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Top New Hampshire voting issues |
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Written by Stumo
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Tuesday, 08 January 2008 |
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The Robert Rubin Democrats and Corporate Republicans want us to
believe they do a good job with trade and the economy. New
Hampshire folks aren't buying it.
CNN's early exit polls: Top issues
New Hampshire Democratic primary voters:
1. The economy
2. The war in Iraq
3. Health care
New Hampshire Republican primary voters:
1. The economy
2. The war in Iraq
3. Terrorism
4. Illegal immigration
Source: CNN Exit Poll preliminary results
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The following article appeared on the online site for Manufacturing & Technology News on November 17, 2008 and was written by Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration.
By most accounts the U.S. economy is in serious trouble. Robert Reich, an adviser to President-elect Obama, calls it a "mini-depression," but that designation might be optimistic. Russian economist Mikhail Khazin says that the "U.S. will soon face a second Great Depression." It is possible that even Khazin is optimistic.
I cannot predict the future. However, I can explain what the problems are, how they differ from past times of troubles and why traditional remedies, such as the public works programs that Reich proposes, are unlikely to succeed in reviving the U.S. economy. |
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