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Schneider, Dold Set Fundraising Records
Dold becomes first 10th Congressional District Candidate to raise more than $1 million in a quarter. Schneider becomes top Democrat.
Both Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) and Democratic challenger Brad Schneider of Deerfield broke fundraising records for the quarter ended Sept. 30, according to news releases today from the two campaigns.
Dold became the first candidate in 10th Congressional District history to raise more than $1 million for a quarter while Schneider posted the top dollar amount for a three-month period for a Democrat.
Earlier: Dold Outraises Schneider by $135,396
According to a release from the Dold Campaign, the North Shore Congressman will report collecting approximately $1,006,000 for the quarter by the time reports are due to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Oct. 15. He has raised nearly $4 million since his election two years ago, according to FEC reports.
"At a time of growing uncertainty about the fiscal future of our country, I remain steadfast in my promise to tirelessly reach across the aisle to all members of Congress to continue to bring positive change to the District," Dold said in the release.
Schneider will report picking up approximately $780,000 for the third quarter by the Oct. 15 FEC deadline which his campaign calls a new record for 10th District Democrats. According to filings with the FEC, his total amount collected is slightly under $3.3 million.
"We're thrilled to see more and more people joining our campaign to stand up for marriage equality, a woman's right to choose, protections for the Great Lakes, and affordable higher education," Schneider said in the release.
Neither campaign disclosed the amount of cash on hand.
Voters in the 10th District will have their only opportunity to see Dold and Schneider debate live at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Lake Forest High School in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters from Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, Highland Park/Highwood and Deerfield. The forum is cosponsored by Patch and the Union League Club of Chicago.
2:55 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Dold may have raised more money than Schneider, but thats only because he has the Wall Street special interests supporting him. (he is on the financial services committee)
3:10 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Schneider has special interest money from the corrupt democrats and unions that control IL - do you feel that is any better? I don't see Wallstreet bankrupting IL, but the unions sure are.
3:13 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
according to Schneider's website, "more than 75 percent of contributions are first time donors." How exactly is that special interests in any way union or not? And by the way, Illinois public sector unions don't have anything to do with a federal election.
10:49 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
daniel - for one, you have to actually BELIEVE what Schneider is saying. He also said he was a successful small business person, but for some reason, does not have any small business income reported. Also, IL is going bankrupt due to union pensions - the unions have a very vested interest in getting democrats elected that will bail IL and the unions out.
11:30 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
What incentive would anyone have to lie about something that is going to be public domain in less than a week? The fact is that most of Schneider's donors are grassroots, in state, donors while Dold gets substantial amounts of money from special interests
2:58 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
@mattfromhp And even then, Schneider broke fundraising records off grassroots efforts. That seems to say a lot about the way these two are running their campaigns. Dold's campaign is based off of big secretive money from Super PACs and special interests, hiding his votes against women, the environment, and the middle class, and attacking his opponent on baseless and ridiculous claims.
Louis G. Atsaves
10:24 am on Thursday, October 11, 2012
Uh, Daniel, any "Super PAC" money is not counted in the figures being reported by Dold or by Schneider. Schneider claims to be a very successful businessman on his website and to the voters yet he hides his "business background" since January of 2010 and hides his tax returns. And you are going to trust someone who practices such evasion, who portrays his opponent's positions in a "blatantly misleading" (Daily Herald) fashion and who tries to "laughingly" (Chicago Tribune) portray Dold as a Tea Partier or a Tea Party Supporter? Sorry to burst your bubble.
3:12 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Just what Illinois needs, another bought and paid for by the union mope, vote for Dold.
DeAnn Glover
4:06 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Watched an ad against Dold that Schneider approved, and after every statement, I said "LIE" because that is what they were. Dold is not a tea party person. He has voted across the aisle more than any other congress person, Republican or Dem. The 10th District is mostly made up of moderate voters. Madigan really tried to redraw the district so that was not the case; however, everywhere I go I see a whole lot more Dold signs than Schneider signs.
4:34 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Congressman Dold has run his campaign with honesty and integrity. I don't think that can be said about very many with a (D) behind their name.
10:51 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
supporter - it really sounds like you have an ax to grind and it is hard to really believe you. I met Congressman Dold in 2010 and he was not arrogant in any way.
