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Right-to-Work Revolution Takes on Big Labor

EDWARD MORRISSEY, The Fiscal Times | February 9, 2012

Last week, Indiana became the 23rd state in the US to adopt right-to-work laws that prohibit closed shops and...

Investors Aren’t Gushing Over BP’s Rebound...Yet

SUZANNE MCGEE, The Fiscal Times | February 9, 2012

What mattered when BP (BP) reported its earnings this week wasn’t what happened in the just-ended fourth quarter...

Congress Sends Millions to Groups Tied to Relatives

DAVID S. FALLIS, SCOTT HIGHAM AND KIMBERLY KINDY, The Washington Post | February 8, 2012

Some members of Congress send tax dollars to companies, colleges and community groups where their spouses, children...

Will the SEC Kill the Money-Market Funds Business?

SUZANNE MCGEE, The Fiscal Times | February 8, 2012

Fidelity Investments vehemently objects; Federated Investors even plans to sue the Securities and Exchange...

Salt Wars: The Seasoning of Our Discontent

MERRILL GOOZNER, The Fiscal Times | February 7, 2012

Now they tell us. The Centers for Disease Control released a study today claiming that 9 out of 10 Americans eat...

Earmarks: Congress Spends $300M Close to Home

DAVID S. FALLIS, SCOTT HIGHAM AND KIMBERLY KINDY, The Washington Post | February 7, 2012

A U.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa...

Will Newt Gingrich Become the GOP’s Ralph Nader?

ERIC PIANIN, The Fiscal Times | February 7, 2012

This is shaping up to be another good week for Mitt Romney and possibly for Rick Santorum – but definitely not...

Yum Still Sees a Tasty Future in China

SUZANNE MCGEE, The Fiscal Times | February 7, 2012

Hard or soft? That’s been the big question surrounding the slowdown expected in China, the great hope of the...

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Dana Perino
WH press secretary for President George W. Bush

"Policymakers are ignoring housing. Why?"

"The housing crisis is the toughest nut to crack. In some ways, the president is trying to get reelected so he can work on issues [such as this]. That’s unsatisfying and dangerous when it comes to economic engineering."
"Your take on the payroll tax cut issue?"

"President Obama has decided to put all his chips on the table. The payroll tax cut is a flea biting an elephant. When it comes to housing and entitlement spending, it just doesn’t compare. "
"The administration may take up health care again. Should it stick to jobs?"

"It’s unusual for your signature achievement to be your biggest Achilles' heel going into an election. The administration should not count too many chickens on the economy. There are too many factors, including Europe."
"How do you see the Romney-Gingrich duel playing out?"

"One thing that won’t work for either of these candidates is to accuse the other of being a flip-flopper or a career politician. You can convincingly make the argument for both of those things for both of those people."
"Most memorable moment in the GOP race so far? "

"For better or worse, the large number of debates. It’s been a very different way to go about the primary process, and healthy in the long run. It’s allowed some people like Rick Santorum to stay in the race longer and to offer competing visions and ideas. "

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