Overseeing Financial Markets|Pitt%27s SEC faces first big test in Enron %0D%0A                      By Matt Andrejczak%2C CBS.MarketWatch.com%0D%0A                      Last Update%3A 1%3A53 PM ET Dec. 11%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A                     WASHINGTON %28CBS.MW%29 - It didn%27t take long for a high-profile enforcement case to land on%0D%0A                     the desk of Harvey Pitt%2C the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission.%0D%0A%0D%0A                     The collapse and bankruptcy of Enron --%0D%0A                     which has left thousands of its%0D%0A                     employees jobless%2C many 401K plans%0D%0A                     dissipated%2C and lawmakers in an uproar%0D%0A                     -- is the first big test case the agency%0D%0A                     has faced under Pitt%27s leadership. %0D%0A%0D%0A                  ........snip..............   %0D%0A                     %22N||0||1|DCForumID27
580|12/13/2001|12:45:20|lucystone|Aetna to slash 6000 jobs|The job losses mount and consumer spending is down. I think Bush%27s popularity will be going in the same direction.%0D%0A%0D%0AHow many of you belive the %22analysts%22 who say the recession will be over by the spring%2Fsummer%3F%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fap%2F20011213%2Fbs%2Faetna_jobs_3.html||0||4|DCForumID27
579|12/13/2001|11:28:23|Dabeddow|Auditor hints of %22illegal acts%22 at Enron|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA34904-2001Dec12.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AEnron Corp.%27s outside auditor said yesterday that %22illegal acts%22 may have been committed at the energy-trading company before it sought bankruptcy protection last week.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe chief executive of Arthur Andersen%2C the big accounting firm that approved years of financial statements that overstated Enron%27s profits and understated its debts%2C also said Andersen made %22an error in judgment%22 that accounted for %24103 million in overstated profits.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DThe typical brain-power of a repug%3A%0D%0A%22Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.%22---Ronald Reagan 1981%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||5|DCForumID27
578|12/13/2001|10:05:26|khephra|Slow Progress on Economy Irks Bush|Slow Progress on Economy Irks Bush%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Bush administration and Democrats groped for an elusive compromise Wednesday on economic stimulus legislation that would grant health and jobless benefits for victims of the recession and speed up income tax cuts for middle-income Americans. %0D%0A%0D%0AWith the White House willing to meet some Democratic demands on unemployment%2C sources said Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle had opened the door%2C slightly%2C to the Republican demand for accelerating income tax cuts. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60The president just cannot imagine that the Senate would leave town without addressing both those important priorities%2C%27%27 White House spokesman Ari Fleischer %28news - web sites%29 said as Republicans sought to pressure Daschle into compromise. %0D%0A%0D%0ADaschle%2C D-S.D.%2C said earlier Wednesday it would be %60%60almost impossible%27%27 for rank||0||19|DCForumID27
585|12/13/2001|19:11:29|khephra|Negotiators Agree on Jobless Plan|Negotiators Agree on Jobless Plan%0D%0A%0D%0ACongressional negotiators on an economic stimulus package tentatively agreed Thursday to key parts of an unemployment assistance plan and began tackling the more difficult issue of helping laid-off people afford health coverage. Tax cuts were left until later. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe bipartisan House-Senate group said the package would probably extend the 26-week unemployment benefit by an additional 13 weeks for workers who lost their jobs after March 15%2C when economists say the nation%27s recession began. President Bush %28news - web sites%29 made an identical proposal this week. %0D%0A%0D%0AParticipants said they were also near agreement on a proposal to use optional grants to states to help them provide jobless benefits to part-time workers who aren%27t otherwise covered. %0D%0A%0D%0AMORE...............%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.co||0||0|DCForumID27
610|12/20/2001|01:57:56|texasleo|Venezuela%27s President Threatens to Nationalize Banks |http%3A%2F%2Fap.tbo.com%2Fap%2Fbreaking%2FMGACVML6AVC.html%0D%0A%0D%0A--snip--%0D%0A%0D%0ACARACAS%2C Venezuela %28AP%29 - President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to nationalize banks that fail to observe legislation requiring them to lend at least 15 percent of their loan portfolio to small farmers. %0D%0A%22We can nationalize any bank that does not observe the law%2C%22 Chavez said in a speech in Venezuela%27s National Assembly. %22Not only can we nationalize any bank%2C any banker that does not abide by the law could go to jail.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ALast month%2C Chavez%27 government used %22fast-track%22 legislative powers to decree 49 laws affecting industries from oil to agriculture. %0D%0A%0D%0AUnder the new legislation%2C banks must lend at least 15 percent%2C rather than the previous 8 percent%2C of their portfolios to poor farmers in need of credit. %0D%0A%0D%0A--more---||0||29|DCForumID27
621|12/18/2001|11:51:05|khephra|Lobby Groups Find Congress in Giving Mood|Lobby Groups Find Congress in Giving Mood%0D%0A%0D%0ACongress is dispensing last-minute legislative favors before it adjourns for the year%2C and lobbyists for special interests have lined up with a long list of requests%2C some of which raise major questions about the proper role of government in a weak economy.%0D%0A%0D%0AFlight schools%2C skydiving companies%2C manufacturers of small aircraft and operators of small airports are seeking a %247.5 billion package of grants and loans to compensate them for business lost since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. A House subcommittee approved the legislation%2C the General Aviation Reparations Act%2C last week.%0D%0A%0D%0AShipbuilders%2C having just won an increase in the federal subsidies that President Bush tried to abolish%2C are now asking Congress to defer income taxes they owe on payments for the building of Navy ships. %0D%0A%0D%0ANot||0||3|DCForumID27
620|12/17/2001|23:47:44|Dabeddow|Repugs eyeball moderate Dems as stimulus negotiations stand deadlocked|http%3A%2F%2Fap.tbo.com%2Fap%2Fbreaking%2FMGATSPDRCVC.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0ARepublicans sought support Monday from moderate Senate Democrats in a last-gasp attempt at crafting a bipartisan economic stimulus bill. President Bush worked the telephones while GOP leaders considered putting a new package to a House vote. %0D%0AWith Congress itching to leave town for the year%2C House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas%2C R-Calif.%2C was drafting legislation likely to combine GOP tax cuts for individuals and businesses with the Democrats%27 13-week extension of unemployment benefits and a tax credit to help jobless people buy health insurance. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||2|DCForumID27
619|12/17/2001|12:26:27|jesseberney|Stimulus schmimulus |Here%27s an idea%3A build stuff%0D%0A  16 December 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A  --------------------------------%0D%0A  Wage Slave Journal%0D%0A  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wage-slave.org%2F%0D%0A  --------------------------------%0D%0A%0D%0A  Republicans want to pass a stimulus package that will give tax cuts %28and%0D%0A  enormous tax refunds%29 to big corporations. They believe this will%0D%0A  encourage investment and job growth.%0D%0A%0D%0A  Democrats want to pass a stimulus package that will extend unemployment%0D%0A  benefits. They believe this will stimulate consumer spending and boost%0D%0A  the economy.%0D%0A%0D%0A  Neither party is doing anything that will come close to stimulating the %0D%0A  economy.%0D%0A%0D%0A  The Republicans in the House passed a bill that would retroactively%0D%0A  eliminate the corporate Alternative Minimum Tax%2C enacted in 1986 to make%0D%0A  sure that big%2C profitable ||0||0|DCForumID27
618|12/17/2001|14:00:01|khephra|Democrats%2C Republicans Trade Barbs|Democrats%2C Republicans Trade Barbs%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Senate%27s Democratic leader said Sunday there is an even chance of a compromise this week on legislation to stimulate the struggling economy%2C while President Bush%27s budget director said %22there%27s a deal in there somewhere%22 being held up by politics. %0D%0A%0D%0ACongressional leaders from both parties spoke of the need for action%2C then accused the other side of stalling for political gain and jeopardizing the chance of any bill passing before year%27s end. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%27ve been at that table now for two weeks%2C%22 said House Majority Leader Dick Armey%2C R-Texas. %22I haven%27t seen one item where the Democrats have said%2C %60Yes%2C we will now accept some of your priorities.%27%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ADenying the Republicans%27 claim that they had made all the concessions%2C Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle%2C D-S.D.%2C said||0||11|DCForumID27
617|12/17/2001|12:28:12|rmpalmer|401k%27s Stumbling - Maybe this will get the sheep%27s attention|From US News and World Report%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe 401%28k%29 turned 20 this year and received a chorus of accolades. The company-sponsored retirement plan transformed America into an investor nation%2C democratized Wall Street%2C and made millionaires out of working stiffs. The %241.8 trillion held in 401%28k%29 accounts by 42 million investors provided the fuel for the %2790s bull market.%0D%0A  %0D%0ABut with the market itself having suffered a reversal of fortune%2C the 401%28k%29 is losing its luster. Workers who once viewed 401%28k%29%27s as a smooth pathway to a secure financial future now find their retirement plans under siege on several fronts. Even proponents of the plans are calling for a fresh look at the savings system. Meanwhile%2C to cut costs%2C companies are backtracking on promises made to workers%3A %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.usnews.com%2Fusnews%2Fissue%2F011224%2Fbizt||0||3|DCForumID27
616|12/17/2001|00:44:46|rene moon|Unemployment sucks...|Hello all...%0D%0A%0D%0AI usually lurk and do not write often.  But is it a cold%2C rainy%2C 40 degree afternoon here in AZ %28yes%2C it does get cold here%29 and the gloominess has prompted me to write.%0D%0A%0D%0AI have been unemployed four about 3 1%2F2 months now.  I was laided off on September 7 and trying to find a job since then has been horrible.  I have even tried to get ajob doing holiday help but that has not gone well either.  I can%27t even get a job at the mall%21%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0AI have gone thorough my measly severance pay and I am living off unemployment.  It barely covers the bills.  With all the layoffs going on%2C I wonder how hard it will be to find a job within the next few months.  %0D%0A%0D%0AI am 27 and this has put me into a major depression.  Has this happened to anyone else%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI am sorry if this has depressed anyone...I guess I am feeling sorry for ||1||21|DCForumID27