7:27 am on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Gee, "dold's supporter," I didn't know Rose Pest Solution is a monopsonist of Illinois labor. If they are so bad, there are other employers even in the Obama Recession. They could also unionize. Now, if you are keen on ferreting out misrepresentation, how about a poster who falsely calls himself "dold's supporter" to try to mislead first-time readers of highlandpark.patch to scan his anti-Dold postings. And don't tell us you are trying to be ironic.
If you think anyone reading your fabrications believes that Rose Pest Solution cares whether their employees eat lunch in their cars or in a fast food restaurant or wherever, I have several bridges across the Chicago River for sale.
9:19 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
This article is a textbook case of "false balance" from the media - Dold's fundraising clobbered Schneider, but the author presents it in the vein of, "Yay! Everyone's a winner; everyone gets a trophy." Dold actually set a real record; Schneider only set a record in the sense of putting a certain qualifier in front of it to get the outcome that the author desired. Makes you wonder if The Patch is reporting the news, or if they are engineering the news?
Jesse L
9:20 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Brad schneider refuses to show his tax returns because the truth of his non existant career for the last 3 yeqrs will unfold. He has had zero clients..unless he considers himself one...and has lived off of his wife's wealth...his only accomplishment. What pray tell is his 25 years of experience? Where are Durbin, Pelosi, and Harry Reid? Thy should be demanding his tax forms...as should everyone in this district. He surely looks like a sham...Interesting that he says he's been working on his campaign for the past 2 years...so he couldn't work...What about every other candidate that has held jobs. How could anyone vote for someone who refuses to show his records....Our state in in the fiscal toilet...and he will only make it worse.
Play by the rules or go,
Jesse L
9:35 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Casey...so true...same ole same ole..
Tribune issued a very strong endosement of Dold...even called Schneidr laughable regarding his gross fabrication of the facts...
Look at his endorsements..its a who's ho of those that have helped ruin our state...unions, Madigan/John Cullerton. If you want more of the same fiscal mismanagement,,,Brad is your guy
dold's supporter
8:51 am on Thursday, October 11, 2012
:) Tribune has great fiscal management...are they not in bankruptcy court? A bankrupt paper endorsing a morally-bankrupt candidate :)
Louis G. Atsaves
10:21 am on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The Daily Herald in their endorsement of Dold hit the nail on the head: Schneider's portrayal of Dold and his positions has been "blatantly dishonest."
Last I heard, over one million dollars in donations was far more than $780 thousand.
william brown
10:51 am on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Dold votes like Texas tells him to
Want to get rid of public education
Social security
Vote for Dold
He does as he is told
11:13 am on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
william - Schneider will vote like San Francisco wants him to
Wants to bankrupt
Social Security
Vote for Schneider when $5T to $6T in additional debt just isn't enough.
Same thing.
william brown
12:28 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The debt was caused by GOP
Sorry your party only likes Americans who live on Sheridan rd
GOP is bad for America and for the world
Keep watching fox if it makes you happy
12:41 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The DEMOCRATS controlled EVERYTHING and all they could do was raise the debt and not pass a budget. THEY were the ones that controlled Congress (spending) and policies during the last two years of GWB's 2nd term - you know when everything hit the fan. THEY were the ones protecting Fannie and Freddie when the Republicans wanted additional oversight back in 2004/2005. Also, don't give that garbage store about "obstructionist" - the Democrats were able to pass the ACA - they just saw that as more important that jobs and financial recovery.
dold's supporter
8:55 am on Thursday, October 11, 2012
William Brown right on! Republicans are bad for the human race. Even their own families hate them and can't wait for them to die to see what is in the will. Dold paid taxes at a lower rate than his housekeeper and wants to give himself another tax cut "to create jobs." Mafia has more honor than the Republican Party!


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Actor Jonathan Frid, best known for his role as Barnabas Collins on the original DARK SHADOWS afternoon soap opera on ABC, passed away peacefully on April 14 at the age of 87. Frid was a theater, television, and film actor whose career spanned more than fifty years.
