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American Competitiveness: A Matter Of National Security

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The report details the issues with: business climate; infrastructure; national debt; labor market and immigration; defense industrial base; and, education and healthcare, and lays out urgent social, political and economic challenges and links these with national security. ” To download a copy of the report, click this link.

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Does Super Committee’s Failure Fail the Green Industry?

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NEWS FLASH: The bipartisan Congressional Debt Committee has failed to reach a compromise. Once the Defense budget is hammered, a lot of the savings will have to come from domestic programs such as agriculture and environmental protection. Can you believe it?! Whatchoo talkin bout, Wartgow?!).

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Advice for Home Builders Navigating a Market in Flux

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Over our 50-plus years in this industry, we’ve determined that a good gross profit is the first line of defense for a good net profit (see chart, below). Manage debt. Work on reducing your debt and renegotiate your loans before they get into trouble. Maintain transparency with lenders. Don’t hide from your bankers and investors.

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Sequestration Nation

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This happened during an earlier pre-fabricated budget showdown in 2011, which featured a threatened default on the national debt and resulted in the first-ever downgrade of the United States’ AAA credit rating. To sort out fact from fiction, we think it’s useful to check some non-partisan sources.

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Flying Without Altitude

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According to the Times report, about 42 percent of the annual operating budget at PIT goes to serving the airport’s debt. Aerospace And Defense Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green) Featured Post Online Features Pennsylvania Quality Of Life The Editor''s Blog U.S. -

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We ARE the Government

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They also can check out the headquarters of the Federal Reserve Board, still up and running, if they’d like to take a peek at Ben Bernanke as he sips his latte and contemplates the global Depression that will likely follow a default on our national debt, now scheduled by Congress to take place on Oct. Far West U.S. Great Lakes U.S. -

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Crystal Ball 2014

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– “Rounding error” in Paul Ryan-Patty Murray federal budget deal adds $2 trillion to national debt. Aerospace And Defense Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Featured Post Incentives Online Features Quality Of Life The Editor''s Blog U.S. - 1 on NY Times bestseller list. Far West U.S.