The manufacturing sector is responsible for more than 12 percent of America’s gross domestic product and pays for approximately 60 percent of the research and development work that has made America a technological leader.
According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, 69 percent of Americans believe our economy is in a recession or worse, 33 percent think this is a depression.
A recent USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that 73 percent of Americans say our nation’s financial troubles will get worse and 64 percent are worried that they may not have enough money for retirement.
The bailout package failed. Republicans didn’t line up behind their leadership, unconvinced about the size, the urgency or even the rightness of rescuing tycoons from their own mistakes. more »
I’ve been listening to Dodd’s Senate Banking Committee meeting with witnesses Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox and Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency James Lockhart. more »
news.yahoo.com — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters issued dismissive attacks on presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and flattered praise on her credentials to be vice president. Here are some of the cases in which the reproaches and the praise were not based on the truth.
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