Frid starred on DARK SHADOWS from 1967 to 1971 and also played the role of Barnabas in the House of Dark Shadows movie. April 18 marked 45 years since Frid made his first appearance on the soap. Prior to DARK SHADOWS, he played Dr. Field on AS THE WORLD TURNS.
In 2010 Frid made the We Love Soaps Top 50 Daytime Soap Actors of All-Time list, based on votes from 15 top industry critics and writers.
In a posting on her official website, former DARK SHADOWS co-star Kathryn Leigh Scott (Josette) paid tribute to the late actor.
"I am so grateful to have worked with Jonathan," she wrote, "and to have known him as the charismatic, entertaining, complex and plain spoken man that he was. What fun we had working together! He was irascible, irreverent, funny, caring, lovable and thoroughly professional, and in the end became the whole reason why kids 'ran home from school to watch' DARK SHADOWS."
Frid, Scott, Lara Parker and David Selby filmed a cameo for the new Dark Shadows movie from Tim Burton out in May. Johnny Depp plays Barnabas in the film. He spoke about his admiration of Frid in an interview with MTV last year.
"What Jonathan Frid did with that character and that sort of classic, iconic look he created - I find it very difficult to stray far from that," Depp said. "So I think it's going to be somewhere in that arena, I feel ilke it is, with maybe just a couple of different touches here and there. There's something about the idea of this vampire coming back after 200 years into the this modern world with a touch of the poetic, with maybe a tendency to wax a little poetic now and again. I have a good feeling about it. But Jonathan Frid's Barnabas is so special."
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Jonathan Frid Dead at 87; Barnabas Collins on DARK SHADOWS
As The World Turns,
Dark Shadows,
Jonathan Frid,
6 comments:
- Cindy said...
So, so sad.
- April 19, 2012 at 7:35 AM
- Trish Blassingame said...
The only "soap" I ever watched, and that was due to Jonathan's character. Rest in Peace Jonathan.
- April 19, 2012 at 7:46 AM
- zyxwvuts said...
Rest in peace.
- April 19, 2012 at 8:30 AM
- Andrew Bayuk said...
I've been a huge fan of Jonathan's Frid's Barnabas since I was a child. I even wrote a song looking to capture the deep and complex character of Barnabas. You can hear that here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jXQ652Q7LM - April 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM
- gl4ever said...
RIP Jonathan. I had the honor of meeting him during the time he was doing his one man tour, 20 years ago. He was a very warm, witty gentleman.
- April 19, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- Cheryl said...
RIP. Jonathan Frid was so very wonderful - one is a million. Saw him in Arsenic and Old Lace - brilliant! Also had the honor of attending several DS conventions where Jonathan gave marvelous presentations. He will be remembered forever!
- April 19, 2012 at 2:32 PM
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1783 Noah Webster Issues "Blue-Backed Speller"
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1787 The United States Constitution is Created
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1789 Alexander Hamilton Becomes Secretary of the Treasury and Shapes America's Modern Industrial Economy
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I almost forgot that I was toting around the Essentials Case at the National Cross Champs while I was out there. I didn't have a spot for it in my jersey pocket, but it does fit nicely in there. The frigid temperatures of Bend, Oregon required thick wool sweaters and Patagonia sub-arctic wear.
The case made it easy to keep everything that I needed for the day together. An extra point-and-shoot camera for when the G10 died? Check. Media Pass to the finish line? Confirm. Tickets for the screening of Brian Vernor's film about Professional Cross Racers Barry Wicks and Adam McGrath that night? Also check. And it made for a handy spot to keep my receipts as I racked up a fair few charges around town. Ahem, who wants Whiskey?
Here is a photo of Brian shooting Tim Johnson at the finish line of the race. Brian has done a lot of shooting for the Rapha Continental (the Mississippi Delta ride is but one example) over the past few years and we should shortly see some of the video footage that he and his shooting partner Benny Zenga put together on the Rapha Yonretto happening in Japan.
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Maria Shirinkina promoted to 2nd Soloist
Posted 11 April 2011 - 10:56 AM
and this...
Congrats to her...although I could have sworn that it already happened...but it's being announced on Russian boards as a promo. She is one of the soloists who's set to dance in the premiere of Benjamin Millepied's new work for the upcoming festival, titled Without. Shirinkina is paired with Shklyarov....and PAVLENKO with Yermakov!
