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Obama Against a Compromise on Extension of Bush Tax Cuts

September 8, 2010 By JACKIE CALMES WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday will make clear that he opposes any compromise that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy beyond this year, officials said, adding a populist twist to an election-season economic package that is otherwise designed to entice support from big businesses and their Republican allies. Mr.... Full article »

LETTERS; The Democrats’ Strategy

September 8, 2010 To the Editor: Re “ Democrats Plan Political Triage to Retain House ” (front page, Sept. 5): House Democrats are said to have given up “a national campaign trumpeting Democratic accomplishments” in favor of “a race-by-race defensive strategy.” That is a formula for defeat. The climate is bad for Democrats, so the... Full article »

EDITORIAL; Forced Labor

September 8, 2010 A conspiracy indictment was brought last week against a Los Angeles company, alleging forced labor on a chilling scale. Six contractors are accused of a scheme to hold 400 workers from Thailand in virtual slavery on farms in Hawaii and Washington State. The Justice Department says it is the largest human-trafficking case ever brought by the federal... Full article »

Obama to Propose Tax Write-Off for Business

September 7, 2010 By JACKIE CALMES WASHINGTON — As part of his emerging program to jolt the economic recovery from its stall, President Obama will call this week for allowing businesses to deduct from their taxes through 2011 the full value of new equipment purchase, from computers to utility generators, to increase demand for goods and create jobs. The upfront deduction would... Full article »

Obama Calls for $50 Billion Public Works Plan

September 7, 2010 By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and MARY WILLIAMS WALSH MILWAUKEE — President Obama , looking to stimulate a sluggish economy and create jobs, called Monday for Congress to approve major upgrades to the nation’s roads, rail lines and runways — part of a six-year plan that would cost tens of billions of dollars and create a government-run bank to finance innovative transportation... Full article »

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Europe and Benign Neglect

September 7, 2010 By ROGER COHEN LONDON — I was in the White House a few weeks back for a pleasant chat with Denis McDonough, the National Security Council chief of staff, and was struck by the red digital clock on his wall showing times in critical spots around the globe. Back in the 20th century, not really that long ago, you would have had the times in London, Paris,... Full article »

EDITORIAL; Maintain the Moratorium on Drilling

September 7, 2010 Last Thursday’s fire on a shallow-water oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico claimed no lives and has caused no environmental damage. It was, however, a nerve-racking reminder that extracting fossil fuels is an inherently dangerous business. As such, it was a very good argument for maintaining the present moratorium on deep-water... Full article »

LETTERS; Wall Street and Obama: A Fraught Relationship

September 7, 2010 To the Editor: Re “ Why Wall St. Is Deserting Obama ,” by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Dealbook column, Aug. 31): I had just wiped away my last tear after reading about the terrible injustice President Obama has inflicted on the Wall Street crowd, when my eye caught the front-page headline “ New York Gains Economic Health Faster Than U.S.... Full article »

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Rising to the Occasion

September 7, 2010 By BOB HERBERT On Labor Day afternoon in Milwaukee, President Obama finally began to vigorously push the kind of high-profile, rebuild-America infrastructure campaign that is absolutely essential if there is to be any real hope of putting Americans back to work and getting the economy back into reasonable shape over the next few years. In a speech that was... Full article »

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Paranoid About Paranoia

September 6, 2010 By ROSS DOUTHAT Last Wednesday, a man named James Lee entered the headquarters of the Discovery Channel with explosives strapped to his body, took three hostages at gunpoint, and waited for his demands to be met. A foe of population growth, Lee had apparently decided that shows like “Kate Plus Eight” and “19 Kids and Counting” were pushing... Full article »

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