615|12/16/2001|20:54:42|susu369|Duke Power - Did not mean to mislead regulators|Nah - no way%2C Hosea%2C would a huge corporation mislead anyone.%0D%0A%0D%0AInternal Documents Lead to More Scrutiny of Duke Power%0D%0AThe Associated Press %0D%0APublished%3A Dec 16%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0ACHARLOTTE%2C N.C. %28AP%29 - Duke Power Co. documents show the electric utility may have developed an accounting strategy to avoid exceeding its profits limit and being forced to cut rates for 2 million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina. %0D%0AIn a story reported by The Charlotte Observer Saturday%2C Duke Power said it made 14 accounting changes and four were mistakes%2C but that it never intended to mislead regulators. The regulated public utility is a subsidiary of Charlotte-based Duke Energy Corp. and supplies power to about 1.5 million customers in North Carolina and 500%2C000 in South Carolina. %0D%0A--snip--%0D%0A%0D%0ALast summer%2C an employee whistle-blower notified ||0||10|DCForumID27
614|12/16/2001|15:21:22|rmpalmer|Bush economic downturn one of broadest ever|Love the new word here for Bush%27s economy - Enronomics - well folks it%27s hitting everyone - blue and red states alike. Good article in Business section of NY Times%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahe nation%27s first economic downturn in 10 years began%2C like many of its predecessors%2C with a drop in factory orders along the manufacturing spine that runs from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. By early this year%2C the slump had spread to the technology cubicles of Silicon Valley and elsewhere%2C courtesy of the deflation of the Internet bubble.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut in the three months since Sept. 11%2C the recession%27s narrow early focus has been lost. The downturn has quickly become one of the broadest on record.%0D%0A%0D%0AEvery large industry%2C save health care and housing%2C is shrinking. Almost every state is losing jobs. Unemployment has risen for nearly every group%2C climbing most sharply fo||2||40|DCForumID27
613|12/16/2001|13:38:50|RoxanneJ|Feds Plan %246 Billion Bailout to Tech Company|Why is the federal government planning to pay a bankrupt cellular communications company %246 billion%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s the question some on Capitol Hill are asking as Congress mulls whether to give NextWave Telecom Inc. the bailout.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn 1996%2C NextWave Telecom purchased 63 wireless licenses for %244.7 billion at a government auction. Two years later%2C having paid only %24500 million downpayment%2C the company went bankrupt.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Federal Communications Commission seized the wireless licenses for nonpayment and prepared to put them back on the auction block. But NextWave took the agency to court%2C and won. %0D%0A%0D%0ATo settle the matter and free up those wireless blocks%2C the government is ready to pay the company %97 which never signed up a single new customer %97 nearly %246 billion.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fabc%2F20011211%2Fpl%2Fn||0||5|DCForumID27
612|12/16/2001|12:41:11|BradMajors|NYT%3A Government fiddles while economy burns|December 16%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0AGovernment Fiddles and the Economy Burns%0D%0ABy RICHARD W. STEVENSON%0D%0A %0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F12%2F16%2Fweekinreview%2F16STEV.html%0D%0A %0D%0AWASHINGTON%0D%0A%22IN the real world%2C as this recently fat and happy nation has learned once again%2C the economy can change with distressing speed. Hundreds of thousands of jobs disappear in a month. Confidence %97 and stock market gains %97 evaporate in a blink. Companies whose strategies appeared brilliant are exposed as overreaching%2C or even fraudulent%2C the moment times get tough.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the political economy%2C however%2C nothing ever seems to change. Republicans insist that%2C whatever the question%2C the answer is tax cuts....%0D%0A%0D%0ABut though they may run at different speeds%2C politics and the economy are inextricably intertwined. And as they confront this downturn||0||3|DCForumID27
611|12/16/2001|09:49:08|khephra|Enron Board Comes Under a Storm of Criticism %28Sunday NYT%29|Enron Board Comes Under a Storm of Criticism%0D%0A%0D%0AAll may not be forgiven. In the clubby world of corporate boardrooms%2C outside directors are rarely held responsible for what befalls their companies. But as more questions emerge over the board%27s independence and role in the collapse of Enron %28news%2Fquote%29%2C the outsiders who were Enron directors are coming under sharp criticism. And doubts are increasing over whether they will ever be named to other boards. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22The directors of Enron are going to carry this stigma with them%2C%22 said Patrick McGurn%2C a vice president at Institutional Shareholder Services%2C which advises large investors about proxy issues. %22Usually the directors get a free ride when things melt down.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat makes the Enron case different%2C Mr. McGurn said%2C is how %22sudden and final%22 the company%27s fall was for its shareho||0||5|DCForumID27
609|12/16/2001|00:06:28|khephra|White House ready to delay strike at United|White House ready to delay strike at United%0D%0A%0D%0AThe White House threatened Friday to stop a possible walkout by United Airlines mechanics%2C who have authorized a strike as early as next week. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhite House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters President Bush is prepared to create a mediation board%2C a move which would delay a strike for up to 60 days. The White House believes a board could help both sides agree to a new labor contract. %0D%0A%0D%0AFor the first 30 days%2C the board would investigate and then make recommendations. Both sides would have the following 30 days to consider the recommendations. Neither side would be bound to accept them. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to strike if no deal is reached when the current 30-day cooling-off period ends December 21 at 12%3A01 a.m. %0D%0A%||0||8|DCForumID27
608|12/15/2001|23:43:48|Tashtego|Fortune mag wonders if someone%27s going to jail%3F|Will either the House or Senate dig deep enough to uncover who the investors were in the off-Balance Sheet partnerships used to hide Enron%27s debt%3F  Who will wind up being Enron%27s Bill Casy%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.fortune.com%2Findexw.jhtml%3Fchannel%3Dartcol.jhtml%26doc_id%3D205595%0D%0A%0D%0A||3||36|DCForumID27
607|12/15/2001|20:19:16|CatWoman|U.S. Companies Shed 800%2C000 Jobs in Two Months| WSWS %3A News %26 Analysis %3A North America%0D%0A%0D%0AUS companies shed 800%2C000 jobs in two months%0D%0ARetail sales drop a record 3.7 percent%0D%0ABy David Walsh%0D%0A15 December 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ARetail sales dropped by a record 3.7 percent in the US in November%2C led by an 11.9 percent plunge in auto sales. The large declines followed big increases in October%2C when consumers responded to free financing offers from the automakers. Excluding the wide swings in auto sales%2C retail sales were still weak in November%2C dropping by 0.5 percent.%0D%0A%0D%0AFueling the drop in spending has been the loss of some 800%2C000 jobs in the past two months through layoffs%2C as the US economy officially entered into recession for the first time since 1990-91. There have been more than 1.6 million layoffs so far in 2001. The number of job cuts carried out by individual corporations this y||0||3|DCForumID27
606|12/15/2001|20:15:09|khephra|Bush%3A Economic Bill Could Save Jobs|Bush%3A Economic Bill Could Save Jobs%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush said Saturday that 300%2C000 jobs could be saved if Congress quickly reaches compromise on legislation to bolster the sagging economy. Negotiations between Republicans and Democrats resumed%2C but time was growing short for an agreement. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is really hard because the lines are drawn so deeply by both sides%2C%22 said Sen. Max Baucus%2C chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. %22At this point%2C it%27s dicey.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ABaucus%2C D-Mont.%2C met behind closed doors with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas%2C R-Calif.%2C to explore options. The president and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle took to the radio to stress the need for Congress to address the nation%27s economic ills before lawmakers leave for the year. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn his weekly address%2C Bush cited a report by his economic ||0||5|DCForumID27
605|12/15/2001|20:13:35|gasperc|Boeing to cut 25%2C000 to 30%2C000 jobs%2C oh and Merry Christmas|Gee%2C this is BEFORE Christmas%2C wait till we ring in the New Year%2C Enronomics here we go.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0ABoeing%27s commercial jet chief%2C Alan Mulally%2C defended the cuts on a Seattle talk radio program%2C telling angry callers the reductions would keep the company nimble as it halves production of airliners. %0D%0A%60%60Right now%2C our best projection is that we are going to have to reduce our team by 25%2C000 to 30%2C000 by the middle of next year%2C%27%27 Mulally said when asked how many layoffs would be made.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fnm%2F20011214%2Fbs%2Ftransport_boeing_layoffs_dc_2.html||0||30|DCForumID27
604|12/15/2001|18:49:06|khephra|Lawmakers Slip Farther Apart on Economic Recovery Deal|Lawmakers Slip Farther Apart on Economic Recovery Deal%0D%0A%0D%0ATalks in Congress over an economic recovery package stalled today after the chief Republican negotiator asked for more sweeping income tax cuts than the Bush administration is seeking.%0D%0A%0D%0AParticipants in the talks said the negotiator%2C Representative Bill Thomas of California%2C who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee%2C sought to persuade Democrats to speed up planned reductions in income tax rates for upper- income brackets as well as for middle-income people. %0D%0A%0D%0APresident Bush had proposed this week that the income tax cuts be limited to accelerating a planned reduction in the current 27 percent rate to 25 percent%2C a change that would apply to individuals with taxable income starting at %2427%2C950 and couples starting at %2446%2C700.%0D%0A%0D%0AMr. Thomas also continued to press for a ||0||2|DCForumID27
603|12/15/2001|13:56:39|joanski0|Bush Blasts Senate on Stimulus|%0D%0A%0D%0A  %0D%0ABush blasts Senate on stimulus %0D%0A %0D%0ADaschle thinks %93trickle-down%94 policies aren%92t enough help %0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0AASSOCIATED PRESS %0D%0A %0D%0AWASHINGTON%2C Dec. 15 %97 President Bush argued Saturday that 300%2C000 potential new jobs will be lost if the Senate won%92t approve his business investment incentives. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle%2C D-S.D.%2C countered that unemployed Americans need direct help%2C not %93trickle-down%94 tax cuts. %0D%0A %0D%0A%28much more%29%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F671134.asp%0D%0A          %0D%0A         %0D%0A||0||6|DCForumID27