I'm wondering if there may be other promotions, later this season?
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Fateyev is certainly promoting many of the shorter girls -- Martinouk debuted last Wednesday in Don Quixote, Cherpasova continues to get soloist roles (she danced the act III variation). Olesya Novikova, for the record, is much taller than Martinouk and Obratsova, but not as tall as Pavlenko or Lopatkina. I agree that HER O/O is LONG overdue, and am very excited for her.
I have been told here lately by more than one that Fateyev is not keen on taller ballerinas; I am surprised Lopatkina is actually opening the London tour bc am told her treatment is not what it should be here at home. Skorik's debut is more a decision that she should perhaps be the nxt to carry the reigns than utter preparation on her part. (I reviewed both debuts & posted on Cd.com FYI)
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Catherine, on 17 May 2011 - 05:14 AM, said:
...Of course there is absolutely nothing wrong in taking interest in Mariinsky AND cd interest rates.
Posted 18 May 2011 - 08:18 AM
With regards to Fateyev and tall ballerinas, I actually didn't know that. While it's a shame that Lopatkina is being "mistreated", I'm glad that shorter dancers are finally being given bigger roles. Perhaps we'll finally be seeing some long overdue promotions. (-cough- Obraztsova and Martynyuk -cough-)
I hate it that politics seems to be so prevalent with regards to promotions recently. (Edit)
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Posted 18 May 2011 - 09:55 AM
So -- the height issue could be relative but the recent shift is keenly visible.
"I hate it that politics seems to be so prevalent with regards to promotions recently." Me too, Pointe shoes. I used to think (in another lifetime, maybe an imaginary one!) of the theatre as the one place where politics weren't present. Now, if someone actually gets cast and shows up on stage at the appointed hour, I think it is a massive feat...
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Catherine, on 18 May 2011 - 09:55 AM, said:
Personally I believe in wisdom of Mariinsky's management, which consists of talented individuals who devoted their lives to the famed theatre and understand specifics of St. Petersburg culture and traditions better than you or I can ever dream to. It is true that promotion policies there are different from that of ROH or ABT. But why should they be similar? Thanks heavens Mariinsky is different!
Posted 19 May 2011 - 06:25 AM
Many people in Petersburg do not consider Vishneva an example of the Vaganova Academy (and by extension, an example of what here is known as the "Petersburg school") because she did not complete the full system of training there, because her technique espouses other tenants from the West, and also for the same reason you mention -- if she cannot successfully perform Odette/Odile then that makes her a different kind of ballerina. Here she is not seen as a Kirov dancer, per se, but one of world taste. (guest artist at Bolshoi, in Berlin, and permanently on the guest artist staff at ABT).
I agree -- it is possible that in the near future Obraztsova/Shirinkina would compete for the same roles, however given the unfortunate disfavour towards Obraztsova, I believe we know who will be granted precedence.
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And as Aurora, too, I believe.
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The border fence behind Manuel Zamora's home suggests strength and protection, its steel poles perfectly aligned just beyond the winding Rio Grande. But every night, the crossers come. After dark and at sunup, too, dozens of immigrants scale the wall or walk around it, their arrival announced by the angry yelps of backyard dogs.
"Look," Zamora said early one recent morning, "here they come now." He pointed toward his neighbor's yard, where a young man in a dark sweatshirt and white sneakers sprinted toward the road, his breath visible in the winter dawn. Three others followed, rushing into a white sedan that arrived at the exact moment their feet hit the pavement.
"I don't know how the government can stop it," Zamora said, watching the car drive away. "It's impossible to stop the traffic. You definitely can't stop it with laws or walls."
The challenge has tied Congress in knots for decades, and as lawmakers in Washington pursue a sweeping overhaul of immigration, the country is once again debating what to do about border security.
By every indicator, illegal migration into the United States has fallen tremendously — in part because of stricter immigration enforcement — and has held steady at lower levels for several years. But visits to more than a half-dozen border locations over the past two years show that the levels of control vary significantly along the line.
