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| Tue, 16 May 2006 16:00:00 EST Core inflation is corralled |
| Inflation? What inflation? |
| Tue, 16 May 2006 14:00:00 EST Immigration and cheap-date conservatives |
| The headline on Mickey Kaus's analysis of the Bush speech on immigration says it all: "Are Conservatives Cheap Dates? Bush would impress them with a few National Guard troops." Read it all on Kausfiles. |
| Tue, 16 May 2006 12:00:00 EST Karl Rove speaks at AEI |
| I saw Karl Rove speak this morning at the American Enterprise Institute. The speech had been scheduled long before it was announced that George W. Bush would address the nation tonight on immigration, and Rove's prepared remarks were all about the economy. Here's a link to the video. Rove started off by observing that when George W. Bush entered office the economy was in trouble, trouble that was compounded by economic losses of $100 billion and job losses of 1 million caused by the September 11 attacks. He argued that the Bush tax cuts strengthened the economy and produced new jobs—more jobs than Europe and Japan put together. He noted that high-income taxpayers have been paying a higher percentage of total taxes and that revenues have been coming in far above forecasts–$274 billion above in 2005, $137 billion above in the first half of fiscal 2006. Real disposable income is up 14 percent since 2001. When asked by a Senate Budget Committee staffer why median household income had declined in 2001–04, he pointed to changes in household compositions, with more households headed by part-time and young workers. |
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| Tue, 16 May 2006 21:19:34 EDT Telecoms added to NSA suit |
| BellSouth and AT&T have been added to a class-action lawsuit against Verizon Communications that claims the companies illegally participated in a National Security Agency domestic surveillance program. |
| Tue, 16 May 2006 23:01:05 EDT Border plan not mending fences with GOP |
| President Bush's proposals to overhaul immigration policy with tougher border enforcement, a guest worker program and a path toward legalization found favor with viewers, a CNN snap poll suggests. The president conceded we do not have "full control of the border" and he called on Congress to fund "dramatic improvements" in manpower and technology along the U.S.-Mexico border. |
| Tue, 16 May 2006 23:51:19 EDT New 9/11 video shows Pentagon attack |
| Video showing American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, was officially released to the public today. "We fought hard to obtain this video because we felt that it was very important to complete the public record with respect to the terrorist attacks of September 11," said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch. |
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