The U.S. Census Bureau is pushing residents to mail Census 2010 forms back ahead of the April 1 deadline. Why is that so important? States could stand to lose an average of $1,400 for each person not counted.
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States Could Lose $1,400 Per Person Missed in 2010 Census Count originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:25:00.
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President Barack Obama releases his proposed
$3.8 trillion federal budget for fiscal year 2011 and immediately the hue and cry is one of "$1 trillion structural deficits," "a nation going broke" and "an unserviceable debt."
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President Obama's plan to scrap the Constellation space program designed to send U.S. astronauts to the moon was condemned by senators from states with heavy space industries, as the policy shift reignited questions about the mission of the U.S. space program and the role of private companies in that effort. Among them: Just how important is it that America return to the moon, or reach Mars? And can private companies be trusted to handle America's most dangerous space missions?
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As part of the $3.8 trillion budget President Barack Obama submitted to Congress Monday, he proposed about
$100 billion in spending to address the nation's immediate problems of unemployment and economic weakness. The funds will go to tax cuts for small businesses, more spending on social safety net programs, and increased aid to state and local governments, as well as
investments in clean energy and infrastructure.
In the longer term, Obama will be looking to a bipartisan task force of lawmakers and budget experts to draft a comprehensive deficit-reduction plan -- a package of tax hikes and spending cuts that would slash the deficit and stabilize government borrowing by 2015.
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Facing voter anger over mounting budget deficits, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to freeze spending for some domestic programs for three years beginning in 2011, administration officials said Monday. Separately, Obama unveiled plans to help a middle class "under assault" pay its bills, save for retirement and care for kids and aging parents.
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Obama to Seek Freeze on Part of U.S. Budget originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:04:00.
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