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  By Barry Epstein

  Our first guests, the Sun Sentinel's Dueling Columnists -- Stephen L. Goldstein and Kingsley Guy -- discussed deficit spending, and both agreed on the need to cut spending.

  However, Stephen said there is a need for flexibility and opposed putting restrictions in the Florida Constitution, which [...]

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• Is deficit spending a good or a bad thing?

  

  The Dueling Columnists take on the issue of deficit spending, and as you might gather Stephen L. Goldstein and Kingsley Guy are taking two very different approaches to the subject.

  Goldstein makes the point that deficit spending on the part of the feds helps Florida. Guy, a spending hawk [...]

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• Consumers Unite at our upcoming Expo

  

  By Denise Richardson
  
  In an effort to help consumers find resources to survive the current economic recession, the Americans for Fairness in Lending and I will co-host the National Consumer Empowerment Conference and Expo on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.at the Crowne [...]

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• The jobs trends don't look promising

  

  By Rashida Bartley

  
  The national unemployment rate is 10.2 percent. Some industry experts say the unemployment and or under employed rate is more in the 17 percent range. Florida's unemployment rate is hovering around 11 percent, but the one thing we keep hearing is that unemployment is the [...]

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• Candidate stands up for a health issue "unique to women"

  

  By Ben Graber

  The Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the House of Representatives' health reform plan demonstrates once again that women's health issues are viewed as political rather than medical. Why should poor women be denied proper coverage for pregnance-related health issues in a new "universal health plan?"

  The fact that a' [...]

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• Opposition to health care reform worth "beans"

  

  By Bob Bashe

  In the November 11th issue, a writer suggested that "the
  overwhelming majority of Americans (of which he is a member) are opposed
  to the new health bill." Perhaps that's his opinion, but that has no more value than my guess at the number of jelly beans [...]

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  By Barry Epstein

  The budget and the economy dominated our talk show this morning as our regulars, The Dueling Columnists from the Sun-Sentinel, Stephen L. Goldstein and Kingsley Guy discussed the nation's rising deficit and the economic calamity that threatens our country's future if we don't get a handle' [...]

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• Overdue hate crimes law remains a powerful tool

  

  By Andrew L. Rosenkranz

  After more than a decade of obstruction and delay, President Obama signed a landmark federal hate crimes law called the "Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act." First introduced to Congress in 1997, this comprehensive law will provide federal, state and [...]

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• Florida Legislature must invest big in the upcoming census if it expects a sizeable return in federal dollars

  

  By Perry Thurston

  Florida is home to a rich mixture of cultures, backgrounds and experiences. Our state's diversity is one of its greatest assets. As Florida prepares to conduct the 2010 U.S. Census, it is critical we do our best to ensure an accurate count of everyone who lives [...]

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• Bush was the real socialist

  

  By Victoria Iannucci

  I am so tired of people complaining about the deficit, moaning they want their country back and comparing health care reform to socialism.

  Where were these people for the past eight years when George W. Bush was 45 days short of turning a surplus into a [...]

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