As Public Works Languish, Private Dollars Set Agenda
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Private spending, supported handsomely by a growing number of very wealthy families, is gaining ground on traditional public investment.
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The Social Security Administration is preparing a campaign to convince the public that private accounts are needed.
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The Bush administration continues to have a hard time selling its plan to turn more federal work over to the private sector.
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TAMPA -- The numbers make Joseph Farrell's head swim. Billions and trillions of dollars, numbers too immense to comprehend. But the central message, delivered by a band of Washington budget experts traveling the country to raise an alarm about the nation's financial picture, hits him like a whack...
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Social Security battle comes as both state and private retirement plans are shifting.
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America can't forget its economic homework--or face the consequences.
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Across the country, local governments are feeling a financial strain driven largely by the nationâs real estate downturn and some are considering higher taxes.
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With government money for New Orleans trickling through the pipeline, private foundations, wealthy individuals, and philanthropies are playing a larger role than expected.
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Electricity shortages and gas supply problems predicted to push bills up.
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In a new wave of global outsourcing, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.
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MPs urge private finance initiative bosses to get "street wise" over the amounts they are charged for work.
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After an endless campaign in which the focus was on Washington, it is useful to keep one thing in mind: When it comes to the economy, most of what matters happens in the private sector.
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While the race for the White House draws most of the public's political attention between now and Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector industries will focus a good deal of effort on state races.
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The money is disappearing, yet the struggle to stand out continues.
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After riding high for five years, government contractors are bracing themselves for increased oversight, tighter budgets and stepped up regulations as Democrats take over on Capitol Hill and vow to keep a closer eye on how companies spend taxpayer dollars.
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Local authorities are increasingly paying private contractors to provide municipal social services.
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By Ed Mendel, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Feb. 20--SACRAMENTO -- A surge of new highway money from a $19.9 billion  transportation bond has renewed political infighting over whether Caltrans  should use government or private engineers, bringing warnings of possible  project delays.