602|12/15/2001|13:20:08|bleedingheart|CNN - Some Economists say Recession ending%3F%3F%3F|I was at my Toyota dealership having my car maintained when I caught a story on CNN about how the Recession is ending and that things are looking rosier%3F%3F%3F%3F   They didn%27t name any key people who stand behind this but I think this is a lame attempt at trying to boost confidence after Bush Inc. has done a great job of putting the economy in the shitter.%0D%0A%0D%0ADid anyone else catch this story%3F||0||29|DCForumID27
596|12/17/2001|09:50:54|CheshireCat|Salon%3A %22The Enron Outrage %22|I realize that those of you who do not have a subscription to Salon will not be able to link%2C but so many DUer%27s subscribe that I decided to post anyway.  Besides%2C this is a great article for those who did not follow the life of ENRON. %0D%0A%0D%0AObviously%2C ENRON created an image for itself as a revolutionary company that offered %22power to the people%22 and better service and cheaper prices with deregulation. Nevermind if deregulation could only be gotten thru twisting arms %28 and legs %29%2C threats%2C and payoffs. %0D%0A%0D%0ATo quote a California Public Utilities commissioner%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DPerhaps the real theological lesson to be learned from all this is the simple statement of relief uttered by a California Public Utilities commissioner when he learned of the great conglomerate%27s destruction%3A %22There is a God.%22 %5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AOK people%2C here it is.||0||10|DCForumID27
598|12/17/2001|09:50:00|KoKo01|Salon Article %22Does the Job%22 on Outrage of Enron %28History of Hype%29|If you want to know what Enron was really all about this Salon article is the best expose of the whole rotten thing.  If this doesn%27t bring about campaign finance reform and an outcry against deregulation%2C I don%27t know if our capitalist system will survive. %0D%0AA really Great read%21%21%21 Long article..%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2Fpolitics%2Ffeature%2F2001%2F12%2F14%2Fenron%2Fprint.html%0D%0A%0D%0A............snip...............%0D%0A%0D%0AEnron CEO Kenneth Lay was a donor to the campaigns and a partner in the golf games of President Clinton%2C whose%0D%0Aadministration vigorously pushed Enron%27s various foreign initiatives. Enron gave generously to House Majority Whip Tom%0D%0ADelay%2C R-Texas%2C who thoughtfully introduced an electricity deregulation bill. The company%2C of course%2C was largely responsible%0D%0Afor the grooming of George W. Bush as a national fig|on|0||5|DCForumID27
601|12/15/2001|19:32:15|CHICAGODEMOCRAT|A Christmas Carol|Let%27s play a game and rewrite %22A Christmas Carrol%22 by Dickens featuring George W. Bush as scrooge.%0D%0A%0D%0AScene 1%0D%0A%0D%0AThe ghost of christmas past %0D%0A%0D%0A%28Georgie in school drunk and high on coke%2C going awol%2C making his girlfriend have an abortion%2C Karla Faye Tucker and his laughing at her eyes popping out when she was being executed%2C stealing an election%2C etc.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AScene 2%0D%0A%0D%0AThe ghost of christmas present%0D%0A%0D%0A%28George W rewriting the constitution%2C taking away benefits for unemployed workers%2C making the poor poorer%2C people in the streets because of his program cuts%2C innocent people being killed because of his lies%2C etc.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AScene 3%0D%0A%0D%0AThe ghost of christmas future%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Blackness all around%2C smoke everywhere%2C no electricity%2C war%2C death%2C distruction%2C hell on earth.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%||0||0|DCForumID27
600|12/15/2001|13:36:21|absynthe|Suppose we are wrong%3F|I was waiting for my catfish sandwich for lunch today and I was standing at the counter going through Money magazine.  I don%27t usually peruse Money%2C but there was an interview with a real estate fund manager.  He was going on about how GREAT the economy was going to be after the tax cuts and how it was going to be a real problem for the fed to control inflation this time next year so he thought the problem in the future would not be the depression that I feel to be coming but tight money policy at the fed that would hold back the ENORMOUS stimulus the Bush tax cut was going to bring.%0D%0A%0D%0AI know he has an agenda and scaring people out of his fund has NO place in money magazine.  I was laughing at the idea.  Then I thought %22Suppose%2C I am wrong and it turns out all those Supply Siders were on to something.%22  How would you feel if America just turned into a capitalist paradi||1||29|DCForumID27
599|12/14/2001|21:04:38|khephra|Bush To Reverse Clinton Rule On Tax Credits For Business Research|Rules Proposed on Research Tax Credit%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Bush administration on Friday proposed new regulations to govern tax credits that businesses can receive for supporting research. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe regulations would reverse a controversial tax rule put forward by the Clinton administration last January that business groups criticized as being too restrictive in defining what types of research could qualify for the tax credits. %0D%0A%0D%0ATreasury Secretary Paul O%27Neill froze the previous regulations after taking office and promised to review the complaints lodged by business groups. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe proposed rules unveiled on Friday represent the Bush team%27s answer to the earlier complaints. The new rules would eliminate an unpopular provision in the Clinton rules known as the %22discovery test.%22 Business groups complained that the discovery rule would have represented a major roa||0||0|DCForumID27
597|12/14/2001|23:04:48|CatWoman|Rep. Waxman wants your input on Enron Corp.  Kn ow anything%3F|%5Bb%5DAt the direction of Rep. Henry A. Waxman%2C the Special Investigations Division of the Committee%27s minority staff is investigating allegations of misconduct at Enron Corp.%2C including fraud%2C mismanagement%2C self-dealing%2C and improper political activities. %5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.house.gov%2Freform%2Fmin%2Fenron_tip.htm%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Bb%5DNo one can make you feel inferior without your permission -- Eleanor Roosevelt%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DRestore Gore in 2004%5B%2Fb%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||3|DCForumID27
595|12/14/2001|17:13:26|RoscoeNOBUSH|Ken Lay of Enron will be Bush%27s Monica Lewinsky.........|Lets review...........%28compiled from dozens of news sources%29%0D%0A%0D%0AEnron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a last-ditch buyout by rival Dynegy Inc. %28who is actually trying to get the hearings switched from NY to Houston%2C boggles the mind doesn%27t it%29 fell through%2C capping off a stunning corporate collapse that began in October with the disclosure that questionable business deals had been done with outside partnerships run by company executives%2C along with fraudulent certification by Enron%27s %22independent%22 audit firm in %22cooking the books%22 and overstating Enron%27s profits for the last 3 years. Attorneys for a bank suing Enron Corp. asked a federal judge to freeze %241.1 billion in assets belonging to Enron executives on grounds they could flee the country with the money. IT WAS REPORTED former Enron chief executive Jeff Skilling%2C who resigned in August ||1||46|DCForumID27
564|12/16/2001|07:07:32|RoxanneJ|AJC%3A Bankruptcies up 29%25 in November|The number of bankruptcy filings in metro Atlanta soared 29 percent in November from a year ago. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ABankruptcy filings%2C already on the rise over the past decade%2C are accelerating with the recession. That%27s true in Atlanta and nationwide.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22All the indicators are that it will continue at this pace%2C if not get worse%2C%22 said Jack Williams%2C resident scholar at the American Bankruptcy Institute and a professor at Georgia State University%27s law school.%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip....%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessatlanta.com%2Fajc%2Fbusiness%2F1210bankruptcy.html%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||3|DCForumID27
594|12/14/2001|16:52:19|IrateCitizen|A NEW GIANT SUCKING SOUND -- from The Nation|%5Bb%5DA NEW GIANT SUCKING SOUND%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0Aby William Greider  %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe %22giant sucking sound%22 Ross Perot used to talk about is back%2C only this time it is not Mexico sucking away American jobs. It is China sucking away Mexico%27s jobs. And jobs from Taiwan and South Korea%2C Singapore and Thailand%2C Central and South America%2C and even from Japan. Globalization is entering a fateful new stage%2C in which the competitive perils intensify for the low-wage developing countries much like the continuing pressures on high-wage manufacturing workers in the United States and other advanced economies. In the %22race to the bottom%2C%22 China is defining the new bottom. %0D%0A %0D%0AThis turn of events is difficult to see against the gathering threat of global recession%2C but in the long run it will be more meaningful. As one economy after another sinks into contraction%2||0||4|DCForumID27
582|12/16/2001|04:54:20|cap|Boat Brokerage reports hot market in luxury boats|I live near Annapolis and stopped in one of the brokerages to chew the fat.  He said the bottom end of the market has collapses but the high end is doing well.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe rich are not hurting from this recession.  Instead of putting their money in a small company %28that would create jobs%29 they are putting it in luxury items.||0||1|
593|12/14/2001|16:37:44|Shadoobie|How is your state coping%3F|In Kentucky%2C the Governor asked all state offices%2C except education%2C to make cuts in their budgets for this past fiscal year.  The Governor is very pro-education and did not want to make any cuts unless it was absolutely necessary.  At my university%2C we made plans for a 2%25 cut%2C just in case%2C with the possibility that the funds would be returned in May 2002.  Well%2C I just found out that those funds are gone.  Even worse%2C the Governor has asked us to make budget plans for next year to include cuts of 2.9%25%2C 4.5%25 and%2C gulp%2C 8.5%25.  We can squeeze out 2.9%25.  4.5%25 means cut in administrative staff.  8.5%25 means cutting untenured faculty %28damn%21%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AWith the national economy is sinking faster than a mafia hit wearing cement shoes%2C I was wondering how other states are being affected.  Have you been personally affected by state budgetary problems%||0||15|DCForumID27
592|12/14/2001|13:35:15|RoxanneJ|BellSouth cutting 1%2C200 more jobs - for 4%2C200 total|BellSouth Corp. plans to eliminate 1%2C200 technical jobs in the Southeast%2C including 80 in the metro Atlanta area%2C according to the Communications Workers of America.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe union told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that it was notified by the company late Thursday. The cuts are in addition to 3%2C000 jobs BellSouth was already eliminating. Company officials refused to comment Thursday.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessatlanta.com%2Fajc%2Fbusiness%2F1213bellcuts.html%0D%0A%0D%0A---------------%0D%0ACould someone tell me where this economic recovery in 2002 is supposed to come from when we continue to get layoff numbers on an hourly basis%3F%3F%3F%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||8|DCForumID27