Many areas that used to be popular crossing points have experienced undeniable improvements. Migrant shelters across from El Paso, Texas, are now often empty. A generation after San Diego was overrun with thousands of immigrants openly rushing into the city every day, experts, Border Patrol agents and deportees in Tijuana, Mexico, all say that the chances of reaching Southern California are remote, with odds of success at 1 in 10, or worse.
Other sections of the border have seen less progress. In the Rio Grande Valley, crossings by the dozen still occur regularly, with relative ease, despite noticeable increases in the Border Patrol's capabilities. The governmentwide spending cuts could make things worse.
It is increasingly clear to those who live along the boundary with Mexico — or who try to protect it — that there is no such thing as a completely secure border, just as there are no cities without crime. Even in areas with towering walls and drones or helicopters overhead, border security can be breached.
"The U.S. border with Mexico is better controlled than at any time in our history," said Robert Bonner, who served under President George W. Bush as the commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. But, he said, there is a lack of understanding among policymakers and the public about the challenge. "The terrain can be quite different depending on what part of the border you are talking about, and there are different ways, different tactics really, that need to be brought into play. And this requires almost mile-by-mile analysis."
Suly Ochoa, 56, a home health care aide whose home sits along the border wall in Granjeno, Texas, says that what she wants from the border policy is simple: "It needs to be smarter."
Like many of her neighbors in this town of 303, which was founded on Spanish land grants in 1767, she and her family have seen immigrants crossing through the area's mesquite trees and tall grass for decades.
They have often helped the most desperate, calling ambulances for children or pregnant women. But residents have become increasingly concerned about security, as Mexican drug gangs seized the business of moving people and narcotics. Crime in the larger area of McAllen, Texas, while low, now occasionally includes what appear to be targeted killings.
Ochoa said she and many others in Granjeno had hoped the $20 million border wall — a 1.7 mile stretch of concrete and dirt, rising 18 feet — would help them feel safer. Now, a few years after completion, it looks to her more like a waste. "It's not working at all," she said, standing near the wall. "To me, it's money down the drain."
Part of the problem is that the fences and walls cover a limited area in the Rio Grande Valley sector — just under 54 miles staking out a relatively straight boundary near the 316 curving miles of river border. And even within the fenced area, because of the riverfront farms and parks, there are several gated openings.
Ochoa says she sees drug loads at least once a week — usually large pickup trucks with bales of marijuana in the back barely covered with a tarp. Immigrant crossings occur almost every night, usually in groups of 10 to 20 people.
Border Patrol officials emphasize they are doing more than ever. In the 1990s, agents here recall, they did not have a budget to keep their gas tanks full. Now staffing levels in the sector have more than tripled, to about 2,500 agents. Additional intelligence comes from drones and helicopters, along with cameras set up by the state to track wildlife.
The Border Patrol has also received help from the National Guard and about 100 members of a Border Patrol mobile response team that was created a few years ago to move along with smuggling patterns.
Criminal organizations dominate Reynosa, the Mexican city across the border from McAllen, and they have made smuggling along this section of the border a sophisticated monopoly. The Gulf Cartel controls access to the river (called the Rio Bravo in Mexico) and will beat or kill anyone who tries to cross without paying.
On weekends, smugglers often rush the border from several points, agents and immigrants said, which means more drugs and immigrants are caught — and more get through. Smugglers have also become masters of decoys and delays. Ochoa said she has seen smaller cars pulled over, followed by large trucks that slip by while the authorities are tied up.
Zamora seemed ambivalent, going back and forth between annoyance and resignation. Leaning on a steel pole for support, his 77 years looking more like 88, he said that as long as immigrants could find work — as long as the incentive system far from the border stayed the same — people would come. He knew it because it was his own experience. Though legal now, as a young boy more than 60 years ago, he swam across the same river to pursue the American dream.
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WASHINGTON – The federal government, the nation's largest consumer and investor, is cutting back at a pace only exceeded in the last half-century by the military demobilizations after the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
And the turn toward austerity is set to accelerate Friday if the mandatory federal spending cuts known as sequestration start to take effect as scheduled. Those cuts would join an earlier round of deficit reduction measures passed in 2011 and the wind-down of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that already have reduced the federal government's contribution to the nation's gross domestic product by almost 7 percent in the last two years.
