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• Why This Election Matters To You
Health care: McCain proposes "unhooking" health insurance from employment by giving American families a $5,000 refundable tax credit ($2,500 for individuals) to purchase insurance they like. "If you want to keep your current coverage, you can," McCain ...
• Is this officially a crash?
The National Bureau of Economic Research, the recognized arbiter for dating recessions, uses a more complex formula that includes factors such as employment and income growth. It defines a recession as "a significant decline in activity spread across ...
• No bottom to stock market clearly in sight
Most experts don't see a recovery until there's greater stability in the housing market, banks are lending freely and employment improves. Unlike other periods that saw precipitous drops, this one is rooted in foundering credit markets. That makes ...
• Austrian politician Haider dies in car crash
In particular, Haider wanted to distance himself from his rightist past, which included a comment in 1991 that the Third Reich had an "orderly employment policy" and a 1995 reference to concentration camps as "the punishment camps of National ...
• Has your job been affected?
... Please take the time to fill out the form below telling us about your job status. And please include a photo so that we can share your story with other readers as part of our upcoming Gut Check America coverage of the worsening employment situation.