591|12/14/2001|11:23:54|RoxanneJ|Power firms in bind after Enron%27s fall|%22If there is a bar that has been raised%2C the investors and the marketplace have raised the bar. There is a crisis of confidence that is keeping the companies from the capital markets.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AHowever%2C Fitch acknowledged that it is applying more scrutiny to the companies it reviews.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We are looking at all these energy companies and reviewing how much of their off-balance-sheet structures should be added to the balance sheet%2C%22 said Eileen Fahey%2C senior director of Fitch Financial Institutions in Chicago. %22We are tearing each of the 10Ks and the 10Qs apart and comparing one to the other to see what they are really saying%2C and if that is what they mean to say.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AMeanwhile%2C other independent power producers%2C including Calpine Corp.%2C which%2C unlike Enron%2C has many physical power-generating assets%2C have found that their stocks have been ||0||0|DCForumID27
590|12/14/2001|09:41:20|khephra|American Express to Eliminate Jobs|American Express to Eliminate Jobs%0D%0A%0D%0AFinancial giant American Express%2C hit hard by the drop in travel following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center%2C said Wednesday it would eliminate 5%2C500 to 6%2C500 jobs at a cost of %24240 million to %24280 million in severance fees and other restructuring charges in the fourth quarter. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe company%2C which is headquartered in New York%2C also warned that its earnings in the October-December period were likely to be in a range of 34 cents to 36 cents%2C below the 40 cents expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial-First Call and considerably less than the 50 cents recorded a year earlier. %0D%0A%0D%0AShares of American Express were off %241.57%2C or 4 percent%2C to %2432.69 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe latest layoffs come on top of 7%2C700 cuts previously announced this||0||17|DCForumID27
589|12/14/2001|07:16:29|hatrack|Pacific Northwest leading the way down|%22High-Tech States Now Lead Nation in Joblessness%22%0D%0A%0D%0ABy SAM HOWE VERHOVEK%0D%0A%0D%0AGRESHAM%2C Ore.%2C Dec. 12 - %0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0A%22On a percentage basis Oregon has lost more jobs than any other state in the past year%2C according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics%2C and its unemployment rate%2C at 6.5 percent%2C is now the second highest in the nation - surpassed only by its next-door neighbor%2C Washington State%2C at 6.6 percent.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe number of Oregonians receiving food stamps jumped 32 percent in September%2C compared with the same month a year ago%2C the biggest year-to-year increase since 1974.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile Fujitsu is pulling an entire plant out of Oregon%2C other high-tech companies%2C including Intel%2C TriQuint Semiconductor and Mitsubishi Silicon America%2C have all announced cutbacks at plants here.%0D%0A%0D%0AHeav||2||32|DCForumID27
588|12/14/2001|01:23:56|Ramsey|Can our resident economists weigh in...|This is a quote I lifted from a LBN item%2C from Paul O%27Neill%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AIn a letter sent Tuesday to congressional leaders%2C Treasury Secretary Paul O%27Neill said the current debt limit of %245.95 billion could be reached as soon as February of next year. %0D%0A%0D%0AAs recently as August%2C the administration projected that the current borrowing limit would not be reached until September 2003. O%27Neill blamed the worsening debt picture on the terrorist attacks. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22In the wake of the tragic terrorist attacks on Sept. 11%2C related disaster recovery and assistance efforts%2C the ongoing war on terrorism and resulting negative effects on the economy%2C the administration now projects the statutory debt ceiling ... may be reached as soon as February 2002%2C%22 O%27Neill said in his letter. %0D%0A%0D%0ADemocrats countered that O%27Neill had failed to mention the impact th||0||10|DCForumID27
587|12/14/2001|02:28:52|ender|the numbers are in - we%27re in deep economic shit|http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2001%2F12%2F13%2Fmarkets%2Fstockswatch%2F%0D%0A%0D%0A---snip---%0D%0ANEW YORK %28CNN%2FMoney%29 - Consumer spending tumbled                 going into the holiday shopping season%2C according to a report%0D%0Athat may further unnerve investors early Thursday following%0D%0Aanother sales and bottom line warning from Lucent%0D%0ATechnologies.%0D%0A---...---%0D%0AA slowdown in auto sales sent retail sales tumbling 3.7 percent%0D%0Ain November. That%27s well below the expectations of economists%0D%0Asurveyed by Briefing.com%2C who expected a 3.1 percent drop.%0D%0A---...---%0D%0A%0D%0ASeparately%2C inflation remained non-existent. The Producer Price%0D%0AIndex fell 0.6 percent in November%2C a bigger decline than the%0D%0A0.4 percent drop forecast%0D%0A---end of snips---%0D%0A%0D%0A%2Acough%2A thats deflation.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%22||1||38|DCForumID27
586|12/15/2001|06:13:22|Thankfully_in_Britain|Globalization %26 The Divided Left|Very interesting article from the UK New Statesman about the debate on Globalization. The authour is quite clearly on the side of globalization but the article is still undoubtedly correct in saying that there is a distinct divide on the left regarding this issue. %0D%0A%0D%0APersonally I am very much pro-globalization. I am in strongly in favour of free migration for one thing. I am also equally pro-free trade. I support not just tariff reduction but also reform of the WTO in order to make that organization more open and accountable and also to to ensure that the rules of free trade are made on a more equal basis. %0D%0A%0D%0APlease feel free to nail your colours to the pro or anti-globalization mast and to dissect this little article. %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.consider.net%2Fforum_new.php3%3FnewTemplate%3DOpenObject%26newTop%3D200112100009%26newDisplayURN%3D200112100009%0D%0A%0D%0AP||0||58|DCForumID27
622|12/20/2001|08:44:12|realFedUp|U.S. taxpayers are bankrolling Olympics|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miami.com%2Fherald%2Fcontent%2Fopinion%2Fopcol%2Fdigdocs%2F069355.htm%0D%0A%0D%0ACARL HIAASEN%0D%0A%0D%0AUtah developers win the Winter Olympics%0D%0A%0D%0AIt seemed nervy of Florida Marlins owner John Henry to seek %24320 million in public funds for a new baseball stadium in Miami%2C a scheme that fizzled for lack of support. %0D%0AYet it turns out that Henry is a small-timer in the high-stakes game of sports boondoggling. The world champs are in Utah%2C which has devolved into a welfare state of Olympian proportions. %0D%0A%0D%0ATo bankroll the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City%2C American taxpayers are shelling out %241.5 billion -- that%27s a b%2C as in brazen ripoff. %0D%0A%0D%0A%28I hope we get an autographed photo of Orrin in front of his chickencoop for this much money%29%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||2|DCForumID27
637|12/19/2001|19:12:55|hatrack|Hey gang%21  Guess what%21  12%2C600 MORE layoffs%21|NEW YORK - Dec. 18 - %22General Electric Co. Chief Executive Jeff Immelt on Tuesday said the company is in the process of cutting 3%2C000 jobs at GE Capital amid a restructuring of some businesses within its financial segment.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0AGE Capital%2C the company%27s largest segment%2C has also added 1%2C000 bill collectors to its work force%2C Immelt said.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I liked that last bit%2C didn%27t you%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F674712.asp%3F0nm%3DC1BQ%0D%0A%0D%0ACHICAGO%2C Dec. 18 - %22Motorola Inc. announced Tuesday it is cutting another 9%2C400 jobs%2C or more than 8 percent of its work force%2C in a push to return to profitability in 2002.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F674769.asp%3F0nm%3DB12Q%0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t forget to get out and do your patriotic shopping%2C y%27all hear%3F||0||25|DCForumID27
636|12/19/2001|18:54:38|FDRLincoln|Economic Indicators Up%2C but look at the details|%0D%0AReuters article snipped from AOL%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK %28Dec. 19%29 - A key gauge of U.S. economic activity rose for the second consecutive month in November%2C suggesting that the worst of the economic downturn is over%2C a private research firm said Wednesday.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe New York-based Conference Board reported its Index of Leading Economic Indicators moved up a better-than-expected 0.5 percent last month to 109.7 following a revised 0.1 percent increase in October. Analysts had forecast a 0.3 percent gain.%0D%0A%0D%0A%27%27The recession is not getting more intense%2C%27%27 said Conference Board economist Michael Fort. %27%27These increases bring the level of this series back to where it was in August.%27%27%0D%0A%0D%0AThe improvement in the index in October and November indicated that the economic fallout from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington had f||0||3|DCForumID27
635|12/19/2001|18:46:51|khephra|Looting erupts near Buenos Aires |Looting erupts near Buenos Aires as economic crisis feeds growing hunger%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0APolice fired tear gas and rubber bullets at 2%2C000 looters who wrenched open store gates and shattered shop windows near Buenos Aires as anger over a deep economic crisis boiled over. %0D%0ATelevision images showed the looters emptying dozens of shops of everything from food and soft drinks to clothing and shoes as trash fires burned outside. Ladies with shopping bags picked up goods scattered on the streets. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe latest unrest came after a weekend of scattered supermarket lootings in cities across the country. Argentines are desperate after four years of recession that has pushed unemployment above 18 percent. The government also has partially frozen accounts to halt a run on the banks. %0D%0A%0D%0AHundreds of people%2C some shouting against the austerity imposed by the government of Pr||0||15|DCForumID27
634|12/19/2001|15:28:58|susu369|Imagine%2C Tyson Foods Executives Found Guilty|Tyson Foods Executives Charged With Conspiring to Smuggle Illegal Alien Workers%0D%0AThe Associated Press %0D%0APublished%3A Dec 19%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - A federal grand jury in Tennessee indicted executives and managers of Tyson Foods Inc. on charges of conspiring to smuggle illegal aliens to the company%27s poultry processing plants%2C the Justice Department said Wednesday. %0D%0AA 36-count indictment unsealed Wednesday said Tyson%27s managers tolerated the hiring of illegal aliens to meet production goals and cut costs. %0D%0A--snip--%0D%0A%0D%0AThe indictment charges two corporate executives%2C Robert Hash%2C vice president of the retail fresh division%2C and Gerald Lankford%2C former human resources manager. Four other former managers are also named. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe indictment is the result of a 2 1%2F2-year undercover investigation by the Immigration and Naturali||0||18|DCForumID27
