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Five ways to improve Obama's pre-k plan
President Obama’s Preschool for All plan is well intentioned but includes features that are not justified by research and won’t help it pass in Congress. The plan must make the following five adjustments.
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5 myths about amnesty for illegal immigrants in Senate bill
Under a bipartisan Senate immigration bill, immigrants who have come to the United States illegally are given a "path to citizenship." On close inspection, each of the following five claims about the requirements for illegal immigrants to earn amnesty are not what they seem.
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If not 'sequester,' then what? Five ideas from left and right.
Few in Washington believe that "the sequester,” $85 billion in automatic spending cuts set to hit the federal budget as of March 1, is a good idea. But what's the alternative? Here are five proposals, from the right, the center, and the left, to replace the sequester. Which do you like?
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Sequester 101: What happens if $85 billion in cuts hit on March 1
The sequester is a complex concept with a tortuous history. Here are the basics on the automatic spending reductions set to kick in March 1.
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Eight steps to getting the right insurance
Comparing insurance policies is tough. However, by following these eight steps, you can simplify the process and find the right insurance policy for you.
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Obama promises 600,000 new jobs from stimulus spending
Only $37 billion of the $787 billion has been spent so far. Confusing provisions and the sheer size of the bill have created delays.
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Obama healthcare push: right issue, tough choices
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Hackers claim to have hit T-Mobile. Is user data being held ransom?
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At a shuttered GM plant, frustration, confusion...and flowers
The Willow Run Transmission plant in Michigan will close in late 2010, bringing uncertainty to the people and the places that built their lives around America's largest automaker.
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In GM's bankruptcy, lessons for whole US economy
Is the automaker, an icon of brawny American capitalism, among the first to confront an 'era of diminishing expectations'?
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GOP disaster: First Specter and now Joe the Plumber?
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Supreme Court narrows identify-theft law in immigration case
To prove aggravated identify theft – which brings a mandatory two years in jail – prosecutors must show defendants knew their fake IDs belonged to a real person.
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Doubts about Geithner persist
Lagging poll numbers for the Treasury secretary reflect continuing anger over bank bailouts.
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President Obama's economic speech at Georgetown
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Obama's message on the economy: Trust me
The president appears to be trying to use his own popularity to push through a tough agenda.
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Japan's culture of not spending crimps economic rebound
Meet the Kimuras, who haven't bought a major appliance in 10 years and who have made being thrifty an art form.
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Who backs government retirement plans? Taxpayers.
Personal finance Q&A with Steve Dinnen.
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More US insurance companies eye federal aid
Some of them, including Lincoln Financial, have bought small banks or thrifts in the hope of qualifying for government help.
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A gallon of gas on track to stay below $3 this spring
With crude oil stocks high and gasoline demand low, US drivers may get a reprieve from the customary spring spike in gasoline prices this year.
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Might more stimulus be needed? Not yet, says Geithner.
The Obama team won't seek another spending jolt for the US economy, the Treasury secretary said Sunday, until it assesses effects of the first one.
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Jobless rate hits 8.5 percent, a 26-year high
The US has lost 2 million jobs this year, but some of the unemployment numbers could indicate that the recession is finally starting to bottom out.
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How to 'reboot' your American dream
Effective plans for the future require at least two perspectives.
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CBO: US deficit ballooning to record $1.7 trillion
Higher forecast will complicate Obama's bid to push spending plans through Congress.
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Financial Q&A: Protect your principal when money is tight
Submit your questions to Steve Dinnen at: money@csmonitor.com
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Opinion: How Obama can step it up
He must echo Churchill's resolve, but Republicans owe more support, too.
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The Monitor's View: Obama's call for more higher ed
He aims to turn the US into the best-educated country. But the costs and goals need work.
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Economic crisis scrambles retirement math
The 401(k) model of saving is under duress as stocks slide. Home equity losses don’t help.
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The Help
A young white woman decides to interview the black maids in her hometown.
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Obama faces larger problems than Social Security shortfalls
Despite troubled economy, its trust fund should still be able to meet pension payments for another 30 years.
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Obama’s deficit promise won’t be easy to keep
A likely topic in his address Tuesday, the long-term budget gap is largely caused by popular entitlement programs.
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