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DEMOCRACY with its competing interests is messy by design, but in the end, the public expects its elected officials to get something done: To enact policies that solve problems and more importantly, put a nation, state or municipality on a stable course for the future.
That belief is now being tested in Washington by the so-called debt supercommittee, a bipartisan group of 12 charged with recommending a way to reduce the nation's debt by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. The deadline to vote on an agreement is Wednesday and as of late Friday, prospects for a deal were not looking good.See the full content of this document
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No Super Solution
The arguments are familiar. Democrats want to increase revenue by doing away with the "Bush tax cuts," for upper income Americans. Republi...
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