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Deborah GlickWhat’s The Damage?
Governor Paterson has called a special session to discuss the state’s potential $1.2 billion budget shortfall. Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D-66th) explains what the Wall Street crisis means for New York. And, who exactly who is middle class anyway?
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What's the Damage?
Gov. Paterson has called a special legislative session to deal with the financial crisis fallout. Deborah Glick, New York State Assemblymember (D-66th), talks about upcoming session.
Term Limits Unlimited
As the city council takes up the question of extending term limits, Joyce Purnick, long-time New York Times political writer, looks at their options.
The Answer is Still No
Scott Garrett, U.S. Congressman (NJ-5th), talks about why he voted no -again - on the bailout proposal.
Winking Intentions
Hara Estroff Marano, editor at large for Psychology Today talks about what people are supposed to infer from the body language of winking.
30 Issues: The Tax Code
How much money in taxes will you pay under a John McCain or Barack Obama administration? Clint Stretch, managing principal of tax policy for Deloitte Tax, has crunched the numbers.
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John R. Talbott, author of Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics and The Coming Crash in the Housing Market and Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal senior economics writer, debate the merits of each of the candidates' tax plans.
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So what is middle class anyway? Robert Frank, economics professor at Cornell University and author of Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class, joins us to take your calls about what "middle class" really means.
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