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men? Taxes and spending have been the party's traditional strength, but Obama had the public on his sidein raising taxes on the wealthy, and he used Paul Ryan's proposals for trimming entitlements as a bludgeon in the presidential campaign. And when it comes to a foreign policy, Republicans are all over the

in raising taxes on the wealthy, and he used Paul Ryan's proposals for trimming entitlements as a bludg

n will be, above all, a test of the maturity and realism of Italian voters." The mature, realistic action, presumably, would have been to return Mr. Monti — who was essentially imposed on Italy by its creditors — to office, this time with an actual democratic mandate. As Paul ICrugman wrote this week i

so broke right now. And the Republicans' refusal to acknowledge this is pretty much the whole problem. THIS WEEK'S READINGS Two months ago, when Mario Monti stepped down as Italy's prime minister, The Economist opined that "The coming election campaign will be, above all, a test of the maturity and reali

dismantling almost all of his accomplishments, as well as to eviscerate Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Last year the tenants of this same Ryan plan was celebrated by the GOP as the "Pathway to Prosperity" campaign — cutting spending by $4.6 trillion through 2023, largely by rolling back Pres

the federal government fiscally sustainable as it is to make it smaller. As Eugene Robinson pointed out this week in an op-ed in The Washing Post — Paul Ryan's make-believe budget — that last year, "the Ryan Budget" was a big Republican selling point with Ryan proposing turning Medicare into a voucher progr

"In one and a half years, everything changed," Mr. Tedeschi said. "People started feeling afraid, and they stopped spending money. All the promises Monti made to relaunch the economy and help us enhance productivity never materialized." Orders for Temeca's custom-built bedrooms, kitchens, windows and

illion in Greek Government bonds mature, Italy's Monti meets with labor unions, Housing Starts & Building Permits, Bernanke speaks at GW University, Paul Ryan to unveil Republican budget proposal, Illinois primary, Earnings (TIF, JEF, JBL, ORCL, SAI) Wednesday: MBA Mortgage Purchase Applications, BOE minu

g Permits, Bernanke speaks at GW University, Paul Ryan to unveil Republican budget proposal, Illinois p

49524/FTSE-100-to-double-to- record-high-in-next-decade.html> Key Events This Week Tuesday: 614.4 billion in Greek Government bonds mature, Italy's Monti meets with labor unions, Housing Starts & Building Permits, Bernanke speaks at GW University, Paul Ryan to unveil Republican budget proposal, Illin

o they're trying to obscure their positions. Paul Ryan, for example, has lately made a transparently di

November's election, national politicians learned that this kind of talk plays badly with the public, so they're trying to obscure their positions. Paul Ryan, for example, has lately made a transparently dishonest attempt to claim that when he spoke about "takers" living off the efforts of the "makers" —

power by appeasing to voter sensibility with the promise of abolishing the much-loathed property tax for primary homes that current Prime Minister Mario Monti reinstated when he came to office in 2011, is an mystery wrapped in an enigma within a farce and evidence that Italy is on the road of becoming a th

aptacular. The Abortion Capital of America By Ryan Lizza As the pro-life movement intensifies nat

Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), AFL-CIO, CLC Yuang Ming, Director, Institute of international relations, Peking University Mario Monti, Director-General, World Trade Organization Yoshiji Nogami, Former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan Lucio A. Noto, Chairman and Chief Execu