633|12/19/2001|14:07:16|kskiska|Bush courts Dems on stimulus plan|By Glenn Kessler and Juliet Eilperin%0D%0AWednesday%2C December 19%2C 2001%3B Page A04 %0D%0A%0D%0AAn intense effort by the White House to round up support among centrist Democrats for its%0D%0Aeconomic stimulus plan appeared to gain little traction yesterday%2C leaving Republicans with too%0D%0Afew votes to overcome procedural hurdles in the closely divided Senate.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn recent days%2C as House-Senate negotiations to reach a compromise foundered%2C President%0D%0ABush has personally wooed moderate Democrats to support a plan negotiated with Sen. John%0D%0ABreaux %28D-La.%29%2C a leading centrist. But aides in both parties said Breaux has been unable to win%0D%0Amuch support among fellow Democrats. That leaves the White House as many as nine votes%0D%0Ashort%2C because at least one Republican has pledged to vote against the president%27s plan.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe stimulus bill has bee||0||15|DCForumID27
632|12/19/2001|13:27:26|khephra|Senate Kills GOP Farm Bill|Senate Kills GOP Farm Bill%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Senate Tuesday night rejected a Republican farm bill backed by the Bush administration that would have created new subsidized savings accounts to help farmers cope with drops in income. %0D%0A%0D%0ARepublicans have kept a Democratic bill bottled by refusing to allow a limit on debate. But the 55-40 defeat of the Republican alternative %22sends a pretty clear signal of where the votes are%22 and provides momentum to the Democratic legislation%2C said Sen. Kent Conrad%2C D-N.D. %0D%0A%0D%0ABoth bills would increase spending on farm programs by nearly 80 percent over the next 10 years and reauthorize farm and nutrition programs through 2006. The Democratic bill%2C however%2C would raise crop subsidies and create a new payment program tied to changes in commodity prices. The GOP bill didn%27t increase subsidy rates but instead offered farmers more mo||0||4|DCForumID27
631|12/19/2001|13:24:17|khephra|Republicans Deny Stalling Farm Bill|Republicans Deny Stalling Farm Bill%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Senate was deadlocked over an overhaul of farm subsidy programs after majority Democrats killed a Republican measure but couldn%27t muster the votes to end debate on their own legislation. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Senate Agriculture Committee chairman%2C Tom Harkin%2C D-Iowa%2C accused Republicans of stalling and said the stalemate puts at risk %2473.5 billion set aside for farmers in a congressional budget agreement this year. %0D%0A%0D%0AFarm subsidies %22are being held hostage to a game of politics%2C%22 Harkin said. %0D%0A%0D%0ARepublicans denied the stalling charge%2C but Sen. Pat Roberts%2C R-Kan.%2C said GOP leaders %22don%27t want a bad bill rammed down their throat.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AMORE..................%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsday.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fwire%2Fsns-ap-congress-farmers1219dec19.story%3Fcoll%3Dsns%252Dap%252Dpoliti||0||4|DCForumID27
630|12/19/2001|13:12:09|hatrack|Police storm Argentinian city hall after employees riot|BUENOS AIRES%2C Argentina %28AP%29 - %22Police stormed a city hall in western Argentina on Wednesday where rioting workers trashed their offices%2C smashing and overtrnign furniture.  The frenzy was the ltst as anger over a deep economic crisis boiled over arond the country.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the western city of Cordoba%2C hometown of embattled President Fernando de la Rua and his increasingly unpopular economy minister%2C Domingo Cavallo%2C angry clerks in City Hall rampaged in their offices Wednesday.%0D%0A%0D%0ARiot police armed with batons and firing rubber bullets seized the building and then fanned out through palm-lined avenues to drive back protesters%2C who threw stones at police and wielded rifles and what appeared to be tear gas canisters.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0AHoping to blunt the rising hunger and poverty%2C the government this week began disbursing more than||0||2|DCForumID27
629|12/19/2001|12:32:55|hatrack|FleetBoston cuts 700 jobs|EDIT%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The company said that its principal investing portfolio of %243.6 billion is currently worth 25 percent less than the company%27s initial investment.  The company%27s technology and telecom holdings are wortth 50 percent less than Fleet%27s original investment.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0AGee%2C given this display of investment prowess%2C d%27ya think there might be more layoffs later this winter%3F  Hmm . . . %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F675170.asp%3F0nm%3DC13S||0||0|DCForumID27
628|12/19/2001|11:41:53|hatrack|Washington State November jobless rate 7%25|State jobless rate hits 7%25%0D%0ATally doesn%27t include Boeing layoffs%0D%0AWednesday%2C December 19%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0ABy PAUL NYHAN%0D%0ASEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The Washington jobless rate jumped to 7 percent last month%2C as the cooling economy claimed more victims among the state%27s work force.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe rate is up from a seasonally adjusted 6.6 percent in October%2C the Employment Security Department reported yesterday.  Unadjusted for seasonal changes%2C the unemployment rate rose to 6.8 percent last month from 6.2 percent in October.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe region is braced for even worse news early next year%2C as deep job cuts at the Boeing Co. show up in state figures.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0AStill%2C Washington shed the dubious honor of holding the nation%27s highest unemployment rate%2C at least for one month.  Oregon posted a 7.4 jobless rate in N||0||0|DCForumID27
627|12/19/2001|11:13:32|mobuto|US Trade Deficit Soars|I strongly suspect that somebody%27s already posted this%2C but I must be blind because I can%27t see it. Anyway%2C I see Bush has fully mastered Enronomics 101. Trade deficits are fine when the economy is booming because they allow us to export inflation. They compound the problems%2C however%2C in a deflationary %28aka Bush%29 economy. So we%27re really going to be screwed if Bush doesn%27t do something about this. Which I doubt he will.%0D%0A_____________________________________________________%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D4%5D%5Bb%5DU.S. Trade Deficit Soars%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ABy MARTIN CRUTSINGER%2C AP Economics Writer %5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28AP%29 - America%27s trade deficit%2C returning to more normal patterns after the disruptions caused by the terrorist attacks%2C soared to %2429.4 billion in October%2C the biggest one-month jump in more than eight years. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe ||0||4|DCForumID27
626|12/19/2001|09:33:12|Dabeddow|Fed admits surprise at size and quickness of economic slowdown|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ft.com%2Fft%2Fgx.cgi%2Fftc%3Fpagename%3DView%26c%3DArticle%26cid%3DFT35AOM7EVC%26live%3Dtrue%26tagid%3DIXLYK5HZ8CC%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AFederal Reserve policymakers have acknowledged that the US economy deteriorated much more quickly this year than they had expected when the slowdown began a year ago. %0D%0A%0D%0ABut they defended their interest rate decisions against accusations that they did not act swiftly enough to halt a recession and that the failure to deflate the high-tech equity bubble in the late 1990s was the cause of the current recession. %0D%0A%0D%0A||0||4|DCForumID27
625|12/18/2001|23:54:23|Dabeddow|ABC Poll%3A Economy rapidly catching up with terrorism as most important issue|http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fsections%2Fpolitics%2FDailyNews%2Fpoll011217.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AAsked to choose between the two%2C 49 percent say terrorism is the bigger problem facing the nation today. But %97 with recession officially upon us and no terrorist strikes since Sept. 11 %97 about as many%2C 47 percent%2C say it%27s the economy. %0D%0A%0D%0AThis result underscores the urgency with which the Bush administration has been pushing Congress for an economic stimulus package. While President Bush%27s job approval rating remains extraordinarily high in today%27s wartime environment%2C it%27s always vulnerable to economic discontent %97 as Bush%27s father demonstrated during the downturn of the early 1990s%0D%0A||0||1|DCForumID27
624|12/18/2001|22:23:50|hatrack|Ford announces %27indefinite%27 production cuts%2C layoffs|DEARBORN%2C Mich.%2C Dec. 17 - %22Ford Motor Co.%2C struggling to stanch widening losses%2C is weighing plans to cut production indefinitely%2C and lay off workers at U.S. plants that make its best-selling Explorer sport-utility vehicle and Taurus midsize cars.  It also signaled it could turn to investors for as much as %2410 billion in new capital.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%0D%0A%0D%0AAmong the indefinite production cuts under consideration%2C but so far not formally announced%2C are plans to significantly reduce the speed of the assembly line at the Louisville%2C Ky.%2C factory that builds the Ford Explorer and other SUVs%2C according to union leaders.  United Auto Workers union leaders said company management also is discussing eliminating one of two production shifts at the Atlanta plant that makes Ford%27s largest-selling car%2C the midsize Taurus sedan.  That move would cost some 800 of the ||1||21|DCForumID27
623|12/20/2001|09:12:25|khephra|Politics of Blame Clouds Prospects for Stimulus Bill |Politics of Blame Clouds Prospects for Stimulus Bill %0D%0A%0D%0AAs House-Senate negotiations to reach a compromise economic stimulus plan teeter on the edge of failure%2C Democrats and Republicans are preparing arguments that an agreement could have been reached if only the other side hadn%27t proven so inflexible.%0D%0A%0D%0ARepublicans%2C led by the White House%2C say Senate Democrats have failed to pass a stimulus bill and pursued a blatantly partisan approach that was doomed to failure. The White House stresses that it has worked with centrist Democrats to devise a package with bipartisan support.%0D%0A%0D%0ADemocrats say Republicans have pushed ideas that violate the guidelines accepted by all sides in meetings with President Bush and congressional leaders. Democrats assert they have shown great flexibility in negotiations and that it is Republicans who have been unwilling to bend ||0||2|DCForumID27
