http://economyincrisis.org Your Economic Report - Daily Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:52:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://economyincrisis.org/content/restoring-our-democracy http://economyincrisis.org/content/restoring-our-democracy#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:25 +0000 Dave Lefcourt http://economyincrisis.org/?p=8148 http://economyincrisis.org/content/restoring-our-democracy/feed 1 http://economyincrisis.org/content/obama-proposes-corporate-tax-overhaul http://economyincrisis.org/content/obama-proposes-corporate-tax-overhaul#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:01:17 +0000 John Olen http://economyincrisis.org/?p=8134 http://economyincrisis.org/content/obama-proposes-corporate-tax-overhaul/feed 0 http://economyincrisis.org/content/the-gops-big-investors http://economyincrisis.org/content/the-gops-big-investors#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:05:02 +0000 Robert Reich http://economyincrisis.org/?p=8128 http://economyincrisis.org/content/the-gops-big-investors/feed 0 http://economyincrisis.org/content/real-world-solutions-for-the-american-economy http://economyincrisis.org/content/real-world-solutions-for-the-american-economy#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:22:16 +0000 E. David Ferriman http://economyincrisis.org/?p=7913 By E. David Ferriman February 22, 2012
We can make it out of this Great Recession as a nation. But to do so, we must have a plan. We must defend our economy as we defend our borders - with diligence, focusing all of our efforts into winning. ]]> http://economyincrisis.org/content/real-world-solutions-for-the-american-economy/feed 0 http://economyincrisis.org/content/outsourcing_computer_technology http://economyincrisis.org/content/outsourcing_computer_technology#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:48:37 +0000 Peter Crawford http://economyincrisis.org/?p=7090 http://economyincrisis.org/content/outsourcing_computer_technology/feed 1 http://economyincrisis.org/content/what-if-china-dumps-our-debt http://economyincrisis.org/content/what-if-china-dumps-our-debt#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:38:23 +0000 Karl Rusnak http://economyincrisis.org/?p=8120 By Karl Rusnak February 22, 2012
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, China now holds $1.1 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds. This accounts for 9 percent of all U.S. debt. These are only the official numbers, however, as China has been known to funnel some of its purchases through money managers in other countries.]]> http://economyincrisis.org/content/what-if-china-dumps-our-debt/feed 0 http://economyincrisis.org/content/taxpayers-arent-getting-what-they-paid-for http://economyincrisis.org/content/taxpayers-arent-getting-what-they-paid-for#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:14:36 +0000 John Olen http://economyincrisis.org/?p=8101 By John Olen February 22, 2012
If we are going to spend money on inspecting our food, we should at least ensure that the people we are paying have the ability to do the job we are asking of them. ]]> http://economyincrisis.org/content/taxpayers-arent-getting-what-they-paid-for/feed 0 http://economyincrisis.org/content/spending-less-and-saving-more http://economyincrisis.org/content/spending-less-and-saving-more#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:14:25 +0000 Peter Crawford http://economyincrisis.org/?p=7928 ]]> http://economyincrisis.org/content/spending-less-and-saving-more/feed 1 http://economyincrisis.org/content/romneys-focus-trumps-santorums http://economyincrisis.org/content/romneys-focus-trumps-santorums#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:27:02 +0000 Karl Rusnak http://economyincrisis.org/?p=8088 http://economyincrisis.org/content/romneys-focus-trumps-santorums/feed 1 http://economyincrisis.org/content/simple-solutions-to-complex-problems http://economyincrisis.org/content/simple-solutions-to-complex-problems#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:12:21 +0000 Peter Crawford http://economyincrisis.org/?p=7926 ]]> http://economyincrisis.org/content/simple-solutions-to-complex-problems/feed 1 http://economyincrisis.org/content/the-disingenuous-economics-of-ron-paul http://economyincrisis.org/content/the-disingenuous-economics-of-ron-paul#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:03:53 +0000 Ian Fletcher http://economyincrisis.org/?p=8083 http://economyincrisis.org/content/the-disingenuous-economics-of-ron-paul/feed 2 http://economyincrisis.org/content/us-left-high-and-dry-without-vat http://economyincrisis.org/content/us-left-high-and-dry-without-vat#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:24:31 +0000 George Barlow http://economyincrisis.org/content/us-left-high-and-dry-without-vat By George Barlow February 21, 2012
In the U.S. we tax our own citizens and then ask foreign countries to loan us the difference. Other countries tax their own citizens and then charge foreign corporations for access to their markets. ]]> http://economyincrisis.org/content/us-left-high-and-dry-without-vat/feed 1 http://economyincrisis.org/content/the-truth-about-the-american-condition http://economyincrisis.org/content/the-truth-about-the-american-condition#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:19:32 +0000 Peter Crawford http://economyincrisis.org/?p=6774 http://economyincrisis.org/content/the-truth-about-the-american-condition/feed 4 http://economyincrisis.org/content/santorums-economic-ideas-are-not-feasible http://economyincrisis.org/content/santorums-economic-ideas-are-not-feasible#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:00:37 +0000 E. David Ferriman http://economyincrisis.org/?p=8013 By E. David Ferriman February 21, 2012
What Santorum fails to realize is that pushing too much onto the states will bring down the country as a whole. The founding fathers understood that states needed to be united, working together for the country.
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Today there are fewer manufacturing employees than in 1955, and over the past 20 years 6.4 million manufacturing jobs have been lost. These figures are a grim reminder that America can no longer manufacture competitively.]]> http://economyincrisis.org/content/american-manufacturing-can-no-longer-compete/feed 2