Friday, July 23, 2010

Rearranging the deck chairs......

Sometimes it feels like a Greek tragedy - the audience can see the inevitable bad outcome coming all through the play, but the protagonists proceed blindly on their way to their ruin.............
WASHINGTON (The Associated Press)– New estimates from the White House on Friday predict the budget deficit will reach a record $1.47 trillion this year. The government is borrowing 41 cents of every dollar it spends.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - A hotly contested bill restoring unemployment benefits to 2.8 million jobless Americans was approved by the House of Representatives Thursday. The $34 billion measure, which cleared the Senate Wednesday, now moves to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law.