701|01/01/2002|10:12:51|khephra|Nvidia Replaces Enron as Year%27s Top Stock|Nvidia Replaces Enron as Year%27s Top Stock%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s hard to believe%2C but Wall Street%27s big winner of 2001 was a technology stock.%0D%0A%0D%0ANvidia Corp. %28Nasdaq%3ANVDA - news%29%2C which makes graphics chips for Xbox %28news - web sites%29%2C Microsoft Corp.%27s %28Nasdaq%3AMSFT - news%29 popular game system%2C saw its shares more than quadruple%2C making it the year%27s best performer in the Standard %26 Poor%27s 500 index.%0D%0A%0D%0ANvidia opened the year at %2416.50%2C and then quadrupled to close 2001 at about %2468 -- even as shares of dot-coms%2C chip makers and telecommunications companies melted -- fueled by a strong video game market and its recent addition to the prestigious S%26P 500.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Santa Clara%2C California-based company%2C however%2C hopes to avoid the fate of earlier winners.%0D%0A%0D%0ANvidia inherits the award from Enron Corp. %28NYSE%3A||0||6|DCForumID27
700|12/27/2001|22:32:53|rmpalmer|I got Lay%27d by Enron - Laid off employees strike back T-shirts|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laydoff.com%2Fhome.html%0D%0A%0D%0ALove this one%3A %3Aevilgrin%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ALoss of job%0D%0A   %24100%2C000%0D%0AWatching 401k disappear%0D%0A   %24225%2C000%0D%0ALosses on company stock options%0D%0A   %24505%2C000%0D%0ATen years hard time for guilty executives%0D%0A   Priceless%0D%0ADrawing of Enron exec behind bars%0D%0A%0D%0ASaw in a NYTimes article talking about Houston going bust again - ha ha%21 From end of article%3A%0D%0AFormer Enron employees are displaying entrepreneurial flair by rushing into production what has to be the best gift of the season%3A a line of T- shirts attacking their former employer. I can%27t decide between the %22Texas Style Justice%22 design %28on the back it says%2C %22Investigate %27Em%2C Prosecute %27Em%2C Incarcerate %27Em%22%29 or the one called %22Permanent Vacation%22 %28%22My Boss Got a Retention Bonus%2C All I Got Was This T-sh||0||3|DCForumID27
699|12/27/2001|19:36:00|rmpalmer|Texas Teachers among those screwed by Enron|As if they didn%27t get screwed over enough by Shrub and his Repugs when he was governor the ninnies buying stock for their retirement fund bought 9 million in Enron stock just three weeks before it collapsed. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Dems need to get mileage out of these Enron ties.%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom KHOU.com%0D%0AThe Teacher Retirement System lost millions when Enron collapsed. TRS fund managers bought %249 million worth of Enron stock just three weeks before the company filed for bankruptcy. The local teachers%27 union is ready to sue Enron. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnnie Banks proudly shows off a holiday doll her Special Ed students made. But after 38 years%2C this teacher isn%27t all smiles. %0D%0A%0D%0ABanks said%2C %22We as teachers. We did not know that we invested in Enron.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AFund managers for the Teacher Retirement System invested in the crumbling energy giant. %0D%0A%0D%0ABuying big and ||0||2|DCForumID27
697|12/27/2001|12:04:19|absynthe|Coca-Karma|This is an extremely long piece but it is a WILD story%2C and it illustrates beautifully just how corrupt and meaningless our justice system has gotten.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Csnip%3EAs I have waded my way into this case and absorbed all the minutiae of Bob Kolody%27s legal battle against Coca-Cola%2C one observation has recurringly embedded itself into the frame of my consciousness. It is a phrase that I jotted down on my airline ticket after getting onto that final flight out of Chicago Midway%3A %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe law is a code that isolates justice from public participation. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe law is a code that isolates justice from public participation. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe words became a form of mantra for me as I struggled to articulately present some verifiable proof of the way in which corporate power has invaded and corrupted the highest levels of the U.||0||1|DCForumID27
696|01/02/2002|14:18:39|TrogL|What the heck is a Kenite%3F|http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity-2.webtv.net%2FKeyOfDestiny%2Fdoc%2Findex.html%0D%0A%0D%0AI have to presume he%27s talking about Keynes.  But what does this have to do with the United Nations%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DO Brave New World that has such people in it.%0D%0ATwo plus two does equal five%2C for very large values of two.%0D%0A%40files %3D grep %2F%5E20%2F%2C readdir MYDIR%3B %23 change next century%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||0|
694|12/26/2001|03:04:23|Dabeddow|Affordable housing in urban centers hard to find for America%27s working poor|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FEB20011223740000047.html%3Fcb%3D272%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe average janitor earns enough to rent a one-bedroom apartment and pay for life%27s other necessities in just six of the nation%27s 60 largest cities. A retail salesperson can make ends meet in half that many locations. Both can forget about buying a home. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat conclusion from the National Housing Conference%2C a nonprofit coalition of industry experts%2C advocates and academics%2C mirrors the findings of several reports since the summer documenting the struggles of working families to find affordable housing. %0D%0A%0D%0A||0||5|DCForumID27
693|12/31/2001|03:27:05|Dabeddow|Inaccurate information%2C increased waits typical when phoning IRS for tax help|%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F12%2F31%2Fnational%2F31IRS.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0APeople calling the Internal Revenue Service for help with their tax returns waited an average of four minutes to speak to a representative this year and often get inaccurate information%2C a new government report says.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe average wait increased 15 percent over 2000%2C said the report%2C by the General Accounting Office%2C an investigative arm of Congress.%0D%0A%0D%0AMore than 70 million people called for tax help this year.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DAnother entry in the typical brain power of a repug%3A %22You know%2C if you find a person that you%92ve never seen before getting in a crop-duster that doesn%92t belong to you%2C report it.%22---George W. Bush %5B%2Ffont%5D||0||4|DCForumID27
692|12/25/2001|21:59:23|khephra|The Scrooge Syndrome by Krugman|The Scrooge Syndrome%0D%0A%0D%0ABah%2C humbug%21%22 cried the U.S. treasury secretary. O.K.%2C Paul O%27Neill didn%27t actually say %22Bah.%22 But last week he contemptuously dismissed proposals for increased aid to poor nations. And his justification %97 that he %22would like to see evidence of what works before making new commitments%22 %97 was pure humbug.%0D%0A%0D%0AFor the truth is that we already know what works. Nobody expects foreign aid to perform miracles%2C to turn Mozambique into Sweden overnight. But more modest goals%2C such as saving millions of people a year from diseases like malaria and tuberculosis%2C are quite reachable%2C for quite modest sums of money.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat is the message of a commission report just released by the World Health Organization%2C which calls on advanced countries to provide resources for a plan to %22scale up the access of the world%27s poor||0||0|DCForumID27
691|12/30/2001|23:22:21|gratuitous|A surprising little anecdote|I conduct Church School classes every Sunday before services at my teeny tiny little church in Portland%2C Oregon.  This morning%2C we were talking about how Jesus upset the status quo%2C focusing on the story in Luke 6%3A6-11 %28Jesus heals the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C during the course of the discussion%2C we got onto the Hebrew Scripture about the Year of Jubilee and the forgiveness of debt every 50 years %28discussion often ranges widely%2C don%27t ask me how we got into Deuteronomy%29.  I then mentioned the tax cut bill Congress passed early in Bush%27s term and how it gradually repeals the estate tax.%0D%0A%0D%0AI got a dozen blank looks from around the table.  Now%2C the members of my congregation aren%27t dolts%2C and they are a fairly eclectic bunch%2C probably slightly more conservative than liberal.  None of them are in danger of havin||0||1|DCForumID27
690|12/30/2001|02:19:42|NNN0LHI|Argentina Cabinet hands in resignations |BUENOS AIRES%2C Argentina%2C Dec. 29 %28UPI%29 -- Argentina%27s newly appointed Cabinet members offered their resignations to interim President Adolfo Rodriguez Saa on Saturday following violent protests in the early hours of the morning against the 1-week-old administration.%0D%0A%0D%0ARodriguez Saa gathered with ministers on Saturday to analyze his course of action in the face of the worst flare-up of social unrest since looting and rioting%2C which left nearly 30 dead%2C forced the resignation of President Fernando de la Rua a little over a week ago.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The message the people were sending last night is that we forced one administration out and if there is not change%2C we can force out another one%2C%22 said political scientist Hector Marteau. He said a possible new direction of the administration would only be clear after new ministers are chosen.%3Csnip%3E%5Bp%5DGroups of||0||5|DCForumID27
689|12/29/2001|20:35:28|WilliamPitt|Is the recession really ending%3F|Reports Suggest Economic Recovery%0D%0A%0D%0AExperts See Clear Signs Recession Is Fading %0D%0A  %0D%0ABy John M. Berry%0D%0AWashington Post Staff Writer%0D%0ASaturday%2C December 29%2C 2001%3B Page A01 %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA36938-2001Dec28.html%0D%0A%0D%0AFor the first time in many months%2C a series of economic indicators%2C released yesterday%2C all contained solidly positive news%2C suggesting to many analysts that the recession that hit the U.S. economy last spring may end soon.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Labor Department reported that initial claims for unemployment benefits last week remained below the 400%2C000 level for the third week in a row. That level of claims indicates that job losses have slowed and the number of payroll jobs has stabilized%2C analysts said.%0D%0A%0D%0AMeanwhile%2C the Conference Board%2C a New York-based business rese||0||9|DCForumID27
688|12/29/2001|11:55:38|prolesunited|More bonuses for execs who bankrupt company|Declare personal bankrupcty%2C you%27re a moral reprobate who deserves to be hounded for the rest of your life. Run a company into the ground%3F Why then you deserve a big bonus to keep up the good work.%0D%0A%0D%0ABethlehem Steel Corp.%27s plan to give 87 top employees almost %249 million in bonus pay is being met with anger from steelworker union representatives and could cause the union to rethink its commitment to cutting employment costs.%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ASince October%2C more than 300 steelworkers have been laid off from the company%27s Burns Harbor division%2C including half of the about 72 steelworkers in its machine shops who were laid off this week. About 400 salaried employees companywide also have lost their jobs.%0D%0A%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We%27re trying to find %2410 million in savings%2C and they%27re giving it away. Giving that amount of money away at a time ||0||5|DCForumID27