The cuts may be felt more deeply because state and local governments – which expanded rapidly during earlier rounds of federal reductions in the 1970s and the 1990s, offsetting much of the effect – have also been cutting back.
Federal, state and local governments now employ 500,000 fewer workers than they did on the eve of the recession in 2007, the longest and deepest decline in total government employment since the aftermath of World War II.
Total government spending continues to increase, but those broader figures include benefit programs like Social Security. Government purchases and investments expand the nation's economy, just as private-sector transactions do, while benefit programs move money from one group of people to another without directly expanding economic activity.
The Federal Reserve and other economic forecasters say that the latest round of government austerity is not likely to return the economy to recession, thanks to stronger private-sector growth. But the spending cutbacks and actions to raise taxes could reduce growth by roughly 1.5 percentage points this year, according to the Congressional Budget Office, leaving the sluggish economy operating well below capacity.
In testimony to lawmakers on Tuesday, the Fed chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, urged Congress and the Obama administration to replace the scheduled budget cuts with a plan to reduce federal deficits more gradually.
"Although monetary policy is working to promote a more robust recovery, it cannot carry the entire burden of ensuring a speedier return to economic health," Bernanke said. He warned that the combination of previous spending cuts and the looming mandatory reductions "could create a significant headwind for the economic recovery."
The shrinking government is a normal response to an extraordinary situation. Government spending generally rises during recessions and falls as the economy recovers. Spending always declines at the end of one war, let alone two. And three years after a recession, the U.S. economy typically is restored to full health.
But this time is different. Growth has remained sluggish and millions remain unemployed even as the federal government, out of patience and stalemated by a deep partisan divide, has largely turned its attention to deficit reduction.
Bernanke, like many critics of sequestration, said the government could not ignore the need to reduce its annual deficits and curtail the growth of its debt. But he said short-term cuts would worsen those problems by slowing the economy. Moreover, sequestration mostly spares Medicare and Medicaid, the health care programs that are the primary reason federal spending is projected to increase.
Congress and the administration, he said, should "introduce these cuts more gradually and compensate with larger and more sustained cuts in the future."
Others, however, say that it makes no sense to postpone inevitable cuts. They note that government cutbacks may cause short-term pain, but also tend to provide long-term benefits by making resources available to the private sector.
"People focus on the upfront cost and they don't think through the whole timeline," said Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University and an occasional contributor to the Sunday Business section of The New York Times.. "You have to cut spending within the next 10 years anyway. It may be time to take some lumps."
The current round of austerity does not yet approach the depth or the duration of the earlier round of cutbacks. Between 1969 and 1974, as spending on the Vietnam War declined, the government reduced consumption and investment by 24 percent after adjusting for inflation. Between 1991 and 1999, the government reduced consumption and investment by an inflation-adjusted 14 percent.
Over the last two years, federal consumption and investment declined by 6.9 percent. Including state and local consumption, a larger category that has declined more slowly, the inflation-adjusted reduction since 2011 was 4.9 percent.
But Alec Phillips, an economist at Goldman Sachs, estimated that federal consumption could fall by another 11 percent over the next two years. Moreover, Phillips noted that those earlier rounds of cuts in the 1970s and the 1990s came primarily from the military budget. The sequester is designed to be indiscriminate, cutting everything from air traffic control to nursery schools.
That could increase the resulting pain, because economic research suggests that military cuts are less painful than other kinds of spending reductions. "It is cutting some of the best spending that government does," Cowen said of the cuts that would fall on the domestic side of the ledger.
He said Congress should focus instead on cuts to military spending, farm subsidies and health care programs like Medicare that he regarded as ripe for reductions.
He said that military contractors and personnel might be able to find new jobs with relative ease, because unemployment rates are fairly low for well-educated workers; it is those with less education who are struggling most.
An important reason for the depth of the current cutbacks is that the federal government mounted an unusually large response to the recession, even adjusting for its severity, according to research by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Federal spending expanded to equal almost 25 percent of annual economic output in 2009, well above the 23 percent share that would have been expected based on past recessions, the San Francisco Fed found.
But that pattern has now flipped. While federal spending remained above the historical trend until earlier this year, scheduled cuts over the next two years would push government spending well below the trend.
