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...trying to figure out all the ways we can adjust to our current economic climate,” she said. “Scrutiny of our budget and how we spend money is imperative...
...critics who have screeched the loudest about the lack of stimulus in the stimulus happen to be lousy stimulus. But the biggest measure - a $145 billion payroll tax cut - is both good stimulus, because it targets low- and moderate-income earners who are more likely to spend it, and good policy, because it aims to start rebuilding the middle class and help ordinary families shafted by eight years of trickle-down tax policy...
Well, Congress could say. For example, Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman inserted language into the House version of the package limiting energy grants to states that give their utilities incentives to promote energy efficiency. If the Federal Government is going to spend the money, it ought to promote federal priorities. And Congress could make sure the money is spent productively - and isn't spent counterproductively - by attaching a few general strings to the stimulus dollars. For instance, there should be "fix it first" provisions to prioritize repairs to highways, levees and other infrastructure over new construction, which would create jobs...
...lobbying disclosure law applies to organizations and individuals who make lobbying contacts," explains Fred Wertheimer, a good-government lobbyist for Democracy 21. "It does not apply to sitting down and strategizing about how to win a battle in Congress." Furthermore, the lobbying law applies only to those who spend more than 20% of their professional time making contacts...
...certainly made healthy profits for the Jesus Diamante label. Today, the company runs four stores; by mid-2007 it had earned more than $14 million from selling dresses that run from $500 to $600 each and coats that cost up to $1,500. The average client spends $1,000 a month in support of her princess habit - but some spend as much as $4,000 a month. Most clients are girls in their teens to mid-20s, but there are some women in their 30s and 40s who wear the look. (See pictures of Japanese design's greatest hits...