687|12/29/2001|00:21:12|UpInArms|Consumer confidence rebounds in December  HUH%3F|http%3A%2F%2Fcbs.marketwatch.com%2Fnews%2Fnewsfinder%2Fpulseone.asp%3Fdateid%3D37253.419375-794965137%26siteid%3Dmktw%26dist%3Dmah%26%0D%0A%0D%0A                                 Consumer confidence rose sharply in December as Americans%0D%0A                                 began to feel more optimistic about future economic prospects. The%0D%0A                                 Conference Board said Friday that its Consumer Confidence Index%0D%0A                                 jumped to 93.7 in December%2C more than 8 points above the revised%0D%0A                                 84.9 in November and the first gain since June. The Expectations%0D%0A                                 Index rose sharply to 91.5 from 77.3 in November%2C while the Present%0D%0A                                 Situation Index increased slightly to 96.9 from 96.2. %22The%0D%0A                                 dete||0||23|DCForumID27
686|12/28/2001|23:12:20|CatWoman|2001 Dot-Com Death Toll Doubles|2001 Dot-Com Death Toll Doubles %0D%0A _____Industry Watch_____ %0D%0A%0D%0ABy Michael Liedtke%0D%0AAP Business Writer%0D%0AThursday%2C December 27%2C 2001%3B 6%3A39 PM %0D%0A%0D%0ASAN FRANCISCO %96%96 The dot-com death toll more than doubled this year%2C with at least 537 Internet companies either going out of business or seeking refuge in bankruptcy court%2C according to statistics released Thursday.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis year%27s casualties joined 225 dot-coms that perished during 2000%2C said Webmergers.com%2C a San Francisco-based deal maker that has tracked the rise and fall of the Internet economy.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut the worst may be over.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA31988-2001Dec27.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Bb%5DNo one can make you feel inferior without your permission -- Eleanor Rooseve||0||11|DCForumID27
685|12/28/2001|23:08:14|khephra|Government May Buy Stock in Airlines|Government May Buy Stock in Airlines%0D%0A%0D%0AIn exchange for its financial help%2C the government may buy stock in airlines%2C a concept that worries some aviation analysts. %0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60There%27s an inherent conflict of interest here%2C%27%27 says Darryl Jenkins%2C director of George Washington University%27s Aviation Institute. %60%60You could not be secretary of Transportation and own stock in an airline.%27%27 %0D%0A%0D%0AThe stock purchase was made possible by a provision in a %2415 billion bill to help the airline industry%2C still hurting from a loss of business following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe precedent for taxpayers buying a piece of private companies was set during the 1979 Chrysler bailout. %0D%0A%0D%0AProponents of the deal say taxpayers should get the same benefits as anyone else lending money to a financially troubled industry%3B some airlin||0||9|DCForumID27
684|12/28/2001|22:53:51|khephra|Enron Stock Value Rises for Collectors|Enron Stock Value Rises for Collectors%0D%0A%0D%0AEnron Corp.%27s %28NYSE%3AENE - news%29 stock is rising once again -- but don%27t look for its rebound in Standard %26 Poor%27s 500 index listings.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow it%27s joined a much more select group that includes stocks and bonds from Czarist Russia%2C Victorian railroads and countries that no longer exist%3A Collectors have been snapping up Enron stock certificates as artifacts of the company%27s spectacular collapse%2C not on hopes for a recovery.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile Enron%27s shares were at 58 cents in Friday trading on the New York Stock Exchange %28news - web sites%29%2C the physical stock certificate was selling for much more%2C fetching as much as %2499.95 on the Internet.%0D%0A%0D%0A%60%60It%27s one of the biggest bankruptcies ever and is quite a collectible%2C%27%27 Bob Kerstein%2C president of a Scripophily.com%2C a Web site whi||0||8|DCForumID27
683|12/28/2001|19:54:51|texasleo|Study%3A Calif. Has Worst Roads in US|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lasvegassun.com%2Fsunbin%2Fstories%2Fnat-gen%2F2001%2Fdec%2F27%2F122709956.html||0||28|DCForumID27
682|12/28/2001|11:58:07|UpInArms|Jobless Claims Up - Durable Goods Down|http%3A%2F%2Fcbs.marketwatch.com%2Fnews%2Fnewsfinder%2Fpulseone.asp%3Fdateid%3D37253.3541666667-794959268%26siteid%3Dmktw%26dist%3Dmah%26%0D%0A%0D%0Aobless claims up 7%2C000 to 392%2C000 By Rachel Koning%0D%0A                                Initial jobless claims rose 7%2C000 to 392%2C000 in the week ended Dec.%0D%0A                                22%2C the Labor Department reported Friday. The figure is shy of the%0D%0A                                402%2C000 first-time applications expected by economists. It was the%0D%0A                                first rise in claims in four weeks. The four-week moving average%2C%0D%0A                                considered a better read of the current labor market because it irons .... more...%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fcbs.marketwatch.com%2Fnews%2Fnewsfinder%2Fpulseone.asp%3Fsiteid%3Dmktw%26dateid%3D37253.3541666667-794959372%26%0D%0A%0D%0ADur||0||5|DCForumID27
681|12/28/2001|18:00:45|stewert|What About Right-to-Work States %3F|%0D%0AI worked for 17 years at a printing company called International Paper%2C it was union and paid good wages. On 12-31-95 they closed the plant and sent all our work to a brand new plant they had built in bowling green kentucky.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey put 300 people out on the street so they could give our work to non-union workers in kentucky. You see kentucky is a right to work state%2C kentucky also gave I.P. huge tax breaks to steal our jobs.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe problem is our plant made money%2C I could see if we were losing money they might be justified to close the plant. In fact%2C one quarter in 1994 I.P. set a record for profits with something like %24150 million dollars profit in one quarter. Thats the problem%2C they were setting record profits and they still closed our plant so they could make more profits by building a new plant in kentucky and replacing us with non-union labor.%0D||1||4|DCForumID27
680|12/22/2001|22:25:37|Gloria|The Economy May Be Facing More Hurdles--NY Times|December 22%2C 2001%0D%0A%0D%0A                ECONOMIC ANALYSIS%0D%0A%0D%0A                The Economy May Be Facing More Hurdles%0D%0A%0D%0A                By DANIEL ALTMAN%0D%0A%0D%0A                      t first glance%2C the economy seems primed for a%0D%0A                      speedy revival from recession.%0D%0A%0D%0A                Since the beginning of the year%2C the Federal Reserve has%0D%0A                slashed short-term interest rates more aggressively than%0D%0A                ever before. Oil prices have fallen to under %2420 a barrel.%0D%0A                The stock market has rebounded%2C companies have%0D%0A                slimmed down their bulging warehouses and consumers%0D%0A                can look forward to lower tax rates next year.%0D%0A%0D%0A                So it%27s clear sailing ahead%2C right%3F Not necessarily. As it%0D%0A                turns out%2C so||0||2|DCForumID27
679|12/28/2001|17:28:45|TexasDem|Polls show GOP not widely blamed for Economy WTF|%22...polls so far show that the GOP is not being widely blamed for this economic downturn%3B in fact%2C an American Research Group survey on Dec. 16-19 found that 63 percent of those polled nationwide approved of how Bush is handling the economy. A Gallup poll on Dec. 14-16 found that 62 percent assigned some or a great deal of blame for the downtown to the Clinton administration%2C while 44 percent blamed the current White House.%22%0D%0A%0D%0Awww.ctnow.com%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fhc-taxcut1227.artdec27.story%3Fcoll%3Dhc-headlines%252Dhome%0D%0AArticle-Democrats Rally Against Tax Cuts For The Rich%0D%0A%0D%0AI swear I must be living in a parallel universe.  %3Acrazy%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A||0||18|DCForumID27
678|12/22/2001|00:34:00|IndianaGreen|Bush blocks strike by United Airlines mechanics|%5Bi%5DAt the same time the US government is waging war on behalf of corporate America in Central Asia it is not letting up on the class war against working people at home.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%224%22%5DBush blocks strike by United Airlines mechanics%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0ABy Jerry White%0D%0A21 December 2001%0D%0A %0D%0AMost workers in the US airline industry have never recovered from the concessions their unions granted in the early 1990s%97during the last recession%97although the carriers made record profits and paid out huge amounts to their corporate executives and wealthy stockholders as the economy expanded later in the decade.%0D%0A%0D%0AEven before September 11%2C Wall Street analysts were complaining of costly labor contracts and demanding that the airlines cut costs. The airlines then seized on the events of September 11 to implement downsizing and cost-cutting plan||0||2|DCForumID27
677|12/21/2001|18:59:52|khephra|A No-Win Outcome|A No-Win Outcome%0D%0A%0D%0Aonventional wisdom asserted that in the end Congress would pass an economic stimulus bill. I was one of the few skeptics. Why was my skepticism vindicated%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AIt helps to recall an observation that Gail Sheehy made last year%3A %22The blind drive to win%2C%22 she wrote%2C %22is a hallmark of the Bush family clan. One thing that G. W.%27s childhood friends told me repeatedly was that he has to win%2C he absolutely has to win and if he thinks he%27s going to lose%2C he will change the rules or extend the play. Or if it really is bad he%27ll take his bat and ball and go home.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ANow consider this%3A More than two months ago George W. Bush endorsed a %22stimulus%22 bill so tilted toward corporate interests that even many conservatives were startled. This left only two ways a bill could pass the Senate%3A Either the Democratic leadership would ||0||2|DCForumID27
676|12/28/2001|02:21:50|Dabeddow|Poll%3A Consumer confidence falls to lowest levels in 5 years|http%3A%2F%2Fdailynews.yahoo.com%2Fh%2Fabc%2F20011227%2Fts%2Fabcmoneypoll011227_1.html%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s a lump of coal for consumer confidence this holiday%2C with Americans%27 ratings of economic conditions falling to their lowest of the year - indeed their lowest in more than five years in the weekly ABCNEWS%2FMoney magazine poll.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe drop accelerates a trend in which ratings of personal finances recently joined views of the national economy on a downward track. Today 56 percent of Americans say their own finances are good%2C down from year%27s high of 67 percent last February. Fewer%2C just 33 percent%2C rate the economy positively%2C steeply down from 71 percent last January%0D%0A||0||1|DCForumID27
