Archive for March, 2009
Issues With Defense
Obama’s budget plans call for what appears to be a 4% increase in the spending money for defense. We at Election Stocks have been quite sure in the past that Obama would be continuing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for some time, thereby keeping the defense sector relatively stable.
However, many liberals in legislature want [...]
Posted: March 26th, 2009 under Defense, Obama.
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Emphasis on Energy
Obama talked about the country’s environmental needs for a bit on Monday. Although he was mostly discussing this as justification for his $3.6 trillion budget proposal, it emphasizes the recurring theme of needing to utilize alternative energy sources.
However, Obama himself admitted that we have a long way to go before we make truly sufficient progress. [...]
Posted: March 24th, 2009 under Energy, Environmental Issues.
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Conservative or Revolutionary?
Salon.com is a website we typically applaud for having such well written articles, and their latest piece on the administration’s economic policies is another example.
We’ve hit upon “Obamanomics” before at Election Stocks, so this is right up our alley. Believe us when we tell you it’s analysis like this that is quintessential to understanding [...]
Posted: March 16th, 2009 under Finance Reform, Monetary Policy, Obama.
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Obama’s Scientific Announcements
The big news today was all about Obama’s repudiation of the policies the Bush administration took towards stem cell research and other scientific contributions to government. Though there is some criticism that this administration should be focusing on new technological breakthroughs that synthetically create ’stem cells’ without human embryos, it is very likely that Obama [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2009 under Healthcare, Stem Cell Research.
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Obama and the Market
You don’t need us to tell you the relationship between Barack Obama and the stock market has been strained since his inauguration – heck, since his election. But we feel it necessary to reiterate a point brought up by our writer Jeff Miller: “
Posted: March 3rd, 2009 under Finance Reform, Monetary Policy, Obama.
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