"History shows that discretionary fiscal policy often helps to support a recovery," Janet Yellen, vice chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, said in a recent speech. "Discretionary fiscal policy this time has actually acted to restrain the recovery."
She added: "I expect that discretionary fiscal policy will continue to be a headwind for the recovery for some time, instead of the tail wind it has been in the past."


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Viorel800022Nov 24, 200910FLOWER is a game with no words, no written objectives, no bosses, no M16
MTJan 16, 201010Flower is one of the most relaxing games I've ever played. I had a rough day and went home and browsed the PS Store and came upon Flower. After spending 3 hours with it, all of my stress was gone. This is no mere game, this is an experience.
Mar 23, 201110This game might seem simple, but the originality and creativity is solid and shines. Glad to see a quality and enjoyable game which does not rely on guns or repetitiveness to carry on the product as a whole. The elegance and relaxation is immersible and for $10, it does seem you do get your money's worth.
May 23, 20116Stunning graphics and vibrant colors does not make up for shallow gameplay. Too much of flower is just comprised of guiding a flower pedal in the air and gathering more flower pedals. It was definitely stunning to see all of them rendered so lifelike but it's something I would be amazed to see as an E3 tech demo, not as a video game.
Nov 13, 201010Epic, perhaps you never heard of the creators and the title may sound a little bit lame, but anyone should be able to look past that and see a truly beautiful game waiting to be discovered. The wind blowing with and eerie yet beautiful sound to top this game off a 'living art'.
Dec 22, 20107
joehFeb 20, 20099Building on the simple yet emersive game flow, flower takes everything to the next level. I would say you are missing out if youchoose not to download this gem
GeorgeBFeb 12, 200910
GassalRFeb 13, 200910Fantastic. Quite obviously PS Universe and Edge just don't get the concept of a downloadable title. Would they prefer to spend 50 dollars for 6 hours of mind-numbing by the numbers fodder??.. Bravo TGC!! Here's to more content like this.
JoseRFeb 21, 200910Flower is an unforgettable experience & one day will be called one of the best games ever made. Mark my words, no game has ever been so powerfully moving.
AlexDFeb 24, 200910As everyone who played the game for fun (and not as part of the their job) seems to agree, this game is a masterpiece.
AlexEMar 15, 200910
AlexeiSJun 2, 200910
VampyreJFeb 13, 20099Was truly a breathe of fresh air. More than i expected, relaxing, free flowing, great controls. Fun. I was even surprised at some of the eerie parts of the game...was not expecting that. The best PSN download i've purchased. Get this...even if you don't care for flowers or botany (i know i don't lol)
AWFeb 13, 200910
SamFeb 13, 200910
JonasSFeb 16, 200910
driver01zApr 17, 20099You should enjoy this game if you have an open mind and don
KyleGFeb 12, 200910
AaronGFeb 14, 200910This is the first game ever to cause me to tear up. (Not in the way ET: The Extra Terrestrial caused people to cry.) Flower is definitely the best PSN game ever made, and may even be the best game made download ever made. By buying Flower, you get an experience that you never have experienced before. The only way that Flower can be explained is by playing the game itself. So go, buy it!
JoelFFeb 18, 200910Flower sets the new bar for intuitive synesthesia game art experiences.
SamSFeb 24, 200910
BrentAMay 29, 200910I absolutely love this game. This is more of an experience then a game. An experience that will make you go into a state of flower-full shock and have you drooling for more. It can be compared to being addicted to tobacco except you DON'T want to stop. Pick this up as soon as possible.
BeguilerJul 22, 200910This really is not a game. It is... relaxation in motion. Flying around the environment, I am captivated by the sights and the sounds. Play can be as slow, fast, clumsy, or elegant as I want it to be. Flower is an experience that lets me be idle, curious, and focused all at the same time. A very nice title!
CheniquacJul 31, 200910really the best game i've ever seen, admittedly i'm a "non-gamer" but that's mostly because I am both uncoordinated and do not like all the violence to be found in most main stream video games flower is different, it allows me to play as my uncoordinated self and also just have fun and fly around, it is truely an escape from the outside world and i love it
Apr 12, 20119An amazing experience. This game is all about relaxing and just letting the game take you where ever it goes. The graphics and music give this game a soothing presentation and that is what this game is all about.
