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Barney Frank: It Was Mistake To Say Tim Geithner Should Fly Commercial

By Michael McAuliff Oct 13th 2011 - 06:31PM

Quick-tongued Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is retracting a suggestion he made to cut the deficit by making Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner fly commercial.

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Limbaugh Rails Against Obama Deal

By Katherine Fung Aug 02nd 2011 - 05:13PM

Rush Limbaugh called President Obama a "jackass" on his radio show on Tuesday in response to the debt ceiling agreement reached in Washington .

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Richard Klass: Jobs and the Deficit

By Richard Klass Jul 12th 2011 - 03:08PM

Everyone is talking about jobs but no one is doing a hard analysis of the impact of various deficit reduction proposals on job creation or loss..

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Cutting Spending is not the Only Way to Cut the Deficit

By Steven Cohen Apr 11th 2011 - 08:40AM

With April 15 and our tax deadline looming, this is probably not the time to say this, but one of the biggest reasons for the federal deficit is that Americans are under-taxed.

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PIMCO CIO Urges 'Gradually' Cutting Deficit

By Reuters Mar 03rd 2011 - 06:31PM

Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of PIMCO, the world's biggest bond fund manager, on Thursday urged lawmakers to cut the...

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