Obama set to push ‘big bang’ reform package

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Giant ball bearings are extremely interesting - at least to me. If you want one, or 4, expect to wait around 2 years. This little conundrum was nearly the undoing of a certain US entrepreneur in Washington state, not to mention putting a giant 'stop' to the latest Airbus. Fortunately for us all he was saved by a cancellation. Hurrah!

The fact is Charles, that not doing anything because of what the 'neighbours' aren't doing isn't an option, particularly if the 'neighbours' have decided that actually, they are going to give the reduction of emissions things a darned good try.

good luck to them, given how farked up they've made the area.

What ever happened to leading by example? Seriously...now we are waiting for the lead from others to preserve our environment?

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My sister fostered two teenage girls for a year, when it was over, she was ready to smoke, become a drug addict and an alcoholic. She said, never again.

No sure about fostering, we talked about it, if you do get a couple of nice kids, fall in love with them, then after a predetermined length of time, they have to leave.

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What the hell is this thread about?

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US President-elect Barack Obama intends to push a comprehensive programme of social and economic reform beyond an immediate emergency stimulus package, Rahm Emanuel, the next White House chief of staff, indicated on Sunday.

Mr Emanuel ... said Mr Obama saw the financial meltdown as an historic opportunity to deliver the large-scale investments that Democrats had promised for years.

Tackling the meltdown would not entail delays in plans for far-reaching energy, healthcare and education reforms when all three were also in crisis, he said. "These are crises you can no longer afford to postpone [addressing]."

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Mr Obama’s transition economic advisory board ... is tilting heavily towards a "big bang" approach that would combine a short-term stimulus with large public investments to raise the longer-term US growth rate.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3496c848-ae91-11...0077b07658.html

Prez-elect Obama is an intelligent guy so I'd be a little shocked if Obama didn't recognize he needs the business community to buy into his policies to move the US economy out of its current condition. In some ways he's fortunate that the business community is dependent on gov't for bailouts, etc.. At least that should give him some bargaining power with the overpaid CEOs. If banks don't begin funding business projects soon, cutbacks on spending and jobs will increase over what we're currently seeing. It would be interesting to see an overall Receivables Aging report on all US companies to see how much payments have slowed. I wish Obama all the best, because our jobs probably depend on how he performs.

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Giant ball bearings are extremely interesting - at least to me. If you want one, or 4, expect to wait around 2 years. This little conundrum was nearly the undoing of a certain US entrepreneur in Washington state, not to mention putting a giant 'stop' to the latest Airbus. Fortunately for us all he was saved by a cancellation. Hurrah!

The fact is Charles, that not doing anything because of what the 'neighbours' aren't doing isn't an option, particularly if the 'neighbours' have decided that actually, they are going to give the reduction of emissions things a darned good try.

good luck to them, given how farked up they've made the area.

What ever happened to leading by example? Seriously...now we are waiting for the lead from others to preserve our environment?

yeah, lead by example when your countryside is a toxic wasteland. excellent idea!