Jun 1, 20110Seeing all those good reviews makes me wonder why I still look to reviews ... if I want to relaxe, I'll watch TV, play to a game with a lot of cinematics (not a FPS), play to a game like Little Big Planet ... but never I'll play this boring game, yes it's beautiful but just go outside if you want to see flowers ... top 10 of the worst game I've played.
ScottSMay 13, 20099I loved this game (it is a game, no matter what some may say.) I feel like rushing through the grass right now, in fact.
ShaunCFeb 14, 200910This is zen gaming at it's finest, not only is it a peaceful journey, it is something which is actually qutie enjoyable at the same time. It is not for everyone, but if you have any interest based off of some of the reviews/the idea, you will not be disappointed
Apr 14, 201110one best $10 games i ever buy
May 14, 201110Wonderful. Atmospheric , addictive , fluid and mesmerising. This game must have been thought of in a dream or a transient state. Indeed I wish I'd thought of it. Doctors should prescribe Flower to people with high blood pressure. Gamers should play it to experience the ultimate chillout. Everyone else should play it just because its a unique unforgettable experience. Beautiful.
Oct 1, 201110One of the greatest and most relaxing down loadable games you'll ever play. Don't hear those who say it's too short and not worth the money. This is one of the few games (if not the only) that will make you feel sad for what we are doing to nature. It's a most buy and it will remain one of the most unique games on your game library for a long time.
Oct 7, 20119Most stunning game you'll play in your life. It's beautiful and extremely unique.
The only downsides is the short campaign, although the prise is rightly chosen. As well as the rather dark level toward the end.
All and all a great game! -
JackK.Jan 27, 20106If you're in need of some relaxing after something like Call of Duty, then you may wan't to try it out. But as it stands as a simple PSN download, it's ultimately a disappointment.
Apr 11, 20125Flower... original and very beautiful game i ever seen, but besides that, very boring, you can play only 1 hour before falling asleep. I think it is just an excuse to show the potential of the PS3.
Aug 29, 201210
Nov 19, 20119Flower isn't so much of a game in a traditional sense though it does have a "goal" for each level but more so just an... Experience. I can't really think of how else to put it as there is just nothing else around that is really like it. Visually stunning with soothing music and simplicity in its approach it really is just a matter of simply letting go of yourself.
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AnonymousMCFeb 15, 200910I went out on a limb and bought this game and trust me it was worth every penny. its an incredibly unique title thats gameplay is perfectly balanced and very simple. this great gameplay is helped by beautiful graphics and a robust physics engine (that renders 200,000 blades of grass on the screen at the same time). definately worth checking out. 10/10
Apr 3, 20128Not much to say about Flower. It's a nice relaxing game that feels like a painting come to life. It has a certain type of sleepy catharsis about it that helps me unwind after a busy day. It's not the most challenging or deepest game ever created.. But then again, what do you expect from a game based around flowers? The question is: Do you want to win the "Games as art" argument? Look no further.
Apr 8, 20128
Mar 26, 201210Awesome game, some days before I play the boring Journey, I decide play flower, and the result is completely different than the other SCEA game, is addictive, interesting a masterpiece.
May 19, 20139Very beautiful and relaxing this game is, the graphics and music and the way the sixaxis controller is so well done is amazing! All 3 of this developers games are great to play if you like flower try journey and flow, you wont be disappointed.
May 9, 201210
Feb 6, 20139This game is beauty. Some could think it's boring, but I think it's poetic. You are the wind, you can fly over hills and ponds, you drag behind you a long trail of petals, you can turn all the ugly human structures into colorful plants. It's just beautiful.
80The only rewards here are visual, and challenge is virtually non-existent. Yet thanks to elegance and lyricism, Flower made us feel slightly richer after putting down the pad. [Apr 2009, p.123]
100While the game is only six levels long, equating to about two to three hours of gameplay if you don't rush, Flower is well worth the money and you'll find yourself coming back just to go through the same levels over and over again.
95Flower is a shock to the gamer's system because it reminds us that games aren't about fanboy allegiances, media hype, and quarterly earnings. Good games—like good art—can simply be food for the soul. Flower is the kind of soulful nourishment we need more of.


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