Word: avoid
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...catastrophic showing in Asia and Europe does not mean traders there are ignoring the potential disaster of a collapsing U.S. financial system. But there was in many foreign markets a confidence - perhaps unfounded - that U.S. legislators will eventually realize they have no choice but to pass a bill to avoid economic disaster...
That said, judging from details provided by staffers and reports in the media, Congress did make a difference. To the three-page outline Paulson delivered over a week ago, the Hill added provisions to help American homeowners avoid foreclosure by reducing principals or interest rates and giving people more time to pay back their mortgage. Congress also got a guarantee that taxpayers will get their $700 billion back, and ensured Congressional oversight and transparency of Paulson's transactions. Politically, Congress covered itself somewhat by mandating a limit on executive pay for firms that tap the government's $700 billion...
...political fallout is also yet to be determined. Obama appears to have played his natural advantage on this issue well, staying far enough out of the spotlight to avoid owning the issue, but coolly providing guidelines and participating as needed in the negotiations. John McCain, has bigger problems on his hands. The bad economy necessarily works against the incumbent party and his self-proclaimed weakness on financial matters, combined with his considerable wealth, may be as great a vulnerability...
...NATO would have to respond because of treaty obligations. Even if the missile deal itself does not provoke conflict, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned that the deal will lead to “an inevitable arms race” between Russia and the U.S. The U.S. should avoid such provocations as much as possible, without making significant sacrifices to its own security and that of its allies...
...light of recent tensions with Russia, the U.S. should avoid antagonizing Russia without very good reason. The U.S. should not install an unnecessary missile system that risks sparking an otherwise unrelated conflict. If the missiles are truly necessary, then the U.S. should plan to install the missiles somewhere they will not incite Russia to start a needless war. Perhaps Russia is unafraid of another Cold War, but conflict rarely occurs without two willing participants...