Pro: Bill will stop the bleeding, but economy needs many more fixes to recover fully
By THOMAS J. DONOHUE - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
WASHINGTON --
There will be a time and place to get to the bottom of what went wrong, to learn from mistakes, to hold people accountable, and to modernize and where necessary strengthen the regulatory underpinnings of our capital markets. But first, we had to stop the bleeding. We had to save and try to stabilize the patient.
Con: Bailing out the blunderers won’t fix anything
By MARK WEISBROT - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
WASHINGTON --
So much for dire warnings from the Bush administration that Congress was risking a Great Depression if it did not quickly fork over the dough. The bailout’s supporters said Congress had to do something to unfreeze the credit markets. It didn’t work.
Pro: Foreign investors should sound retreat as Putin expands reach for global power
By BOGDAN KIPLING - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008WASHINGTON -- Foreign investors wisely are beginning to beat a retreat from Russia reminiscent of Napoleon’s Grande Armee as Vladimir Putin expands his apparently limitless appetite for power within—and beyond—Russia’s borders.
Con: Investors will ignore invasion of Georgia and continue investing in booming Russia
By GENE COYLE - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, IND. --
An unemotional look at the facts of the brief war between Georgia and Russia will not convince European or probably even American investors that there is any moral reason to “punish” Russia by shunning long-term investment there.
Con: Opening state courts to medical lawsuits will enrich lawyers, harm patients
By JEFFREY AXELRAD - Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008
WASHINGTON --
People whose lives are in jeopardy could lose big if Congress passes a law that allows state courts an ill-defined power to impose unpredictable, varying requirements on these sophisticated medical devices.
Renegotiating NAFTA in era of globalization would handicap our trade-driven economy
By DANIEL W. CHRISTMAN - Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008WASHINGTON -- Since implementing NAFTA in 1994, U.S. GDP has grown by more than 50 percent. And over the past year while our economy has faced significant challenges, selling our products to other countries has generated an impressive two-thirds of U.S. economic growth.
Battle of Seattle’ should spur Congress to help hurting U.S. workers by revising NAFTA
By MARK WEISBROT - Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008WASHINGTON -- Let’s renegotiate NAFTA — and the WTO agreement too. We’re likely to end up with better agreements now that people know something about what is being negotiated.
Pro: Unlocking our energy reserves can ensure prosperity
By REP. JOHN E. PETERSON - Monday, Sept. 15, 2008WASHINGTON -- If we maintain the status quo, and continue to prohibit the use of our own energy—especially our vast offshore reserves—America will become a second-rate nation and generations to come will not enjoy the same standard of living we do today. If we unlock these reserves, we will stop the export of wealth—$700 billion annually—and begin to put our nation on the road to energy independence.
Con: Pelosi is right to resist push for drilling in unspoiled ANWR and pristine offshore waters
By WAYNE MADSEN - Monday, Sept. 15, 2008
WASHINGTON --
Lifting the ban on drilling in wildlife reserves and on offshore continental shelf zones is merely a placebo—it will do nothing to wean America from its dangerous addiction to fossil fuels.
Pro: Higher taxes can shore up social safety net and rebuild crumbling infrastructure
By AJAY K. MEHROTRA - Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, IND. --
Given our nation’s grim fiscal outlook, there are strong economic, social and even moral reasons why we should welcome a tax-hike down the road—no matter who wins in November.
Con: Do not expand welfare state
By PAUL GESSING - Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When it comes to Americans’ pocketbooks, Barack Obama has laid out a clear vision that calls for a bigger, more costly government.
Pro: Giving state courts jurisdiction in medical device cases is necessary to counter lax enforcement of Bush years
By WAYNE MADSEN - Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008WASHINGTON -- It’s a sad fact that under the Bush administration, federal regulatory agencies have become nothing more than shills for the industries they are supposed to regulate for the public’s well-being.
Pro: Employee free choice act will revive economy by restoring workers’ right to organize
By MARK WEISBROT - Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008
WASHINGTON --
Reform legislation called the Employee Free Choice Act would give employees a fighting chance to regain some of their lost rights. This bill would mandate that an employer recognize the union if it obtains the signatures of a majority of employees. There would be no need for the long and costly—especially to the workers who are fired—election campaign.
Con: Misnamed Employee Free Choice Act crushes workers’ sacred right to cast secret votes
By THOMAS J. DONOHUE - Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008WASHINGTON -- Sadly, this year—whether they know it or not—voters may very well be deciding whether to do away with that sacred tradition when it comes to union organizing campaigns.
Pro: Media’s grade-school crush on Obama flunks smell test for most objective Americans
By PETER SCHWEIZER - Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008STANFORD, CALIF. -- Barack Obama has benefitted from adoring media coverage, a lack of journalistic rigor, and a sizeable advantage in coverage. In short, everything in the media seems to break his direction.
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