Becket Adams
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President‘s Proposed Corporate Tax Cut Called a ’Disaster’…‘Total Bust’
Posted February 22, 2012 at 10:14 pm"Obama had no experience in the private sector before becoming president. The free market is a sort of theoretical construct he learned about in college. But Geithner should know better."
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Unions Prepare to Spend Over $400M to Re-Elect President
Posted February 22, 2012 at 7:53 pm"We have to use 2012 not just to win for its own sake, but to use as a springboard for 2014 when the governors in all these states are up."
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Market Recap: Down, Down, Down
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Posted February 22, 2012 at 5:51 pm -
Saul Alinsky-Affiliated Nonprofit Lands $56M Fed Loan
Posted February 22, 2012 at 2:44 pm"...awarded a $56.4 million federal loan to start a nonprofit health insurer that would be run by its members."
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Morning Market Roundup: Fitch Downgrades Greece (’Who Cares?’), Dell Earnings Fall Short
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Posted February 22, 2012 at 10:00 am -
Romney PAC Raises $6.6M, Spends $13.9M on Ads
Posted February 21, 2012 at 9:46 pm"Comparing Romney to his rivals is like comparing the Dodgers to the local high-school team."
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Did the Obama Administration ‘Buy’ Votes to Pass Unpopular Legislation?
Posted February 21, 2012 at 5:10 pm"...significant grant money went to the districts of numerous Democratic representatives who looked to face tough battles for re-election."
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Market Recap: Dow Retreats After Reaching 4-Year High
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Posted February 21, 2012 at 2:43 pm -
Want to See Allen West Mock Liberal Blogs Using a High-Pitched Voice?
Posted February 21, 2012 at 1:26 pm"What I can’t understand for the life of me is how people on the other side can certainly dish it out, but when you stand up on principle, when you tell them what you believe in, they can’t take it!"
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Morning Market Roundup: Did Greece Avoid Catastrophe? Wal-Mart Expands in China
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British Minister Seeking to Reform Nationalized Healthcare Ambushed by ‘Left-Wing’ Activists
Posted February 20, 2012 at 10:54 pm"Traitor!"
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Like Clockwork: Iran Announces Cut in Oil Supply, Oil Hits 9-Month High
Posted February 20, 2012 at 10:24 pm"...cutting off oil to France and the U.K. has as much to do with spooking the markets and driving up costs as it does making a symbolic show of force."
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PayPal Co-Founder and Libertarian Heavyweight Donates $1.7M to Ron Paul PAC
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Posted February 20, 2012 at 6:47 pm -
Market Strategist: Why Are Our Leaders ‘Trying to Resurrect’ Communism?
Posted February 20, 2012 at 12:37 pm“I am simply stunned that our policymakers seem so one-dimensional, so short-termist, and so utterly bereft of courage or ideas.”
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Morning Market Roundup: Iran’s Oil, Japan’s Trade Deficit, EU Still Looking for Solution
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President Obama‘s Budget Numbers Are ’Not to Be Trusted’
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Posted February 17, 2012 at 7:35 pm -
Frenchman Finds Nearly $1M U.S. Gold Coins Hidden in Rafters
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Posted February 17, 2012 at 5:30 pm -
Market Recap: Stocks Mixed on Germany’s Shakeup & Earnings
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Posted February 17, 2012 at 4:38 pm -
Vanity License Plate Mix-Up Earns DC Resident $20,000 in Tickets
Posted February 17, 2012 at 3:33 pm"It was funny at the time, but now it’s gone to the point, hey, I'm losing too much time off of this."
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Yahoo’s Failed Deal With Alibaba: What Went Wrong?
Posted February 17, 2012 at 2:35 pm"It was an extremely complicated deal to get done given the multi-jurisdictions and the size of the assets in play."
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Geithner to Ryan: White House Has No ‘Definitive Solution’ to Debt Crisis…And We Don’t Want Yours
Posted February 17, 2012 at 12:08 pmHe "doesn’t give a $%&.”
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Morning Market Roundup: German Prez Resigns, Italy Confiscates Billions in Fake U.S. Bonds
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These are the 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Posted February 16, 2012 at 8:54 pm"What makes a city expensive, anyway?"
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Market Recap: Jobs, Housing Data Breath Some Life Into Stocks
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Former Vice President Al Gore Seeks to ‘Overhaul’ ‘Irresponsible’ Capitalism
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