674|12/26/2001|21:37:20|khephra|Desperation Sales Fail to Lure Shoppers |Desperation Sales Fail to Lure Shoppers%0D%0A%0D%0AThe holiday shopping season opened the day after Thanksgiving with nervous merchants cutting prices 40 percent. It ended over the final weekend before Christmas with a frenzy of desperation sales with as much as 70 percent off that failed to save the season for most retailers.%0D%0A%0D%0ARather than generating lots of last-minute traffic%2C deep sales were the minimum ante retailers had to offer merely to attract the attention of jaded customers in a dismal recession-bound economy. Bargain hunting along Chicago%27s Miracle Mile on Sunday north of downtown%2C Mary Beth Patterson summed up the sentiment succinctly%3A %22We are trying to get 30 to 50 percent off on everything we buy. And it%27s working.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ABefore Thanksgiving%2C industry analysts had hoped that nonautomobile retail sales might grow at least 2 to 3 percent. But wa||0||16|DCForumID27
673|12/26/2001|20:23:03|Dabeddow|Report%3A Layoffs for year expected to be absolutely staggering|http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.northernlight.com%2FED20011226280000035.html%3Fcb%3D200%26dx%3D2006%26sc%3D0%23doc%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0AThe United States is on pace to record more job losses in 2001 than it has in at least nine years%2C the job placement firm Challenger%2C Gray %26 Christmas said. %0D%0A%0D%0ASince the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11%2C U.S. companies have announced 624%2C411 job cuts%2C more than the 12-month totals for every year from 1993-1997%2C the job placement firm said. %0D%0A%0D%0A||0||1|DCForumID27
672|12/28/2001|15:46:46|ThomPain|Excite%40Home - Sev. pay for top brass%2C nothing for common workers|%22Under terms of a deal negotiated with the company%27s creditors several months ago%2C top managers and executives are getting between four and nine months of severance pay. Most of the rest of the company%2C including those who have spent five years or more working their way up to relatively senior positions%2C are getting nothing.%22%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fzdnn%2Fstories%2Fnews%2F0%252C4586%252C5101107%252C00.html%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is truly%2C utterly disgusting.%0D%0A%0D%0A1. Who was in charge that caused the company to go into bankruptcy%3F Was it not the very same top brass getting the severance pay%3F They were the ones making the bad decisions%2C spending the money. The workers did what they were told with all their hearts and are getting the shaft.%0D%0A%0D%0A2. The article concludes with this cheery note%3A %22Chief Executive Officer Patti Hart is not explicitly||0||1|
671|12/20/2001|13:31:19|Armstead|Cong. Bernie Sanders on why fast-track is wrong|Good overview of what%27s wrong with fast-track and U.S. trade policies.%0D%0A%0D%0A %3E%3E%3E%3EWhy %27Fast Track%27 Should Not Be Signed Into Law  %0D%0Aby Congressman Bernie Sanders %0D%0A %0D%0AEXCERPT%3A %0D%0AThe recent passage of %22fast track%22 in the House of Representatives is a devastating blow to American workers%2C the environment%2C and our public health and safety. This legislation gives the President blanket authority to expedite and expand our failed trade policies with no meaningful checks and balances from Congress. In short%2C fast track removes Congress from its Constitutionally-mandated role in approving trade deals. I voted against it%2C and am disappointed that it passed in the House by a vote of 215-214. This legislation has now been sent to the Senate where it is expected to pass. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn terms of the American economy%2C our current trade policy has resu||0||4|DCForumID27
670|12/25/2001|01:41:24|khephra|Bush targets programs for cutbacks -- Environ.%2C public works face trimming|Environment%2C public works face trimming%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Bush administration is considering significant spending cuts in some energy-efficiency%2C environmental and public-works programs for its 2003 budget%2C as it struggles to absorb the costs of war and recession.%0D%0A%0D%0AIN PREPARING its spending recommendations for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1%2C the Office of Management and Budget is also seeking to cut bureaucratic bloat in general by trimming costs for such things as computer services and public relations. In addition%2C OMB wants to end automatic increases in some big entitlement programs%2C such as state social-services grants. Instead%2C it wants Congress to allocate funds annually for those programs%2C placing them under closer scrutiny%2C according to people familiar with the budget deliberations.%0D%0A %0D%0ABut because of the government%92s tendency to spend%2C the ||0||14|DCForumID27
669|12/24/2001|21:11:52|CatWoman|GOP  congressional leaders hesitant on stimulus resurrection|GOP congressional leaders hesitant on stimulus resurrection%0D%0ADecember 23%2C 2001 Posted%3A 2%3A34 PM EST %281934 GMT%29%0D%0A%0D%0ABy Ian Christopher McCaleb%0D%0ACNN Washington Bureau %0D%0A%0D%0AWASHINGTON %28CNN%29 -- GOP congressional leaders were cautious Sunday when asked if the economic stimulus bill -- jettisoned last week in advance of Congress%27 adjournment -- would be revived%2C saying economic conditions could change before the House and Senate reconvene next year. %0D%0A%0D%0AAppearing Sunday on CNN%27s %22Late Edition%2C%22 House Speaker Dennis Hastert declined to characterize the stimulus bill as a top priority when the House returns to session January 23. %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2001%2FALLPOLITICS%2F12%2F23%2Feconomic.stimulus%2Findex.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Bb%5DNo one can make you feel i||0||6|DCForumID27
668|12/19/2001|15:24:29|realFedUp|Huffington-Enron|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ariannaonline.com%2Fcolumns%2Ffiles%2F121901.html%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Enron Scandal%3A Why Was No One Minding The Store%3F%0D%0AFiled December 19%2C 2001 %0D%0AThe headline-grabbing Enron scandal is proving to be a cattle prod thrust deep into the haunches of the political establishment. Suddenly%2C members of Congress are falling all over each other in an effort to grab a piece of the Enron investigation limelight. No fewer than eight House and Senate committees are already holding hearings or plan to hold them in the near future. %0D%0A%0D%0ABut where were all these guardians of the public interest when Enron%27s executives were playing fast and loose with the books while bilking employees and investors out of their life savings%3F Maybe they were at the bank cashing all those campaign checks doled out by free-spending Enron executives -- or having a free lunch with o||0||3|DCForumID27
667|12/24/2001|01:44:32|Rabideau|Enron Crook Skilling%3A %22I don%27t know nuttin%21%22|http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2001%2F12%2F22%2Fcompanies%2Fenron%2F%0D%0A%0D%0ANEW YORK %28CNN%2FMoney%29 - The former CEO of Enron Corp. had %22no idea%22 of the financial woes that were brewing at the now-bankrupt energy trading company and denied he was responsible for the company%27s demise%2C a newspaper reported Saturday.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We%27re all trying to figure out what happened%2C%22 The New York Times quoted former chief executive Jeffrey Skilling as saying in an interview. %22This was a tragedy. I had no idea the company was in anything but excellent shape.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A-snip-%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C woe is me - what a tragedy%21 %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5DWe%27re told businesses have souls%2C which is surely the most terrifying news in the world. - Gilles Deleuze%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||24|DCForumID27
666|12/24/2001|04:06:28|Aggressive_Voice|Daschle....A man with a backbone|Congrats to Mr. Daschle for not breaking down and catering to a useless bill that would only give money to bankrupt and futile companies.  Thanks for thinking about the people%2C and not the corporations.  Bush can cry all he wants to%2C but if he wants to get anything done he has to convince his house buddies to pass something reasonable. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verdana%22%5D%5Ba href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aggressive-voice.com%22%5DAggressive-Voice%5B%2Fa%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D||0||2|DCForumID27
665|12/19/2001|11:28:42|susu369|Joe Conason - Enron coverage|Once again Joe hits bulls-eye with media coverage on Enron%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AFull article%3A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.observer.com%2Fpages%2Fconason.asp%0D%0A%0D%0A--snip%0D%0AThe Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are examining Enron%2C of course%2C and various committees of Congress are also looking into the matter. Their approach%2C however%2C is strangely desultory and deferential. Enron founder and chief executive Kenneth Lay blew off an invitation to appear before a House committee the other day%2C prompting an audible yawn from the same media outfits that screamed incessantly about %22the Whitewater scandal%22 year after year. Those excitable editorialists at The Wall Street Journal have dismissed Enron%92s problems as an example of %22bad accounting.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--snip%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%23333333%22 size%3D%221%22 face%3D%22Verd||0||2|DCForumID27
663|12/22/2001|16:44:26|RoxanneJ|A poll to take|Being freeped....%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.usnews.com%2Fusnews%2Fpolitics%2Fwhispers%2Fwhisphome.htm%0D%0A%0D%0AWho%27s to blame for the Senate%27s failure to act on an economic stimulus plan%3F %0D%0A %95 President Bush 5%25%0D%0A %95 Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle  92%25%0D%0A %95 Senate Republican leader Trent Lott 4%25||0||3|DCForumID27
662|12/22/2001|16:15:35|WilliamPitt|Why the Bush stimulus plan failed|%3Csnip%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AMany of Bush%27s legislative triumphs fit the model of early and active involvement. His signature tax cut was a detailed plan that Bush pushed forcefully through the House and the Senate%2C when it was still under Republican control. The anti-terrorism legislation passed quickly after Sept. 11 was based on specific proposals offered and negotiated by the administration. By wielding an unambiguous veto threat%2C Bush was able to shape defense spending to his liking.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut when the White House has been vague%2C often the opposite has occurred. Lacking direction on air security legislation%2C Senate Republicans unanimously joined Democrats in supporting federalized screening at airports -- a move the administration could not undo despite fierce efforts later in the House. On patients%27 rights legislation%2C the White House lost control of the process%2C ente||0||3|DCForumID27
655|12/24/2001|14:07:56|Hamlette|Everything you wanted to know about the stimulus bill|From Krugman%2C of course%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Asnip%0D%0A%0D%0A Wednesday Mr. Thomas finally offered what he considered major concessions. %22Republicans have given a lot%2C%22 he declared. And Mr. Bush urged the Senate to pass this new%2C %22bipartisan%22 bill.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat%2C exactly%2C did Mr. Thomas concede%3F Here%27s a comparison that may help you feel his pain.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe original bill%2C though