On October 7th, President Trump tweeted, “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business”. To be fair to the President, at the time, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was pushing a larger $2.2...
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Obama Funds Obesity Research
One year into the $787 billion spending spree that is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, we still have high unemployment, low investor confidence, and a ballooning federal deficit which threatens future economic growth. But despite all this, we should be happy that Obama’s stimulus has been funding work at our alma mater: Examples of...
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MRM #14!
– President Skorton’s welcome letter discusses low admissions rates, faculty honors and recognitions, shrinking annual deficits, and something about becoming a climate-neutral university and stopping global warming. – Senator Edward Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday evening. – Via VK, the AP uncovers more ridiculous/inefficient pork barrel stimulus spending. – As Bilmes...
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MRM #13
– Welcome Freshmen! If you’re feeling right in your mind, be sure to check out the Cornell Review at Club Fest! A couple of Review representatives will be visiting Freshmen on North Campus this evening. – In case you saw/heard all those fire sirens on Saturday night, they were responding to a broken water pipe...
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Ibrahim critical of Obama’s “so-called-stimulus.”
Paul Ibrahim, former President of the Cornell Review, offers a critical assessment of Obama’s stimulus program in his most recent column.