Damian Paletta

Damian Paletta

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economic policy reporter at the Wall Street Journal.
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Someone check BOTH their batteries. "@AdamKilgoreWP: Roy Halladay walked Ian Desmond. Someone check his batteries."
FSOC proposes labeling certain financial market utilities as "systemically important," but doesn't say which ones might get the label.
US likely to enter recession in first half of 2013 if tax increases and spending cuts aren't averated - CBO
Thank you Sean Burnett. Man, that was a near catastrophe in Philly.
RT @WSJPR: Tune into @Newshour tonight to watch @janetadamy talk on Notre Dame, Dioceses Sue Over Birth-Control Mandate http://t.co/lSd9 ...
Treasury has unexpectedly dismissed James Freis, director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (buro that regulates money laundering)
Boehner's observation on the House: ""It is hard to keep 218 frogs in a wheelbarrow long enough to get a bill passed."
Social Security chief Astrue reflecting on his 6-yr tenure at the agency: "It’s been extraordinarily rewarding, extraordinarily draining."
Geithner tip to successor:"You have to be willing to...put politics aside and try to focus on what's going to help make the economy work."
Geithner: U.S. "Can’t Afford" To Extend Bush Tax Cuts for Wealthy http://t.co/sOghG6zz

Geithner: U.S. ‘Can�t Afford’ Bush Tax Cuts for Wealthy

May 17, 2012 - blogs.wsj.com
By Damian PalettaTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday said the U.S. “can’t afford” to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the upper-income when they expire later this year, as he spelled out the Obama administration’s economic views in a speech to the Greater Baltimore Committee in Maryland. Mr. Geithner�s speech touched on a number of key fiscal and economic issues. Here are some takeaways: 1) President Barack Obama has said he wants to extend the Bush-era tax cuts only for those families earning less than $250,000 and he�s vowed to veto any bill that tries to extend the tax cuts for the upper income as well. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Tuesday the House would vote this fall to extend all ... Continue reading →
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