While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.
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More Barney Frank Quotes
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I don’t think Donald Trump is the right person because I very much disagree with him.
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Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about.
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And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
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A leader can`t move a country that`s not ready. You can`t make the waves, but when you see them coming, you can help direct them.
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We all have the right to call each other names. Rudeness is a deeply held constitutional value.
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I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people may like or dislike, and people who physically impose themselves on children or misuse their authority to impose on children.
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For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.
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What’s troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.
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These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.
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But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects – that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. – some of the previous supporters reconsidered.
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Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them.
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These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis.
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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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I believe it is a good thing to get rid of Gaddafi. But does America have to do everything?
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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