Ethanol: The Subsidy That Won’t Die
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 7th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Ethanol: The Subsidy That Won’t Die
Romney: Obama Made Things Worse
Nia-Malika Henderson, Wash Post
Mitt Romney again said Tuesday that President Obama has made the economy worse, speaking during a visit to the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire and reclaiming an argument that seemed murky last week.Calling Obama “a very nice fellow . . . who didn’t have a track record that we could look at” during the 2008 campaign, Romney blamed the president for the economy’s deterioration since he took office in 2009.
Subpar Growth May Be Our Best Scenario
Tom Petruno, Los Angeles Times
America is getting good at muddling through.That was the economy's disheartening growth story in the first half of 2011. Things may not look much different in the second half.
More Evidence Wall Street Owns Washington
Andrew Ross Sorkin, NYT
Wall Street often tries to play down its influence in Washington. As Congress pushed through financial regulations that seemed to get watered down last year, Wall Street’s chief executives tried to suggest, somewhat surprisingly, that their highly paid lobbyists did not have much sway.If there is still any question about how much power Wall Street actually has in Washington, here is some fresh evidence worth examining.
Obama Won’t Dump Biden
Mark McKinnon, Daily Beast
John McCain used to say that he had no interest in being vice president because it would be like being a POW again—you’d be constantly in the dark and fed scraps, and you’d have nothing to do.Nevertheless, it is still the No. 2 job in politics, and it is a position that few have or would turn down if offered. And while 29 percent of voters don’t even know that Joe Biden is vice president, it’s a pretty great gig if politics is your ambition.
